(Bim + Gen with Jason Magbanua | photo by Paul Vincent)

2009 may be considered the year of the most talked-about celebrity weddings — from the hush-hush (Ryan & Juday’s), to (what would have been) the grandest (Mar & Korina’s); and even to the widely email-forwarded, black ‘cemetery’ wedding of a front man of one of the country’s hottest rockbands.

But aside from the above mentioned, there were other beautiful weddings held last year which are also worth mentioning. These equally memorable celebrations were unions of regular couples. What made their wedding special hasn’t been covered by the media, nor has it been featured in glossy wedding magazines as of yet. Reason why we make our annual list every start of the year to inspire newly-engaged couples and other soon-to-weds early on.

Admittedly, a few of these weddings (celebrity or otherwise) have made an impression on us such that, we have previously blogged about them already. A number of those which made the list are destination weddings. We have decided to present them all in chronological order for a change. We’ll provide links to related W@W stories about some of these weddings whenever applicable. We’ll also provide crosslinks to suppliers’ blog, facebook albums, and the couple’s wedsite to bring you more images about a particular wedding and see what made it truly special.

As usual, the selection of weddings in this annual list were chosen by some of our friends from the wedding industry. They are the people who knew the each couple personally and witnessed first-hand each event as it transpired. They are the suppliers who helped shape the wedding that it was. They were part of the team which made the wedding, one of 2009’s best! [READ MORE….]