deco & doorgift

yana & myself rushed to jb after our pre-wedding in genting (thx to mashelmy & faizal of CS), giving our last minute help & comfort to bff Lion's wedding. we reached jb by 2am & spent roughly 4hrs chitchatting with lion + sempat buat corsages before we left back to kl at 6.30am..i couldnt stay for her kenduri becos fiance's families buat wedding meeting during lunch and i had to be there for briefing. selamat pengantin baru Lion, cant wait for mini gathering of "thiangpulaukians" at your bertandang next week ;)

mas "the 27 dresses" (sebab dia selalu dipaksa jadi pengapit) accompanied me the next day to petaling street, cari lantern as advised by my decorator...found them, but colorful stock sgt limited - they're giving ways for CNY..so mostly on parade are classic red lanterns. we love the bright combo of blue-green, since stock tak banyak...we had to mix with pink, purple semua ada :P caca marba sudah canopy ku hehe...(planning to sell them off after event, if masih elok)



kemudian kami marathon pickup remaining doorgifts from my vendors. ibu last minute requested for paperbag....thanks to faizah ilikecard, we finally found place allowing paperbags printing in small quantity :)

she also did paperbox gift for my rombongan pengantin...the ribbons nicely tied...her work & finishing very neat, hence very recommended :)

thank you wording

i'm currently shortlisting thank you wording for our choc bar favor. vendor dah suruh cepat, she wants to send for printing....so friends, i need your vote :)

1) "thank you for sharing our beginning of forever"

2) "with our heartfelt thanks!"

3) "you've added to our happiness in a very special way, thank you"

4) "hugs & kisses from the new Mr. & Mrs."

5) "thank you for your presence & all the joy you've shared"

6) "thank you for making our wedding day a little brighter!"

7) "the sweetest way to end this sweetest day"

8) "heartfelt wishes from the new Mr. & Mrs."

or if you have any other beautiful wording of saying thank you, please do share too! just remember to keep it short & sweet............. thanks =)

p/s : love all the wording with "mr & mrs" or "bride & groom" or "newlyweds"...cute & they're sooo wedding :) somehow mcm selfish pun ada, sbb usually in our custom the thank you tu from the whole family, kan ;P

nikah favor

accidentally found this gift after meeting up the tailor. the shop is doing clearance, and they're letting go this mint tint for less than rm1 :) apart from cheap price, the size too just nice to fit the tasbih...so i bought 50pcs of it for nikah, with different color & design to fit the theme..thanks to mas & ezi for helping me out picking the clean ones :) nanti bolehla temankan cari tasbih & ribbon pulak oops! heheh

thank you...

the Yaasin finally delivered to my office tengahari tadi, the stamping for cover ada silap sikit but they'll reprint new copies in next few days. i'm satisfied with the content; the wording very neat, every single line of ayat Yaasin came with tafsir...and they also include some daily doa :) thank you so much to vendor.

my auntie called, informing the quran hantaran now dah safely with her. thanks to her for sponsoring :) the dulang slot actually dah full...and i've got no plan to add up anymore dulang. so let's just share the slot with kain sembahyang & get Nasz to work the magic hee!

btw, i just received shocking news from one of my vendor tadi. i'll call the co. tomorrow to cancel my booking & make necessary arrangement for this new offer. btw, it's great to still having you for our wedding! thanks again for letting us know... :)

p/s : my aunty still have extra for Quran. bought from Mekah & came in kaabah miniature box. i'll upload pics once i pickup from aunty this weekend, in case anyone interested to buy... =)

maintable gift

found link of this vendor while bloghopping to kak shaja's. if you still remember this post... secretly im still hoping for angel vendor who can accept small order for this nice Yaasin. they may not stand as nice to what i found in jakarta, but the cover seems so neat...and one thing that made me think it's a perfect maintable gift is, oftenly, those who eat with pengantins are veterans..and most of time, religious stuff is one that close to their heart, kan :)

p/s : just found out the bride on cover is my uni-mate...congrats to sarah!

chocs gift

our hantaran stuffs almost ready, last monday dah pick up tiny bag from this aunty. i bought 2 stuffs from different online sellers, and they are truly recommended in term of service..pantas :) and alot cheaper than this famous local site. courier from US pun tak sampai seminggu dah dpt hehe..only one hantaran item left, which awal2 lagi we decided to delay...it's a gadget, lagi lambat beli, harga lagi turun..and since our survey in may...the harga had turun rm300...so let's tunggu lagi until end of Year End Sale ;)

for meja vip (it's meja rombongan pengantin actually hehe), after pening2 thinking what should be the doorgift, we finally inspired from below gift by kak fathinz...choc bar with personalized wrapper :) see, i always fell back at stuffs that i saved ages ago in my lappy...selalu je love at first sight win tsk tsk..for families (esp with kiddies), we think edible favors are still everyone's all time fave..esp choc kan hehe. so we browsed around and finally found vendor who allow small order weee...so here we go, 40pcs ordered :) i've sent our monogram for cover, but she requested the format to be in illustrator or photoshop..have to check back with fira, praying hard she still keep them....*gulp*

p/s : Happy Hari Raya Haji to everyone!

i finally found someone...

i've posted this pic more than a year ago...it was love at first sight i admit. during the time, only Bliss Treasure offered this for local market...and sadly, they required min 100pcs (now min 50pcs je), which i thought too much for my budget. furthermore, i prefer edible doorgift for my guests...only special people i would consider giving out candles, and definitely the persons should be my besties...

and today while hunting for my bridesmaids' gift, i dropped by this wedding gift blog...and she has this...i emailed her & it was great to know she accepts small order - except, i had to pay a little extra. i was extremely happy, and quickly placed my order for 10 pcs :) im planning to keep one, with my name on it hehe..

and today too, i ordered 40pcs edible gift for meja rombongan from next vendor :) im still waiting quotation for nikah & maintable favor from another vendor...hopefully we could settle the ordering by this week...

recent trip & tiara

our wedding card & favors dah safely ordered last weekend. the card vendor also do favor box - so we ordered both items ni terus from him in pasar tebet. the place was real stuffy, so abah malas to wait for my usual long-discussion with vendor so i had to end up doing the proofreading & all using email or phone je later - which i hated most becos the risk of miscommunication is high :( i hope to settle the proofreading asap so our vendor could deliver the stuffs by xmas week.

kain for sisters & bridesmaids finally complete. abah give up sebab susah sangat getting the right tiffany for the ladies hehe, mayestik dah nak tutup baru we found the hidden gem...at cheap price :) we jalan2 at plaza indonesia that night, sempat grab one item for hantaran which was sold cheaper than kl..

final day baru singgah mangga dua. prev trip tak sempat hunting wedding accesories sbb both geminian besties asik teruja dgn jam ciplak yg sgt chic kat sane tsk tsk! choice for accessories in M2 mmg banyak, but finding the dream tiara not as easy as i thot...i was looking for decent tiara which fits these criterias : rendah, detailing penuh & tengahnya peak sikit...ala2 below...mostly they have either too small or too big ala2 beauty pageant tuuu...only one shop i found close to my spec..beli jela, price pun murah hehe...

more pics....

overall, the trip abit relax this time..we sempat enjoy nice seafood in kelapa gading too, sampai boyot hehe...

monogram

all i concern is nice font & they must come in grey instead of black...

and we made similar to my tiffany theme too..

thanks fira, owe you a big lunch heee :)

card

today, fiance joining myself at nearby Old Town to sort out wording & detail for our wedding card (since we'll be sharing one!). we had to finalize asap as the order will be made this weekend, together with our doorgifts.

we fixed out the doorgifts, and their packaging. we had to line up some backups in case the vendors reject sebab tak lepas minimum quantity hehe..tomorrow i'll meet up fira, she has agreed to help me out with photoshop-ing the monogram....

since fiance wont be around during the card ordering, we discussed the design & layout for the card too - of course, there were moments we agreed to each other & fight over little little things :) one of stuff we bertekak was the agenda for majlis bertandang. ideally, we want the majlis to start 8.30pm, but based from experience, it's most likely to slip..and usually 8.45pm baru start kan..so we argued what's the best timing to put in our card for "ketibaan pengantin" to alert the guest what's the latest time they should already be in hall hehe...so friends, i need your opinion...

minggu ini

progress as of today.

• guest list for bertandang dah siap, based on few tables yg fiance allocate
• sample monogram dah dapat, need my colleague's expertise to touch up :P
• task list for bertandang coordinator pun dah siap..

mahu cepat ke gym...harini ada appoinment with 3 vendors....

telur pindang

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Friends,

I'm currently looking for telur pindang maker here in kl. i've tried once during my schooling in johor, given by friend who just return from her relative's kenduri. erm, tak kena sgt with my tekak but now am pretty much interested knowing it's part of tradition giving by johorian pengantins :) fiance's family is johorian, so the in-laws prefer to have telur pindang as doorgift for bertandang.

i have 2 contacts in hand, but would like to keep my option open as much possible :) any other recommendation? we really really interested to consider one if the price is good, thanks!

p/s : i just read some info on telur pindang...lamenyeeee rebus telur ni hehe..

mint tin

anyone know where to get this mint tin?

any idea on price? thanks!

pic credit to gg

if it's not edible ..

often in my place, we're used to bunga pahar (yeap, the one with lidi itu) as doorgift for VIPs (for my case just close relatives), additional to usual egg-giving. i am hoping to break off this tradition as pretty bunga pahar doesnt come cheap nowadays. for such cost, i'm expecting something useful to be kept by special guests rather than just a deco at the end of the day.

one of them i found during the trip to Jakarta - a hardcovered doa selawat with couple name printing, and they packaged in a nice box too. a little pricey tapi sangat2 bermanfaat, kan. i've seen similar idea locally, they give a plain Yaasin. nothing fancy tapi berguna esp di malam Jumaat :)

tasbih is my favourite of all non-edible doorgift. apart from being handy, again it's something useful. easier to keep too - gantung je :) but do consider cost of packaging too and please note both gifts only sesuai for Muslim guests.

somehow i know getting ibu's buy-in is nooot that easy. not that she doesn't like the stuffs. she's just not used to go against tradition, that's all.

goodiebag

in case you're in the midst of paperbag hunting,

Meenz Creation now having promo for only rm0.70

(23cm x 14cm x 7cm)

p/s : order must be made before 30/5/2009

DIY favors

found this lovely DIY from kak Shaja's page.

p/s : thinking this for nikah favors .... ;)

paper pouch

paper pouch found in local wedding.

sweeeeet.

jakarta vendor quoted me roughly rm0.60 all-in.

and inclusive delivery ..!

cheapest tiffany i could find for my 2000 guests

*cheapskate me*

p/s : 'buncit' la pouch tu masuk telo haha ..

plain & ordinary

i cant help myself when it comes to little white ...

...and the good news is; it nicely fits the egg!

ok, here the bad news : you need extra cents for deco, sob.

simple tag dah cukup ;)

p/s : meeting up photographer tomorrow.

sah, bukan photographer pojaan itu.

credit to KasihAbadi.com

marathon

we completed the "marathon" that we both planned for this weekend - 3 halls & meet up the dressmaker. to us, the halls are all fine for reception tho trade off betwen the halls abit significant (e.g. lampu putih, ceiling rendah, stage rendah etc).

fiance was laughing all the way knowing that i brought my own "checklist" for the hunting. and at one point, "awak, pintu ni nak cek ade pintu ke tak eh?"

comel je.

"tak, checkla pintu tu kayu ke, kaca ke. pintu tinggi ke, rendah ke.." hehehe.

met mr dressmaker in evening, all about baju bertandang. slight change to the design to accomodate my "renek"ness hehe, and he insisted to look out for lining himself to match my white lace. he thot the lace was the one from EM with rm250/meter tag, while the truth you readers know it was not and way cheaper ;P

we then off to midvalley for late dinner at TR, and remember that Bandung vendor who quoted me rm1 for plain white paper pouch to fit my egg? (and that tag without shipping cost!)

so, my today's finding :



this goodie bag @ Living Cabin cost about rm1.90 - made from high quality paper & bigger, nak letak small pack of kerepek pun boleh hehe.

now i recall a local selling this online, rm1.80/pcs for min purchase 0f 100pcs.

p/s : wish they come in size that nicely fit the egg ;)

wedding stuffs - Jakarta & Bandung

I’m back and just finished unpacking my stuffs before I could write this :P

Overall it was a great trip, especially having gile2 buddies as travel companion & good supir as Pak Rahmat. We took 5D4N package JKT-BDO including airport transfer + hotel + meal + transport with supir. Since we had supir, we didn’t mind staying somewhere downtown like Alia Cikini. It’s a 2-star hotel, so we requested the bucks to be spent more on good food! *Conversion 1juta rupiah = rm318 @ rm1 = 3180 rupiah*

For bridal laces, I prefer Pasar Mayestik (JKT) over Pasar Baru Bandung. Place was something like Jln TAR with plenty of textile shops around. We went nuts, and we sooo didn’t realize that overall we spent were just at 2 shops – Silk Route & Mega, haha! Pak Rahmat pun panic as we didn’t ring him for lunch, ya ampunnn....excited shopping la pak :P

French lace available @ ground floor of Silk Route, other laces (Japanese, Korean, brokat etc) at upper level. No such thing French lace could be bought below rm100/meter over there, but still the price cheaper than Malaysia. Unlike our Euro Moda/Jakel, they had mostly only one plain tone & you can only buy in “potong”(1 potong = 2.5m) Difficult to bargain with SA as already “harga pas”, but try with the boss (Mr. Gobin) finally at counter…he discounted overall for mine about 300k rupiah hehehe.

Silk Route - notice the single tone?

Bought 5m white French lace for KL reception @ rm800, and best part, it was last piece and extra 1m left, so I got 6 meters overall for the price :D And the most yippppieee part, I saw the same at Euro Moda (EM) KLCC selling at rm258 p/meter, except EM’s is Solstiss while mine tadak brand haha, but I can ensure material & jumbai2 by the border tu pun same….EM also had cheaper French lace (rm138 & rm198/m) but the material a bit kasar, and this type mostly you can find in Pasar Baru, but I personally don’t recommend this as it is as good as you buy other cheaper lace.

Tips about buying wedding kain is try to think how good it is when it turns into baju rather than simply choose because you like the design. Even better if you could bring sample dress pic so they could roughly advise which kain type look best for such design, lining color & how many meters required etc. For nikah outfit, I managed to grab 1 “potong” of Japanese lace as patchwork for total about rm86 (EM's price rm98/m). White based, with dusty pink flower line and bits of silver. Lace for my bridesmaid about rm44 (2m lace + 4m satin).

At Mega (beside Silk Route), I bought 5m silver lace (not French lace) to match with tiffany lining for rm78/m – just cheaper by few ringgit from Jakel. Considering I might not find the exact lace & color again, I agreed to pay – after the unsuccessful bargain attempt hish! Friends bought some kain here too but all of us agreed not to recommend the shop as the taukey is sooo pushy :P

Since we’ve slashed Tanah Abang from itinerary, all telekung & corset were bought at Pasar Baru instead. For Pasar Baru, just head to Toko Laris (Level 1 A1 7273) and just mention “kawan Kak Lina” for special price hehe. Based on my last year’s visit to T.Abg, I could say both were about same prices but a lot cheaper than Jln TAR. For telekung sulam penuh (cotton Paris), I just paid rm60++ while Jln TAR selling at rm250 for exact design. Bought both black & white Thai Silk corsets (Suci Jaya, Ground F) for rm30 each, which my friend said in KL cheapest selling at rm80 :P

For wedding cards, Pasar Tebet is the place. Go downstairs and you’ll find many shops next to each other. Dusty and quite panas, but I didn’t mind hehe. Most shops selling same design & price, what matter is your bargaining skill & luck. I prefer dealing with shops yang takde2 aircond, tak sombong. Bear in mind NOT all shops can be contacted through email for “proof-reading” and also some don’t provide courier to Malaysia. Earliest they could complete is within a week.

4000rp/pc. Modern type *can change to tiffany flower hehe*

Aneka Grafika, P.Tebet (Dewi : 021-94854374) – proofread only at premise

Bandung is a big NO for wedding card – more expensive & design are so outdated (i.e. Etnik Card, Pasar Baru). Roughly the comparison for min 1000 pcs hardcover is somewhat below :

- Pasar Tebet : cheapest 4000 rp for all-in with envelope
- Bandung : cheapest 5000 rp all in. for 4000 rupiah mostly blank material (polos)

4000rp/pc, but this design is so 'typical' hardcover, kan..? ehhe.
TIARA Printing, Pasar Tebet (021) 83701124 or email here

Mind their shipping cost too, no idea as they had hard time to quot me the courier :P But if you still want the hardcover, I have contact in KL selling at rm2..no extra charge for custom design (will share in later entry..). I didn’t book any as it's toooo early.

Doorgift in Indonesia is nothing prettier than custom made (e.g. box). Ready made mostly same as available in Malaysia e.g. kipas tgn, mini candle etc which you can find in Mangga Dua. Err, sorry I didn’t ask for quotation as I’m not interested plus the place was so packed with people on weekend. I was just scouting for cheap mini box & paper pouch to fit the eggs but the one I found in Bandung was way higher than my anticipated Indon-price haha.

white box : 3000 rp – I can get less than this in Msia huh!

tiffany wooden box : 12000 rp.

Found something like kugeeku.com's tetris glass @ Mangga Dua Ground floor…size of balang kuih raya pun ade haha, selling at about 7000rp each.

Aneka Grafika, Pasar Tebet

However, I kinda like this for VIP doorgift at Pasar Tebet– doa selawat in hardcovered box, with couple name printed on it. 25000 rp each for min 100pcs. Quite pricey eh. To cut the cost, perhaps we can minus the hardcovered box – just tie with ribbons for the guests hehehe.

270,000 rp @ Sweet Girl, Mangga Dua

My friend grabbed gown for her flower girls for rm40 each (headband & other accessories sold separately)..but we didn’t recommend the shop as the owner is hell sombong & price was soooo difficult to bargain :P

Elegantz Spa & Body Countour Bandung, closed by 8pm

We didn’t do much shopping in Bandung, more on self pampering instead. We had our hair treatment & creambath at Evergreen salon for about rm15, murah gile. And we had our spa on final night at Elegantz Spa (cheaper than famous Spa Rogers) with Balinese interior for about rm50 (massage + lulur + milkbath) for 1.5hrs. But the massage wasn’t as good as my last time in phuket.

Anyway in Bandung, we stayed at Wisma Dago (2-star hotel twin sharing), accessible to popular FOs of Jln Dago. Bring your own travel iron as these 2-star hotels type in Indon only provide pressing service (e.g. blouse 3000rp) – chargeable & only available at certain time only. For staying in Jakarta, no such hotel that close to T.Abg, Mayestik, Pasar Tebet & Mangga Dua as they situated at diff part of Jakarta – Pusat, Utara, Selatan. Just choose one of this part & you’ll win some & loose some, ok? I would recommend Ibis Arcadia for Jakarta Pusat – affordable (online booking about rm130++ w/out bfast) and easily accessible to T.Abg, food stalls, Gambir train station etc. If you choose to stay close to Mangga Dua , Ibis Mangga Dua is walking distance but the rate a little expensive than Arcadia. Personally, you can slash the supir esp in Jakarta which quite costly (rm220++, while Bandung rm140++/day) as you can opt for cab & the rate is cheaper than what we used to pay in KL for such distance. Consider only Bluebird taxi as they use meter.

For bridal tailoring, a friend of mine tempah both her nikah & reception dress in bandung. reception dress turn out sucks & Lynda Rahim altered hers for rm1k, gosh. but her nikah outfit pulak gorgeous gile. reason being, nikah outfit tu mmg buat pattern Indon..so it turned out nice. so her tips, you can go ahead with their tailoring if only you're looking for Indon-bridal design (read Cosry/Anne Avante). If nak custom to Malaysian dress (ala Man Kajang whatnots), tempah sini je to avoid any risk.

In the end, I could conclude that Jakarta is more preferable for wedding stuffs – cheaper, more choices and up-to-date design, be it bridal laces or card. Hopefully coming May trip, mom could settle kain for family and i planned to get some beads too...aritu tak sempat hihi!