Bridesmaids Attire

Hi there! How you've been doing? I haven't blogged here for more than a month. That's long. I've been a silent reader all this while. No mood to update actually. A lot have been going on in this few weeks. I was on holiday to Indo with family last month. Been searching for wedding related stuffs and such up to now. I'll make a separate post regarding my trip, just because. And two cousins of mine have been married in a month's time. Owh, congrats to all brides of December, especially you bloggers out there. It's nice to know you had a beautiful wedding of your own. Can't wait for mine. :D

I just came back from IOI Mall for some material shopping. Kain for my bridesmaids actually. I planned to have 4 bridesmaids. They will be a perfect bunch for our photo session on my wedding day later. I've commenced Yan, my bestie and Aby, my cousin. They both have confirmed their availability. Now I need 2 more girls to complete the group. My two cousins in Belgium will be the potential bridesmaids. But they haven't confirmed their availability yet. My wedding date is clashed with their job and school. So I need a backup, just in case. Most of my cousins of my age have been married. This is tough. Will sort it out later.

Talking about kain, I didn't buy the expensive lace, chiffon, satin material, etc for my bridesmaids. It's just a cheap plain kain. Only at RM6.50 per metre at Tewah IOI Mall. The kains are all very cheap, me likey! I bought 16 metre of the red kain, at only RM104. I wanted to make a nice kurung moden with my tailor and once it's done, I'll ask Zaza to do some beadings and patch some lace. Each baju, tho they are the same design but each will have different beadings and lace patches, just to make sure everyone is not wearing the same outfit like everybody else. I know how sometimes we hate wearing the same. So my bridesmaids will have their own special works on the baju kurung.

I'll get my bridesmaids to send me their measurements asap because I'll start sending off the kain to my tailor latest by the end of January 2010. The design would be something like this:

I want fitted kurung top with kain kembang. The sleeves would be like the one Siti Nurhaliza is wearing. The color and beadings/lace patches would be exactly like the one Saida is wearing (I hate the sleeves tho!). Wheeeeee! Pictures are from CARI.




I'll send this sketch to my tailor, minus the bell-sleeves. My preference sleeves would be slim, fitted style. Need to tell the tailor to make some amendments on this picture. Credited to the talented designer. I've lost the link. Got it over Google, as usual.

Pameran Pengantin and Birthday

Hari ni dengan harapan yang sangat tinggi, me and Johan went to PWTC for Pameran Pengantin, thinking of getting ourselves a good bargain or two in photography + videography services. But we were disappointed. Everything is just too expensive or not too my liking or is simply not worth it for the quality they produced. So we left with a broken heart and went to have lunch with friends instead. Been thinking of having Ali as our wedding photographer. I love the price and he's kinda flexible. I can ask for certain shots that I'd love too. Oh well, the perks of having a photographer friend. ;p

And it's my birthday today! I'm 25, have been together with Johan for 5 years already and Insya-Allah, we will get married next year. There's still a lot I need to learn to be a good wife. First and foremost, I need to know how to feed my husband well. In other words, I should learn how to cook.

Owh! He almost made me cry this morning by showing up at my house and surprised me with a big bouquet of 25 red + pink roses. It's easy to melt me. Hahaha!

Dessert Table

It's not norm to have this kinda dessert table for Malay weddings. But it's fun. I hope I can set up one for my wedding too. It'll be a combination of cakes, cupcakes, popcakes, chocolates, candies and everything sweet.

Pictures from Google
If only the guests could appreciate this... Say if I were invited to this kinda wedding, I'll die in happiness. Seriously, I'm happy.

Wedding Passport Invitation

I've always wanted my wedding to be unique and different, well, every bride wants the same for their wedding too. Sometimes, a very little detail plays an important part.

The same with invitation cards too. That's the first impression the guests will get once they receive your wedding invitations. You don't have to order expensive hardcover cards to impress them, which will be thrown away after the event. It's best if the cards left an impact on your guests.

So, taking into account of the costs (IMPORTANT!), I decided to make my own invitation cards. In the shape of passport! I've never seen any card like that in Malaysia, so I might as well start introducing it.

Pictures from Google

I've designed my own card already. I need to change the fonts and a little bit of the stamps. The card will be made in 2 languages, in Bahasa Melayu and Jawi. We want it to have a little bit of modern and traditional elements, so guests will get the best of both world. I need to take a day off to start buying papers in bulk in Brickfields. We've surveyed already, it is very very very very very cheap to make your own card.

Good luck!

Takeout Boxes

Been thinking of giving favors in takeout boxes. I googled the ideas on the net, there are sooooooo many inspirations.

Great news is, I found a vendor that provides takeout boxes in our very own country. Yeay! It's just RM1 per box.

Just a quick update...I've sent my dress for fitting. Remember I bought it online? Everything is perfect, I just need to alter the length for another 2-inch shorter than the original length. Other than that, I can say I'm very much satisfied.

I'll be going to Bandung with my family for a holiday trip next month. I still have two siblings in school. So vacation during school holiday is an opportunity. Hehehe. I may not shop much, considering I have everything planned in my head already. I think I'll just buy a nice red kain for my bridesmaids. That's all.

I need to set an appointment with Nurul, the vendor for our pelamin. Need to ask for deco for the hall and table setting as well.

I need to start making invitation cards. But no green light (confirmation) from Johan yet. It's a bit troublesome.

I need to re-plan the bunga pahar ideas with Nani, once I'm done with the colors and design of the pelamin.

I need to start taking good care of my skin and hair. Hahaha.

Thank God I still got 1-year ahead to plan. I know it's tooooooooo early but I'm fussy like that I need to start scouting from now.