Like other couples, Michael and Katrina have common or similar traits but a gulf of differences separates them as well. These differences range from the minute to the mundane and the monumental. One of the most significant differences between them concerns the issue of what is reasonably affordable and what is extravagant. Katrina personifies the simple and the thrifty, while Michael symbolizes the opulent and the spendthrift. Surely, this clash of characteristics and preferences manifests itself in the wedding planning.

Rieger and Catherine met in an unlikely place and at an unlikely time to find love that was yet to blossom: Boracay, Summer of 2013. He was then based in Singapore, and she was starting a business in Manila. They kept in constant touch and would see each other whenever he came home to the Philippines. However, they still had not ascertained their feelings for each other. They would even crossed paths, coincidentally, in some foreign lands during family holidays. She thought fate enjoyed playing cupid.

Chinee had her heart broken many times through the years when she and Mark dated. Her family went through financial difficulties and their house was submerged in flood waters during typhoon Ondoy. They eventually lost the same house—and everything in it—to a fire in the early hours of November 15, 2014. That was a date to remember for all the wrong reasons. But Mark, being the optimist that he is, decided to erase the bad memories of that day and replace them with good ones.

Both Anton and Steph come from large, rambunctious, loud, and loving families. With over 45 first cousins each, they both grew up with built-in barkadas and best friends and an army of relatives who are there for every major event of their lives. They are also the eldest in their respective families who are expected to get married first and whose consciousness of living revolves around the idea that they are part of a huge collective of siblings, parents, uncles, aunts and cousins.

Chris and Ena wanted a destination wedding and they chose Baguio City—one of Ena’s favorite places—as the ideal site. “Rekindle old friendships and create new, beautiful memories—this is how the idea of planning for a Baguio wedding started for them. Admitting that the planning was more hard work that she originally anticipated, Ena enlisted the help of Ernest Pascual of Bespoke Manila.

Andrew and Anna shared the same vision for their wedding: they intended the occasion to be a celebration of love—not just their love for each other but the love they feel and share with their respective families and friends. Inspired by botanical prints, they personally designed their monogrammed invitations which became the running theme of the wedding.