we cordially invite you...

Met my mat over the weekend to discuss about what else but the wedding!

After months of hem and haw-ing on what to do for our dinner reception "guestbook" - I previously wrote about not wanting a traditional guestbook - I've finally decided on one that will be fun but simple enough for our guest, and my mat pun dah give the thumbs-up! Wish I can shaaare but this is another one of those things that I think we should keep under wraps so it'll be a nice surprise for our guests heh heh heh. Yang ni tak mahal and I plan to DIY sendiri sebab very senang to buat so hopefully my malas urat won't get activated :D

But that aside, I want to blog about something else that kita dah kickstart - wedding invitation cards!

Since ours is a combined wedding reception + dinner reception, we'll be having three separate wedding cards (!!!) - one for my side, one for my mat's side, and one for our dinner reception. No issues for our dinner invitation cards so far because I've forced asked my sweet baby sister to design them for us but this kental anak dah protest tak nak design the afternoon reception punya cards because she's not confident enough (?!)

So now we're left trying to figure out what to do for our invitation cards for the afternoon reception.

I decided to ask around on social media before we embark on anything (Lol embark eh. Step mana peh pengembara je) and received recommendations to go Plaza Angsana (JB) from my... uhm, pengantin lama friends haha bless all you pengantins lama who are ever so willing to share your contacts and experiences!

Two kedai names that were thrown to me were Pusat Pengantin and Kraftangan Impian so off we went to Plaza Angsana with Sham, Aisyah and Ahmad last weekend! But I think I wasn't really feeling it so we left without looking at much, and ended up stuffing ourselves silly with cheap cheap good good food at Banafee Village JB... which pretty much wrecked my azam Kilo Khronicles for the weekend, of course. Gahhhhh.

I think the uneasy feeling might have datang because I'm biased lepas dah dengar all the horror stories from bekas pengantins who experienced terrible service and had errors yang melampau in their cards even after reminders... macam takde confidence lah pulak :/ Sorry Malaysia, I love your weddings to death but bila part wedding card printing...

We did think of considering recommendations to try Malaysian wedding card printing vendors who boleh liaise via emails only, because it limits the inconvenience and the hassle of having to naik turun another country... and at least boleh correct mistakes via emails dulu before printing, kan? I've looked at WeddingCard.MY (pretty ok, but limited choices to choose from their online catalogue), Kad Kahwinku (also ok, offers more in terms of variety - I had a pretty good chuckle at some of their names hur hur hur) and Jentayu Design (recommended by Elziii here and Mat Meets Minah here)

I also cuba my luck and asked Ken's Collections (they're based in Jakarta) for quotes because I remember their name from the back of a very pretty wedding card my dad received early last year! This one:

+ samples of some of their other cards:

(Source: Ken's Collections) 

... but as I predicted, their quotes - even though reasonable considering their lawa designs and superb quality (hardcover, beb, comes with sarung lagi!) - are much higher than I'm willing to fork out. Not looking to have hard cover with sarung segala for our wedding cards anyway so... next!

Of course the most attractive option for us is to engage a local wedding card vendor because tak leceh and in case you haven't notice, aku very the suka benda yang tak leceh ok. Hur hur. Might be slightly pricier but at least ada peace of mind and it feels more convenient, I guess? We're now looking at Card Maison, From Fran With Love and Dekor Wedding Cards and while we're pretty comfortable with the designs they offer, we're still not sure if his mum will like the designs. I think my mat knows his mum well enough and I've planned this long enough with her in mind to know her taste and preferences... and we both agree their designs might be too "young and colourful" for her liking hahahahaha. My mother pulak, jangan cakap lah, kalau I tell her kita nak print invitation cards on tissue paper pun dia akan cakap please go ahead. That woman deserves a goddamn "Mak Pengantin Paling Relek Jek" award, I tell you.