I am so excited to be posting this wedding. When I saw the pictures on facebook I was floored! This will probably be a two part feature! AAAAHHHHHH!!!! So awesome!
Congratulations Flo and Mr. 
. Cheers to happiness and forever!
How did you meet?
We knew each other from childhood. We didn’t start dating (seriously) until 3 years ago.
How did he propose?
My birthday was on a Monday, so the Saturday before, he treated me to a full spa day and I thought it was the best birthday gift ever. We later on went out for dinner to a lovely restaurant by a river where you sit and watch the sunset and all the while I was thinking he really is stepping up his game . I ordered desert (he said we should order the chef special because he heard it was really good –trickery!) and voila! Lovely cheese cake with the text “will you marry me?” and ring and I freaked out, cried, laughed … amazing . It was perfect…
Wedding facts:-
- Date: 23rd December 2011
- Ceremony: Immanuel AGC Church, Kericho
- Reception: ITC, (International Training center – Unilever) Kericho
- Guests: approx. 1200 ( probably more yikes!)
- Color scheme: Light Pink and gold with white & dark pink (fuchsia & duo) accents
Cake
Phyllis Kariuki - Cake Couture”
Her number is; – -0722-514816
Her email – pnmagero@yahoo.com.
Main cake & parent’s cake – Fruit cake
Pre- packs – red velvet
Grade – B+
Phyllis was not my first choice, my wedding planner had recommended a different vendor and we went ahead and booked said vendor without sampling or tasting – big mistake brides! In October, I went into panic mode as I looked at some cake pictures of the vendor we had booked. I realized I did not quite like her decoration skills even though (after sending my sis to taste her cake) her cakes were very tasty. I had been given Phyllis’s contacts before so I asked her to do a sample cake which she did for FREE and she was able to replicate the picture I had given her amazingly well. Her sample cake however was not as tasty as vendor 1. So I had a tough choice to make, cake that looks meh – but tastes really good or a cake that looks amazing and tastes meh lol! Second choice it was! Main Cake looked fabulous but was quite dry, the red velvet pre-packs were yummy! The cake set up was perfect, couldn’t have asked for more
Venue
Ceremony: Immanuel AGC Church, Kericho
Amazing church, right opposite Barclays Bank Kericho.
Reception: ITC, (International Training center – Unilever) Kericho
Best venue ever, large field, very green with amazing tea scenery.
LOOK! AT! THAT!
Hair & make up
Grade – A-minus
Hair and makeup done by Muthoni Njoba & Shiro Wanyoike of “ The Make-Up lounge in Westlands: www.muthoninjoba.com/
Muthoni’s make-up skills are amazing, I have seen many wedding where brides look pale, bridesmaids look like dolls and I dreaded this. So after a lot of research and asking around, I was referred to her and I was not disappointed. She works with Shiro who is amazing when it comes to styling. They both do a lot of work for True Love so they are tried and tested . All the bridesmaids loved their hair and make-up. I loved mine too.
They did not get a perfect score because they were supposed to stay for the photo session and do touch up’s which they did but for a bit and they had to leave so am dinging them a few points.
Honorable mentions – Information you will definitely need as a bride, but is not always readily available.
- Nails and Beyond– This is for all brides abroad like me who have no clue where to start when it comes to nails in Nairobi..:-). They hooked me and my bridesmaids up! They are really good at mani, pedi and acrylics. My nails were done by Nyambura and she did an amazing job. However, the french mani/pedi is not like what it is here in stato so I wouldn’t recommend getting this done
- Tony Airo’s salon – I did my hair in the states 2 weeks before the wedding so it needed a lot of TLC for it to be wedding ready. Tony Ayiro’s salon repaired & washed (scrubbed my hair with a toothbrush) my hair to perfection. info@tonyairo.com, Website:-http://www.tonyairo.com/ Location: 1st Floor, Lyric House. Kimathi Street, Nairobi
- Norfolk hotel laundry – After travelling with my dress for 16 hours it was a mess…I was freaking out and wondering what and who would steam it and NOT ruin it (you know after hearing all the horror stories). Norfolk laundry steamed my dress, did it with short notice and they did a fab job. Love them
Catering
Sunshine Hotel kericho – I heard the food was good & tasty lol, I didn’t eat much , and they had enough food warmers (important). They served the usual pilau, chapos, stew, chicken etc. We actually bought all the food and all they did was cook and serve which made the catering fee cheaper.
Ciiku Says:
Oh how beautiful is this wedding?
Now, you just have to wait to see the rest of the pictures. I was blown away when I saw them on FB!
See you next Friday for Part 2
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We have to wait a whole week
Yes
i cannot wait to see the dome… anxiety over ours is kicking in.. who did it?? just about to sign occasions at flower box…
@wangechi, the dome vendors outdid themselves in decor..dunno if ciiku is allowed to tell who did the until next week
Not till Friday
Lovely lovely lovely! To Wangechi, i had considered occasions at flowerbox but out of our range. I have attended an itaara they did and everything was beautiful. Do not know about weddings though havent heard anything negative. All the best!
Chep set a very high standard. She was the talk of the town. Her wedding was very beautiful. Anyone who had a wedding before hers in KCO was lucky as for those which were held after hers….
i will wait.. and i have to add.. the proposal.. very very romantic..
my qst is.. how long before the wedding did you have things sorted? by that i mean vendors, clothes,etc…. we are very very very laid back.. not really in a hurry to get things done..
@Wangechi – so we are quiet opposite, we had all vendors booked, clothes ordered very early on, by oct & november it was just the details. This worked for us because a) we got the vendors we wanted-dec is very busy and everyone is booked b) we were relaxed months before the wedding because the major things had already been sorted. c) we had enough time to really shop around instead of just picking something because we had to(time constraints).My advice – stress now, relax towards the wedding…:-)
This wedding rocked major! For real. And nothing beats the contrast of colours that Chep and Mr. had. Pink, green, blue skies, gold … I could go on and on about this, but this is a comment and not a blog post.