
about this episode: Been curious to know the women behind the blog RebelliousBrides.com? We sat down with Kai Cruz and Mica Tuaño-Fuentes (of The Makeup by Mica) to know how ‘rebellious’ the got during their respective weddings. We also talked about The Wedding Agency, their new undertaking which creates wedding concepts for soon-to-weds from the ground up. And since “behind a rebellious bride is a rebellious groom,” Cyrus (Kai’s hubby) tagged along during our recording and posed with us for this souvenir shot.
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July 12th, 2012 at 11:04 am
Hi RB and W@W! Your podcast session is so inspiring. It made me realize that having a dream wedding does not necessarily mean to be expensive and glamorous. What’s important is that we both (b&g) enjoy planning for our wedding and just put details that we both love.
Doesn’t matter what other people say about the outcome. What matters is the we both did what we wanted and had fun on our once in a lifetime wedding day. I’m now so looking forward to celebrating our big day. Sana 2013 na. hehehe More power RB and W@W!
July 17th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Hi RB,
Nakaktuwa nmn ung kwento nyo about your weddings :)Lalo na si Kai, weddings tlga. Hahhaa.
Very inspiring ang mga kwento. May kanya kanya taung trip to make our dream wedding possible.
Basta ang mahalaga maging happy tau sa wedding natin ang kahit ilang taon na ang lumipas andun pa rin ang fulfillment sa puso natin.
Just continue inspiring us with your kwentos
Salamat salamat at ang dami ko natutunan sa podcast at blog nyo 
July 17th, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Hi W@W ichecked your site to look for details for my wedding, it’s quite far but it’s ok i just want to be prepared with everything. I just want to share i attended a wedding just last month, my cousinn’s wedding they got the cheapest coordinators and photographers but with job well done. i tried to check their info on your directory but it’s just that they’re not included on your list. Well maybe you can invite them up as well to be posted on your list because with the service that they’re giving is perfect.
July 18th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Thanks for listening, guys!
@Carla: our Supplier’s Directory is open for all. Please do tell your favored suppliers to submit their contact info via our directory pages. It’s free of charge.
July 21st, 2012 at 6:46 am
I have been listening to W@W chats since I became a member of W@W early this year. It’s nice to know that a wedding resource through a blog created by Filipina brides is readily available for B2Bs (rebellious and not rebellious at that). Listening through the chat for 66 minutes, I did not even notice the numerous “parang” and “uhm” because I was totally enjoying the topic. I would not exactly consider myself as a rebellious bride but with all your “kuwentos” I realized I could have a rebellious streak in me too in a positive way to say the least. I have started a lot of DIY projects and listening to your own experiences made me all the more motivated to finish what I have started. I actually tried creating the giant rose flower after seeing it featured in GWS and it was a huge failure maybe because I used the wrong paper and I don’t know which paper to use exactly. I gave up this task and instead focused on creating another paper flower project (kusudama and some fabric flowers too). Also, my H2B’s brother got married this year and our wedding is set on October. I am not sure if the “sukob” thing is applicable to our situation but we’re both decided to push through (besides he’s not Filipino and sukob is not part of their culture).
Anyway, what I learned about the RB W@W chat is that a wedding is something that should be a reflection of the couple’s personality and should not necessarily adhere to traditions all the time. Planning the wedding need not be stressful because there are a ton of blogs and people that are more than willing to help and provide input to make one’s ideas a reality. I am so lucky that my H2B is ever willing to share his input and I really feel that our planning process has been a partnership. Like Kai we will probably have more than one wedding as well (one in General Santos City on October and another one in Denmark so a greater number of his family and friends will be able to attend too). Like Mica we will enjoy our day and just be ourselves with our family and close friends. As early as now, I can feel that our wedding day will be so much fun and a day filled with memories that will last more than a lifetime because we have put our effort into it.
Thank you RB for your blog and for being an inspiration to all RB’s out there (count me in!) and of course thank you to Weddings At Work for the myriad of resources and huge help in our preps.
July 26th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Hello Kai and Mica,
Today I’ve been married for exactly 2 months..Yey! I have been a fan of your blog and Mica since January when I was searching for new ideas. To be honest, my wedding gown was inspired by Mica’s. I hope you don’t mind. Thanks Kai for introducing me to your personal blog, through this podcast, as well! It’s wonderful, colorful and I love the songs from your Oh Happy Day post!!
Anyway, what I’ve learned from listening to your podcast: “concept” is that important in one’s wedding. I never had one, I never asked anyone for a full coordination of my wedding day. I had so many ideas from all the blogs I visited but none actually worked. Good thing, I have supportive friends as well who helped me with the whole wedding preparations. My husband wanted it tame but I wanted a “wedding. I won but there are dramas along the way.
Anyway, I still love weddings and the I will continue to read updates from your blog! Thanks for inspiring girls like me..And ow, by the way, my friend is also getting married in November and I am helping her with her rebellious wedding =)
Thanks, Mel
August 1st, 2012 at 8:56 am
Hi guys!
Thank you so much for all the effort that you guys put into really sharing with us what you have learned from our podcast. With much deliberation, we’ve decided to award the giant paper rose bouquet to….KT PERALTA! Yehey! Congratulations KT! We will be contacting you now
XOXO,
Kai & Mica