BRIDAL APPOINTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA

Bridal Appointments in California

Start: Apr 10, '09
End: Apr 20, '09
Location: San Francisco, California

We will be in California from April 10 to 20,2009 for our annual exclusive bridal showcase to our Filipino kababayans planning to get married in the Philippines. We will be showcasing the works and designs of designer Malou Castillejos http://www.perfectgowndepot.com/. Wedding planner Nona Castillejos-Clemente http://www.cnccreativeconcepts.com/will be available to discuss complete wedding packages, venue sourcing and supplier recommendations to help you plan your dream wedding.

Please email us at info@cnccreativeconcepts.com or call us at VOIP Nos. 818 627 1327 or 415 287 0855 for more information and to schedule a private appointment if you wish.

Elegant Gowns by Malou Castillejos

My Real Brides

Welcome to My World!

Hi, I am Malou Castillejos and I like designing gowns for brides and debutantes. My quaint atelier is located in Quezon City, Philippines. I have two lovely daughters, Angelika Rheine and Angelou Raelene. They are my inspiration and my source of strength. My world revolves around them as I try to be the best mom to them. With them, I gain more confidence with what I love doing, that is fashion designing. They keep my spirits high inspite of the many struggles I go through my own personal life. They say success doesn't come in full circle but with the blessings that I have, the brides and debutantes who trust me in creating my masterpieces for them, my supportive family, and by just looking at my two angels, even as a single mom, I am so truly blessed! Welcome everyone, to my world!

These lovely pictures are courtesy of 10 Cecilleville Street's famous photographer, my brother, Ferdie. Hopefully, he gets famous elsewhere too. Oh, yeah, he is also famous at 2 Derby Street. Thanks bro!

FLOWER GIRLS

WEDDING IN NEW YORK

PERFECT INVITATION IMITATIONS, BEWARE!!!

We have discovered that some companies are misrepresenting us and even displayed photos of our original products and invitation designs on their websites. Please be warned that WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AFFILIATES! When you order, make sure you are ordering directly from us. Our telephone numbers are (632) 9138993 and (632) 9138936 only. When you call these numbers, look for only three people: Ada Castillejos, Malou Castillejos or Nona Castillejos-Clemente. We are sisters and we own the Perfect Invitation Superstore label under our main company, C & C Creative Concepts. All our products are designed and produced in-house at our shop in Quezon City. Please do not fall prey to coordinators and companies claiming that they are affiliated with us and that they can extend much cheaper prices for the same quality invitations. Do not be victims of substandard quality products and invitations from these companies posing as our affiliates.

There are legitimate wedding planners and advertising agencies who refer us to their clients and let their clients deal directly with us. Wedding planners who work with us know that we prefer dealing with their clients directly specially for layout approval and overall design orientation. If your wedding planner tells you that she will take care of your invitations order from us, doublecheck with us before entrusting it to your planner to make sure that indeed, we have your orders placed properly.

All our designs are original ideas and can only be found on our website www.PerfectInvitationSuperstore.com.

Thank you for your time in reading this important notice.

Rest assured of our quality work and personalized service that we have been known for.

Below are the companies that you should avoid:
1. Kasalan at Koordinasyon - http://kasalan.110mb.com - please be warned that this company is not affiliated with The Perfect Invitation. On their gallery, you will see our designs posted as theirs. When you call them, they will claim that they are affiliated with us and that they can get it from us at much lower prices so they can extend much cheaper prices if you get it from them directly. They will tell you that the quality would be the same. Please do not fall prey. Do not become victims of poor imitations. We do not work with them or any other company as our agent or affiliate. Misleading clients is not a good way to conduct business.



TO THIS ANA ABIAN ALBA OF KASALAN AT KOORDINASYON - Please have some decency. How can you conduct your business well when you are misleading clients to believing that you are affiliated with us and using our own designs on your website??? Worst, you tell clients that you get them from us at much lower prices so quality is really the same as the invitations are really from The Perfect Invitation. Do not deceive your clients!!! Create your own line. Post them in your gallery. Conduct business HONESTLY AND FAIRLY.

We also discovered that this company copied the “Theme Weddings” that we offer under C & C Creative Concepts and made it part of their services. It would have been maybe acceptable if they changed the wordings a bit. But copy pasting it exactly as how it was on our website without acknowledging the source is absolutely wrong!!! - the original can be found here - www.cnccreativeconcepts.com/themeweds.html. If you copied it from another site, the proper way is to link back to that site to acknowledge the rightful author.

TO ALL COUPLES OUT THERE – beware of ANA ABIAN ALBA. She is a sweet talker and she will lure you to believing she is a legitimate Wedding Planner.

2. Be cautious of Pacific Industries Cebu aka Simply Handmade managed by a certain Mr. Rey Oliva or Mr. Mau Magsaysay or Maurice Gaboya. This company is representing itself as a major exporter of Philippine handicrafts and handcrafted invitations from Cebu. We do not know if this is a legitimate organization for deaf and mute but nevertheless, be cautious!

You will find one of our products in particular this invitation design
on their several traders account in various trading companies including alibaba.com, tootoo.com, tradenote.net, tradewebsites.net, chinapages.com, exportsarea.com, lihoy.com and many other sites. We also found this particular design posted at http://wedding-specialist.com . This is not a design owned and crafted by Pacific Industries CEBU. It is our original design. If you like this design, you may inquire directly from us at tel. nos. (632) 9138993 or (632) 9138936 and not with any other companies.

So once again, when you order, make sure you are ordering directly from us. Our telephone numbers are (632) 9138993 and (632) 9138936 only. When you call these numbers, look for only three people: Ada Castillejos, Malou Castillejos or Nona Castillejos-Clemente.

Thank you to everyone who are patronizing our products. We thank you for choosing The Perfect invitation in your wonderful occasions!

CALIFORNIA EXCLUSIVE BRIDAL AFFAIR MAY 1-3, 2008

A CITY HALL WEDDING

I woke up at 5am today to prepare for a 6am call-time.

I met Jenny a few days ago asking me to rush her a wedding gown for a civil garden wedding ceremony. I designed a simple strapless gown for her with a sweep train. I met her on Monday. She had her fitting on Wednesday. By Friday, I'm ready with her gown. Whew!!!

Jenny texted me last night, informing me that there was changed of plans. Instead of a civil ceremony at the garden of Gazebo Royale, the ceremony will be held instead at Quezon City Hall and was rescheduled at 8am instead of 1pm. Jenny was such a pleasant bride. She did not despair but instead laughed about it...telling me that she's probably the first bride to wear a beaded wedding gown at Quezon City Hall. And I told her that indeed she is "my first city hall bride"..ha ha ha!

Here are some photos at Jenny's wedding today...She is such a pretty bride, always ready with a smile on her face...and Jun, such a gentleman! They are just soooo perfect for each other. Were they stressed out for holding the wedding at the City Hall??? Find out in these photos. Best wishes to you Jun and Jen!

James Blanco and Tania Creighton's Wedding

Fixing Tania's veil before she walks down the aisle.

I have posted this in my Friendster Blog...but I'd like to add it here for those who do not want to head on to Friendster..

I've been to so many weddings and have done quite a number of gowns for many wonderful brides...I've always felt honored when a bride-to-be asks me to be her designer for her wedding gown. It's a very encouraging feeling to make me

want to continue and do more...
Tania is one of my very first models when I was just starting out on my own as a Fashion Designer. She posed for me for many local and international magazines and walked my gowns in many Fashion Shows.

She is a very graceful model through and through...very down-to-earth and very simple...So when she asked me to finally design her wedding gown, I felt so overjoyed and very very honored . Now, I am not just designing a gown that she will wear for a magazine spread or a gown that she will walk on the ramp...she is wearing a gown that she will walk down the aisle to marry the man of her dreams...I am just so happy for her.

When the actual wedding day came..I was right beside her until that door to eternal bliss opened and there I saw her marched to his waiting groom...it's like a dream unfolding before my very eyes...It's breathtaking!

During the reception, one of the highlights of the evening was the onsite video of my favorite videographer, Jason Magbanua...I have watched many of his past onsite videos but this one has really made me so teary-eyed...maybe because I have some attachment to the couple...but when I looked around the reception hall, everyone seems to be feeling the same as me. The very first shot where that live butterfly pulled that wedding ring is absolutely brilliant!!!...that one immediately caught me and the rest of this fantastic video...head on to http://jmagbanua.com/vids/tania_james.wmv and see for yourself what magic Jason Magbanua has weaved into this beautiful wedding video.

To James and Tania, I wish you all the best...

P.S. Visit my Friendster account too...it's at http://profiles.friendster.com/perfectgown. Add me up as a friend.

Beautiful Brides

I am very lucky to have been part of the beautiful weddings of these beautiful brides. I am truly grateful. Thank you for wearing my creations. And best of all, thank you for your friendship.

GRACE

I love Grace so much...she is such a very charming bride. I am just so happy for her. Grace and Francis had their beautiful wedding in Boracay and she let me flew in to see her on her Wedding Day. The picture above shows me with her during her preparations. Isn't she so lovely?

Photos by Zandro of Smart Shot Studio.

ELAINE
Elaine is one of the nicest brides I ever had. She let me make my own design interpretation for her gown. Even though we were many miles apart as she resides in the US, I never had any problem in executing her gown as she trusted me all the way to create the perfect gown for her. On her wedding day, she did not only look so beautiful, but she radiated happiness and love.

As the church doors opened for her, hundreds of butterflies were released inside the church while rose petals showered on her from above. One butterfly landed on her shoulder and walked her down to the altar, who is probably her Dad who died years ago and could not be present at her wedding. It was a very touching moment. Everyone cried as she walked down the aisle knowing that her father never failed to see her on her Wedding Day.

Photos by Wally Gonzales

MARSHA
Marsha is one of my favorite brides too. She is just sooooo sweet. She was one of my brides who wore the longest train in a wedding. She walked down the aisle of Barasoain Church amidst a garden of white roses. It was such a sight to behold with her over 800 guests. It was a dream come true for her as she wanted to share her happiness only with her fellow Bulakenos.

During the reception, the couple decided to raffle off electric fans, cellphones, cash money, and many more. Jojo and Marsha requested everyone to join including the waiters, photographers, drivers, yayas and everyone who were there. In the end, no one went home empty handed. They made everyone very very happy. Instead of asking gifts from guests, this couple gave away gifts to their guests. It was a very different wedding and truly unforgettable.

Photos by Nelson Villarica.

Some of my Design Sketches

Here's a sampling of some of my design sketches. Enjoy watching!

You may also watch this at http://www.youtube.com/maloucastillejos.