Choosing the proper gifts for our Principal Sponsors (Ninongs and Ninangs) have been quite challenging for us. We wanted them to be unique but useful, and not something that will just dust away after our wedding. We know there could be more options back home in Manila but due to time constraint, we have decided to get the gifts here.
We have been eyeing these beautiful glass lamps for a month now but did not know how we were gonna personalize them or if they were even feasible as wedding gifts:
We have been eyeing these beautiful glass lamps for a month now but did not know how we were gonna personalize them or if they were even feasible as wedding gifts:
And so we thought twice about getting them. However we were not able to find any other gift which would be suitable for our godparents, and we wanted to get them before i go home for the wedding by end of March coz we did not want to rush anymore..
Today I went back to the Festival City with my friend and again those elegantly simple lamps were there.. I really wanted to buy them as our gifts, I could imagine their potential. My imagination, albeit my lack of artistic talent, goes wild whenever I see them! To me they are like blank canvasses full of promises :) Plus the prices are quite reasonable considering it's something that they could definitely use again, be it at work or at home :) And so I called E and he agreed that we definitely should get the lamps at last :D
Here they are!
Today I went back to the Festival City with my friend and again those elegantly simple lamps were there.. I really wanted to buy them as our gifts, I could imagine their potential. My imagination, albeit my lack of artistic talent, goes wild whenever I see them! To me they are like blank canvasses full of promises :) Plus the prices are quite reasonable considering it's something that they could definitely use again, be it at work or at home :) And so I called E and he agreed that we definitely should get the lamps at last :D
Here they are!
we're hoping we could get blue and pink bulbs somewhere, any suggestions? :)
We're thinking of glass etching at least the sponsor's initials vertically, then maybe our names and wedding dates in very small font at the bottom part of the lamp. We're basing this on our own opinion that we personally do not wish to use mugs/pens/lamps/whatever with another person's name marked in huge letters or worse, with their faces! Ugh! 
The upside? These are like symbols of our godparents roles in our new life together: our Lights to guide us in this crazy married coexistence :) The next big challenge (aside from finding colored bulbs) is to look for Glass Etching materials or company which could personalize our lamps for us.. If it proves to be quite expensive we could try to do them ourselves, or worst case scenario use those artistic glass paint with our Ate's help :)
Any suggestions please??
