previous wedding favours..

This time, i want to share the favours for previous weddings in my family...coming from a rather big family, with 5 girls...obviously we always opt to decorate the favours ourselves..hehehe...and Alhamdulillah so far everything has worked out great for us..

let me start with our first ever wedding in the family, for this reception we decided to give out face towel...to follow the theme, my sis custom the towel with purple embroidery of her and her hubbys initials..
To decorate it, we cut a piece of paper rolled it together with the towel and tied it with a silver string...we didn't have a separate gift for the kids..hehe.yelah our first wedding ...we didn't know at the time...the results...hehehe..as the picture below....
For the 2nd nikah in our family, one of my dear sister decided to make something special...the best choc dates i have ever tasted..hehehe...yummy-yummy...but for my nikah my sis will be too busy, so i decided to buy it from marry me gift & such ..inshaAllah...

For her reception, we gave jams..tiny jam bottles..we ordered the jam online, from a Malaysian website, so they posted it straight to our home without having to pay tax for jams..so best...

the decor was rather hard to pick out because we wanted to be just as cute as the jam bottles..finally we decided to stack up the jams and tie them up together with ribbons...all the decoration stuff was bought from ssf..hehehe...

results..ehehe..because this was paling susah to do (our fingers were sore tying the ribbons), and we made like 800 of them, so i have to say this is my fav..also because the jam was my idea...hehehe.i wanted to give honey out as my wedding favour, but it turns out that not many people like honey....hmm..

For the children we bought chocs from mydin in subang, and wrap them up with around doily paper hmm i think thats what they are..hehehe...

For the 3rd reception, we gave out natural soaps..we went to Bali and went crazy with the Bali soap..and somehow my brother came up with the idea to give them out as his wedding favours..hehhe...of course we didn't have to go Bali again, we just ordered them online..heheh..and they shipped it here...it came as a package + the thank you tag sekali...this was the most expensive favour actually..sbb the shipping was quite mahal + the thank you tag all and the tax..yes..the tax yg buat it mahal......but the best part, we didn't have to do anything...and of course my family was very happy with the results..they even custom the colour ikut our theme..ehehe

for the kids we gave them helium balloons and chocolates..urgh i forgot to take the choc pictures..and the official photo from the photographer tak siap lagi..(yes it has been 6 months n still 1 picture pun we havnt seen yet, so sad because they are very well known photographers)

helium balloons was a hit..and the adults pun tak habis2 asked for the chocs...so both of them finished first..hehehe

In conclusion, i think chocolate is somehow paling diminati ramai...I'm very particular with chocolate taste, so inshaAllah for my reception we are going to buy terus from the factory..heheh..tapi lama lagi.. and of course the helium balloons for the kids....

nikah ring

yay alhamdulillah after waiting for 2 weeks they finally finished setting my nikah ring...

when they called to say its ready, I so harassed habib to pick it up asap..so we went the next day...

once we settled the diamond, i was still very keen on a yellow gold casing, carik2 the couldn't find the one the design i wanted...kena re size...seeing that its going to be my nikah ring, i was not so keen on getting it re sized..i wanted it just as it is...the one that didn't need resizing, the prongs arrangement couldn't fit the diamond that we choose...

after a few minutes she came and said ok i have something else that's better but its not what u had in mind though..she showed me the casing no 2, ..but somehow it is secretly exactly what i had in mind..it has a solid band with 4 prongs..plus the casing fit my diamond perfectly.....

guess what???I finally choose a white gold casing..hehe..it looks something like this...pic taken from google of course..hhehee

its so cantik...its alot nicer that i thought it would be...simple and classic...hehe..timeless...

remember this post when i said i was going to go for yellow gold...i guess takda rezeki right..perhaps next time...
inshaAllah...

Nikah checklist (updated )

Well since our reception inshaAllah is much later, I figured its better to just have a nikah checklist first...reception checklist will be uploaded much much later...

ohhh I'm also having a small makan2 after nikah for my friends, then i dont have to do a seperate function..heheh..save money...inshaAllah...
the reception mainly will be for my parents friends, we have found the place..hhehe..me and mum so far very happy with their service..they just want us to finalise the food..(yes my food in July 2010 dah settle , nikah belum settle lagi)

Kursus kahwin:
Done at Jais shah alam..--> sgt tak best ..my brother went to al-nidaa' in Taman tun he said is soo much better...

Nikah legal stuff:
Borang sudah upload..
-HIV settled at klinik komuniti in kelana jaya...all done within one hour..alhamdulillah no drama here.
-Habib has settles all his forms and passed them to me,but i still hvnt done mine, because my imam is on holiday till next week...

Date:
InshaAllah Feb 2010
reception date so far is July 2010

Photographer:
date booked..deposit not yet paid...

Videographer:
Konon i said i was not going to have one...finally i decided to at least have videography for my nikah..went to see potential vediographer yesterday(psst, anil he show me your wedding video..sgt sweet ok..i loove ur nikah makeup)..hmm but still surveying around for the best rates.serious we are spending so much for a day..sometimes i feel so guilty........

Outfit
Mine : fitting this sunday..ohh so nervous...
Habib: Sent it to my fav tailor and its all done, alhamdulillah its safely with him..cutting of the baju is amazing...
Family: yay finally mum and sisters sent their baju...hehe..no need to harass them anymore..

Makeup:
deposit paid...will call to remind them about the function..

Location:
settled alhamdulillah...but it comes bare..but i love the place...

Sound system:
still none, anyone can reccommend?

Decorator:
Alhamdulillah met with the decorator...concept dah agree,decorator now so busy, seriouly every vendor is busy this month..heish., so still belum finalise the design....

Catering:
Booked, but menu has not been finalise...again they say december is a busy month.urgh...

Favours:
I'm giving away a few wedding favours on the day itself...
Family: all sudah finalise and ordered....
Habibs family: they are getting extra, since they are our guests, still hvnt call the vendor to order..
Children & friends: chocolates
Choc Dates after nikah: found a website that sells it....marryme gift and such, she posted the sample choc and it tasted good...will order in Jan 2010 inshaAllah

Cards:
finally approved for printing...I'll be inviting my friends for makan2 after the nikah(since my reception is only mid year), so cards for my friends i decided to just do on my own, because its so mahal for me to print the same card but just tukar the timing...

Hantaran:
InshaAllah they will do my hantaran cantik-cantik..me and habib decided on 3 dulang only and i will also balas 3...
habib is giving ring, mas kahwin and 1 persalinan baju
I'm giving ring, cake and sejadah...

Ring:
booked my ring, i loove my ring..its slighty diff then what i initially wanted...now looking for his...

Spa:
still hvnt booked my spa..lately my skin has been so sensitive, i'm so scared to go...


Inai:
This aunty from brickfields does amazing inai...very very detail..she does housecalls...

Hand bouquet:
also from them....service diorg tiptop..all my silly questions that I email dilayan..oh thanks soo much Amy...

Corsages
sis decided she wants to do it, because mum wants to make it personal...

Balloons:
Yes we usually prepare helium balloons for the kids..to keep them entertained..so far its been a hit...of course it will be in pink and white....

Sign boards:
were having our nikah at a new place..and takut my family from jauh don't know the way, so i think its best we put a few signboards here and there...bunga maggar, will just buy from shah alam or something...

and finally, my fave....

Honeymoon:
yay booked our flight to krabi...we decided to stay there for a week...i wanted to get the goholiday package because its soooo much cheaper...but me and habib gatal nak change2 hotels..so ended up booking with the hotels straight...nasib baik ada honeymoon package..plus they also included all the island hoping package..yay so no need to worry so much..ohh i dah e-mail them about halal food in advace...inshaAllah food pun dah settle...airport tranfers, and hotel transfer pun sudah arrange..alhamdulillah...

InshaAllah I will anounce my vendors bila sudah confirm, or at least deposit paid..still ada a few yg tak finalise lagi..hmm...

Kurung modern inspiration....

While hunting for a design for my baju of course, i saved up a few pictures of baju that caught my eye...and i noticed a pattern..most of the bajus that i saved are all nikah outfits..and they were all rather similar..
oh no don't get me wrong i don't hate kebaya at all..in fact i love them..but not on myself..the kebaya somehow does not flatter my height and my body shape, or maybe i should get a new tailor??hehehehe..

anyway just wanted to share with everyone some of the pics that i saved... fyi, because some of the pics I've saved more than a year ago...I've lost the source of the pic..so sorry..

I love so much the simplicity of the baju...this was taken from arma wedding couture...the kain part is my fav...

I love her outfit so much..but a simpler necklace would have done justice to her neckline..

can't deny that she had a pretty baju nikah..but i personally think she didn't need the huge tiara..

ohh..i actually really wanted one of my attire to be just like this, a simple top and an elaborate kain..but where on earth do we find a material like that???..tried searching for it everywhere..last2 i gave up...urgh sadly had to toss the idea away..ohh actually i love most of rizalman's design.....it is very simple and elegant

i know this is actually not a bridal dress, but i love the kain for this kurung, its one of rizmanruzainis fav style ..and the colour..i'm a sucker for earthy tones..

this one was because of again the colour..kudos to rizmanruzaini...

This is my ultimate dream dress...Rizalman, i absolutely love this..the simplicity..the colour..

good news?? i hope so...

Havent visited my blog for a long time...hehe..i was away with my family to our fav holiday destination...


BALI....

Yes, bali....for me.... i love it sooooo much....u know we were just as skeptical as everyone about the place..one of my family member taknak jejak pun kat sana because she said got tooo many figures...

but when we went there, our first time..my whole family fell in love with the place..it has something for everybody, mind u at times i think they are more Muslim friendly then Malaysia itself.....

actually in this 1 year we have been there twice..never posted pics from our first trip coz i didn't have a blog at that time..my parents who has travelled all over the world, now has a soft spot for Bali..and our trip last week now made us love the place even more...

i will upload pictures of my current trip soon k...

OK as for wedding updates...hehehe..i think i am finally settled on a decorator..my parents pun approve, so waiting to meet them next week to settle the deposit..hope all goes well from now on, i dont want anymore bad news,inshaAllah......me, habib and my pengapit went to see him...we easily connected..cakap2 so long sampai 10pm.hhehe..so late...My pelamin idea was inspired by the picture below...hehe...its from the movie ayat2 cinta...ohh i loveeed that movie...

of course this is Indonesian style,..hehehe..i have malaysianise the concept..well actually all idea was from the decorator, whereby he extracted it from my nikah concept...sadly, no petals falling for me..hehehe....