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In 2005, Veluz brought home the Supplier of the Year award.  Cecilio Abad did the same SOTY feat in 2008.

In last Friday’s celebration, designer Boy Kastner Santos of Sheaths Couture has been named Supplier of the Year in the 2011 W@Wie Awards!

(photo by Paul Vincent Photography)

Get to know more about him and the company in this previous W@W Chat episode.

Tito Boy landed on top among the Top 10 suppliers as voted by this year’s batch of W@Wies.  Here’s our Top 10 again as presented by Phoeben Teocson Cinema during our awards night . . .

Our Top 10 (eleven actually!) gamely dressed up for the shoot.  The stills used as panels in this comics-style video is now posted in this storyboard photo blog by Paul Vincent.   And in case you missed it, listen to this special podcast episode featuring our Top 10 suppliers recoded the same day of the shoot.

But who among them joined Tito Boy in our Top 5?  (more…)

After two years of absence, our AVP Week is back!  It’s a week-long video blogfest.  The AVP Week is actually what inspired us to do the W@W VideoFest. Names like Bob Nicolas and Phoeben Teocson kick-started their careers through AVP Weeks in the past.  This week, we’ll be featuring the “new kids” on the block.

About the video:

This takes you around the Philippines — from the glass towers of our concrete jungle, to the windmills of Ilocos, and down to the white sand beaches of Bora.  The scoring is subdued throughout, but the cinematic shots and sophisticated graphics served as peaks of this montage.  We especially like how they did their logo at the end. 

We are happy to open the week with this work by Treehouse Story.

The W@Wies have spoken. A total of 175 wedding suppliers were nominated. Each vote tallied and tabulated.  Two suppliers were tied at the tenth spot so there are 11 names in this year’s lineup.

Emerging at the Top 10 are two photographers, two caterers, two florists/stylists, a gown designer, a makeup artist, a videographer, a cake maker, and a wedding emcee. Among all of them, six were previous nominees in the past W@Wie Awards, while the other five are first-timers in the magic circle.

Without further ado, here are the Top 10 Wedding Suppliers for The 2011 W@Wie Awards (in alphabetical order):

• Beatrice by Sheaths Couture | Boy Kastner Santos
• Chug Cadiogan (video)
• Imagine Nation Phototography
• Jayson & Jo Anne Arquiza (photo)
• Joy San Gabriel (cakes & desserts)
• K by Cunanan Catering
• Loi Floral Sense by Serge Igonia
• Missy Ferrer-Litao (emcee)
• Passion Cooks (catering)
• Val Villarin (hair & makeup)
  
• Vatel Manila | Dylan Gozum (flowers & styling)

As of today, our Top 10 are all on equal footing as the W@Wies vote anew to determine our Top 5, and ultimately, the 2011 Supplier of the Year. Winners will be formally announced during the W@W Christmas Party & Awards Night to be held on November 25 (Friday) at 1Esplanade (SM Central Business Park Seaside cor. Bay Boulevard, Pasay City) through the kindness of Josiah’s Catering.

Cheers to our Top 10!

Welcome to the pilot episode of W@W Chat - The WeddingsAtWork.com Podcast!

What’s a podcast?  Basically it’s talk radio on the internet except that the audio content is downloaded instead of streamed live.

Why a podcast?  Benz is a fan of travel podcasts.  She’s one person who has kept her classic iPod for such contents while the one in her phone remain underutilized.  For my part, I (with my neighbor and scooter buddy, Mark Laccay) conceptualized and hosted Pinoy Scooter Podcast (about scooter riding in the Philippines).  It’s actually thru Mark’s technical assistance that we were finally able to push trough with W@W’s very own podcast.

about this podcast:  From the get-go, Benz & I wanted the show’s feel to be very casual.  No set questions nor cue cards.  More like the way we’d chat with friends, say, over coffee.  Listening to an episode would feel like eavesdropping to other people’s conversation, only with consent. ;)You may listen to on your computer by clicking ? (play) in the embedded audio player below.  You may also right-click this link to save the MP3 and put it in your iPod. You may also subscribe to W@W Chat via iTunes to automatically download our latest episodes .

about this episode: Since it’s our first time, Benz & I thought of inviting someone whom we are both very comfortable with as our guest. A willing guinea pig if you may.  Since we’ve known the partners in Threelogy Video (Bong, CJ & Jon) way before we were all in the wedding industry, they were the most obvious choice.This was recorded in our house so our apologies for any ambient noise you may hear (i.e. our baby crying. hehe) while we were all chatting.  That’s how casual it gets!

We hope you enjoy our very first episode. Happy listening!