Vendor Reviews: Dessert Tier, Chiavari Chairs, Kompang, Gubahan, Favours, Photobooths, Bridal Room, Bridal Henna, Bridal Bouquet, Invitations

Fuhyooooo, panjangnya blog title ni.

Lagi panjang masa berlalu, menunggu ini next entry kan hahahahaha.

Okay, ANYWAY, as you all can see now, I've decided to consolidate alllll my reviews for alllll other aspects of my wedding into one entry instead of breaking them down into three smaller entries!

Because akak dah penat and akak dah fed up - akak actually dah almost finishing one super long entry on dessert tier, chiavari chairs and kompang pastu the page got accidentally refreshed terus *POOF* whole entry that I spent three hours on? ALL GONE. Macam magic. Magic yang buat my blood go upstairs into the room and down the toilet bowl.

But HAIZ, what to do lah kan - yang dah lepas tu buat lepas lah ye. Buang yang keruh, ambil yang jernih, baru teguh peribadi, you know! This one not my mother teach but P Ramlee yang teach hahahahaha. So without further ado, I present to you the third and final installment of my review entries!

Wedding Dessert Tier - Dessert Artisans

Services: Dessert Tier

Company: Dessert Artisans

Email: dessertartisans[at]hotmail[dot]com

 Facebook: Dessert Artisans

Website: Dessert Artisans

Another one of my favourite vendors, y'all!!!!! The duo behind Dessert Artisans is one of the most creative and talented and lovely duos I have ever met and we have no regrets choosing them over any other vendors for our wedding dessert tier!!! 

We actually ran into problems for their setup position (as mentioned in my earlier entry, we had to rombak balek the arrangement because there were additional stuff that was not communicated to Saliheen and I) but Dessert Artisans took it in their stride and I'm really, really glad everything worked out in the end :D

Must thank Nani for this really, because we wouldn't have had a dessert tier if not for her - we weren't even considering a dessert tier and it was she who offered to sponsor one for our reception - and it was absolutely ~gor~geous~

Plus point - desserts were yummy hor!!!!! You know how some orang stuff nampak je jambu but the insides and the taste is rubbish? NOTHING OF THAT SORT WITH DESSERT ARTISANS HOR. Enjoyed every single dessert that they laid out, including the mini cake that they oh so very nicely threw in for us!

(Threw in as in include dalam the setup eh, bukan dorang really threw, threw as in campak itu cake. Yang dorang nak campak campak cake ape cerita, mengamuk ke ape.)

In case you aren't familiar with Dessert Artisans' work, they usually don't have cake, like an actual whole cake, on their setup because their Wedding Dessert Tier is actually an alternative to a Wedding Cake table, y'know? So they have cupcakes and other sweet treats to replace the wedding cake. 

But since Saliheen is a pretty convincing whiner who can work a pretty good kitty face if he wants it hahahahaha and he was the one who really meronyok nak "mini white cake with scalloped bunting" *cough* groomsaurus *cough*, the girls graciously obliged with his request. So sweet sehingga membawa diabetes pada usia yang muda kan these two?!?!?!

Oh, and yes - because we signed up with Dessert Artisans during Jentayu Gallery's Wedding Showcase 2012, we were entitled to a special promotion package which included a guestbook table setup for our reception. Which turned out to be SO CANTIK, OF COURSE.

Love it! 

No prizes for guessing who will be our go-to people when we need a dessert tier for our housewarming party... our first anniversary party... our birthday parties... our future baby shower... our future child's first birthday party, our future child's first steps celebration party... #ohtakeh

Chiavari Chairs / Tiffany Chairs Supply - XOXO & Co

Services: Chiavari Chairs

Company: XOXO & CO

Email: contact[at]xoxo-co[dot]com

 Facebook: XOXO & Co

Website: XOXO & Co

I've blogged about XOXO & CO here and here.

All our dealings with XOXO & CO were fuss-free, the owner is super easy-going and we had it lucky because Kasai Sayang and XOXO & CO have worked well with each other several times before. We just left the collection, delivery, set up and teardown all up to them! I also love that the chairs and cushions looked new and clean and fresh so akak gotta give them two giant thumbs up for that :D

So would I recommend XOXO & CO to those who are looking for chiavari chair supply for their weddings or formal events? YES.

Is XOXO & CO the company you should go to for all your chiavari chair needs (haha chiavari chair needs)? Absolutely freaking YES. 

Kompang - Kompang Zapin Berdendang

Services: Kompang

Company: Kompang Zapin Berdendang (under Gendrum Network)

Contact No: Qamar Baba 90223451 / Ayu Sam 90239870

Email: gendrum[at]hotmail[dot]com

 Facebook: Kompang Zapin Berdendang (under Gendrum Network)

I first blogged about Kompang Zapin Berdendang here.

We didn't get any response from them when we wanted to book them initially but we persisted because we wanted them that much... because we knew that they are that good.

Very happy to report that they lived up to our expectations, the sound of the kompang was loud and crisp like we wanted, they looked super good and coordinated in their uniforms and songkok berbulu (hahaha) and I really wished I could've enjoyed their 3-minute performance more thoroughly! (We had guests coming up to the pelamin for phototaking so I couldn't really concentrate all that much) 

Really, really, reaaaaalllllyyyyy hope our videographers or one of our guests steps forward with video footage of their performance. I nak play and replay and replay over and over again macam budak dah kena sasau. 

Gubahan for Gift Trays - Ola Lola

Services: Gubahan for Gift Trays

Company: Ola Lola

Email: sales[at]ola-lola[dot]com

 Facebook: Ola Lola

Website: Ola Lola

I first wrote about Ola Lola here. And a whole lot of times after that.
 

I don't know how many times I've raved and raved about Ola Lola in my blog sampai mulut berbuih (?) but let's just say the dynamic duo behind Ola Lola did not let Saliheen and I down!!! They have REALLY honed their craft in making gubahan trays look like a goddamn million bucks lor.

I also think Ola Lola has turned my mother-in-law into one of their greatest fan girls because she couldn't stop fawning over the gubahan and the macaron favours after our wedding hahahahaha. Baguslah sangat, anak menantu and mak mertua sama sama fawning fawning over Ola Lola. Girl bonding lah konon.

Wedding Favours (Groom's) - Ola Lola

Services: Macarons as Wedding Favours (Groom's Side)

Company: Ola Lola

Email: sales[at]ola-lola[dot]com

 Facebook: Ola Lola

Website: Ola Lola

Macaron favours for our Saliheen's guests + our dinner guests beautifully done by Ola Lola <3

The favours came a little later than scheduled on the wedding day itself but everything arrived before our guests started streaming in so that wasn't an issue for us at all! (In fact Saliheen and I didn't even know about it until way after the wedding hahaha)

We were a little puzzled when we saw the leftovers at the end of the day though - there were a number of macarons which had colours which were different from the ones we ordered. TETAPI. We didn't have an issue with that either because... kita lagi suka ah dapat rasa lain flavours hahahahahahaha. (My mother-in-law mentioned they had a perfectly valid out-of-their-control reason for it anyway so no issues.)

Plus, our guests were just happy to get macaron favours - who the hell cares what colours or shades they are? Yang penting, sedap.

AND SEDAP, THEY WERE. Gua tak bedek, babe. We ordered the macaron favours from Ola Lola with minimal expectations when it came to taste (we had never tasted their macarons prior to our wedding and we didn't think about ordering some for a taste test) but when we finally got to taste some after the wedding, we were blown. 

Saliheen, who usually hates sweet treats, loved them to bits and his mother, who is the ultimate macaron lover, was pleased as punch with them as well. Laki happy, mak mertua happy, I pun - ape lagi - happy jugak lah.

Wedding Favours (Bride's) - MelJ's Genre

Services: Pulut Kuning as Wedding Favours (Bride's Side)

Company: MelJ's Genre

Email: -

 Facebook: MelJ's Genre

I first wrote about MelJ's Genre here.

I had super quick responses from MelJ's Genre and did not worry much about the taste because I've ordered cake pulut from them for my cousin's engagement before, prior to my wedding.

Funnily enough, their delivery was later than scheduled too! I can just imagine both our supermothers sweating buckets in their baju melayu finery, waiting for the favours to arrive hahahahaha.

But I'll give MelJ's Genre the benefit of doubt because like I said, I've liaised with them before and they've never been tardy with me and just don't seem that sort! Plus hari tu kan hari public holiday. Traffic jam terlebih agaknya hari tu. Lagipun they arrived in time before our lunch reception started proper so asalkan sampai and asalkan selamat, okay lah tu.

Taste-wise, my relatives seemed to really like the pulut a lot sampai berebut at the end of the day for the leftovers hahaha and can you believe it - I tried my luck and popped the pulut out from the fridge four days after my wedding and it was still edible!!!!! Awesome lah siol.

I remember telling my supermother about how dead worried I was having pulut as wedding favours - takut cepat basi lah, ape lah - in the end, my worries were unfounded. Baik ah MelJ's Genre punya pulut! Tahun depan mesti menang award Pulut of The Year.

Photobooth - Snap A Picture Services

Services: Photobooth (Lunch Reception)

Company: Snap A Picture Services

Email: snapapicture[at]rocketmail[dot]com

 Facebook: Snap A Picture Services

I first wrote about Snap A Picture Services here.

Is it just me or does Saliheen and I and our wedding have such great luck when it comes to working with teams that comprise of two awesome girls???

The two girls behind Snap A Picture Services, which was our photobooth service provider for our lunch reception, did a super phenomenal job!!!!! The backdrop was great, the props were so cute, and I can see from our guestbook (which they did up for us) how much fun our guests had!!!

Here's just one of our bridal party :D

AND HAVE YOU SEEN THE ULTRA CUTE PHOTO JACKET THEY DESIGNED FOR OUR WEDDING?????

SO cute. Totes diggin' the funky colours and creative use of scallops!

And our pretty guestbook by Snap A Picture Services:

 

It was so kelakar and so fun to flip through our guestbook after the whole wedding was over, you know!!! All the pictures and messages... *happy sigh* 

I really think our decision to get a third party to handle the photobooth for us paid off handsomely. So damn happy we took up their service lor - initially we only had a photobooth for our dinner reception, and not for lunch reception.

Funny story: We were happily reading through the guestbook together when we reached one page that had an elderly guy who took a picture by himself and gave us well wishes that took up almost the whole page (or was it two pages?!) - we were happily reading the message out together when this happened:

Saliheen: "Yang ni, you punya relative yang mane?"
Me: "Eh, ni bukan relative I. Bukan relative you ke?"
Saliheen: "Bukan ah! I tak kenal ni siape"
Me: "I pun tak kenal siape"
Saliheen & Me: "............... Eh siape siak ni?????" *pause* "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA EH SIAK AH SIAPE SIAK NI HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

Wahlau eh susah payah orang tu tulis sepanjang tidak sebanyak tidak sebesar tidak, at last dua dua tak tau siapakah gerangan orang itu. Hahahahaha.

Photobooth - Hello Forever

Services: Photobooth (Dinner Reception)

Company: Hello Forever

Email: hello[at]helloforever[dot]com[dot]sg

 Facebook: Hello Forever

Website: http://www.helloforever.com.sg/

In case you're wondering who the hell these two people are, they're the Hello Forever staff that tended our photobooth during the dinner reception hahahahaha. Bahagia pe hidup, asyik ambik gambar kat photobooth orang je!

CANNOT EXPRESS HOW FREAKING MUCH SALIHEEN AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE PHOTOBOOTH FROM HELLO FOREVER!!!!! The staff was crazy energetic, the quality was crazy fabulous and everything was just... freaking awesome. Now all I need to do is find another reason to spend thousands of dollars to engage their services again hahahahaha.

Compilation of pictures done by Hello Forever here (I know I've posted this up before but nak post lagi pulak. Aku punya blog ke kau punya blog?):

Hello Forever | Saliheen & Farhana from Hello Forever on Vimeo.

Don't think I'll ever get sick of looking at our Hello Forever booth pictures. Check back with me again fifty years from now, I'll probably still be trying to find every rhyme and every reason to post and share this video with everyone mehehehehehe.

Bridal Room - Bonito By Bob

Services: Bridal Room

Company: Bonito By Bob

Email: bonitobybob[at]hotmail[dot]com

 Facebook: Bonito By Bob

Website: Bonito By Bob


 I first blogged about Bonito By Bob here and here.

What else can I say about my fabulous maha fabulous bridal room by Bonito By Bob except that it was FREAKING FABULOUS????? I LOVED my bridal room setup to the core of my being and I LOVE Bob even more. He is the sweetest, greatest person ever and his crew is made up of sweet and hardworking individuals. And they are the people who should be doing YOUR bridal room okay!!!!!!!

I'm still pretty embarrassed Bob had to see my bedroom in its horrible and messy and dirty state hahahahaha - he had to clear under my bed and mop the floor segala, you know!!!!! I naively thought I wouldn't have to clear the shit under my bed (because tak nampak ape.....) but Bob did it all the same because he is fantastic at perfecting his work like that.

It is a ridiculous shame that he is no longer providing his mad creative gubahan services anymore but I understand why there is a need for him to stop the service (*teeny voice* for a short temporary period, I hope?) and can only wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Cheh, formal gila or what, sampai keluarkan future endeavours segala. Asal tak naik pentas kasi medal of honour sekali hahahahaha. 

Bridal Henna - Syraskins

Services: Bridal Henna

Company: Syraskins 

Email: syraskins[at]gmail[dot]com

 Facebook:Syraskins

I've mentioned Syraskins here, and my opinion have not changed since.

Syra and her sister came to do my bridal henna two days before my wedding - they were pleasant and quick and I genuinely feel that their henna designs are one of the best in Singapore.

Can't seem to find the pictures that have my bridal henna close up but I was happy they listened and let me have the "paling basic paling simple" design that I wanted. (Some of you might know how I feel about henna because I've blogged about it here and here.)

Bridal Bouquet - Facelift Design

Services: Bridal Bouquet

Company: Woodleigh Park (under Facelift Design)

Email: info[at]faceliftdesign[dot]biz

 Facebook: Woodleigh Park

You know how I feel about Woodleigh Park from my posts here and here. (That's right, I love them to bits and pieces.)

I still remember the feeling of deliriousness when I first held the bouquet in my hands and I truly and genuinely believe that if you are a bride-to-be who wants a modern, gorgeous and well-thought out bridal bouquet but can't find the time to DIY or can't be bothered to DIY (like me), Woodleigh Park is the company to engage.

Pictures of me in three different looks with my bridal bouquet:

Little beauty is now sitting in my bedroom, by the way!

Might dedicate a special space for it when I get my own home and have more space to place around, we'll see how it goes.

 Wedding Invitations - From Fran With Love

Services: Wedding Invitations

Company: From Fran With Love

Email: fromfranwithlove[at]gmail[dot]com

 Facebook: From Fran With Love  

I wrote about From Fran With Love here and here. I was very happy with the colour and quality of my invitation cards which was designed and printed by From Fran With Love and would definitely recommend them to those who are looking to print their invitation cards, favour tags, gubahan tray tags, etc!

And Farhana, the person behind From Fran With Love, lives up to her name okay! She is always happy and bubbly, she is super nice and patient and she is very efficient. Akak very suka. Sebab akak punya name pun Farhana. Hahahahahaha. Masuk bakul, angkat sendiri, y'all!!!!!

(For reviews on heavyweights for my wedding like catering, decor, entertainment, bridal outfits and andaman, photography and videography, you can refer to my earlier blog entries here and here.

Also, if you've emailed me anytime between the mid of December and now and have not received my reply, please bear with me!!!!! I've been sluggish during the holiday period and I'm only starting to pick up momentum now - and clearing a month's worth of email backlog is NO JOKE.)

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And with that, pop your champagne, pop your booty, because my reviews on all my wedding vendors are complete already!!!!!!!!!!

One last entry, and I'm out of here.

The Pre-Wedding Preparations (Part 1)

Realized that my entry on my pre-wedding preparations will be as long as the Great Wall of China punya nenek moyang if I dump everything together in one entry so I'm going to break it down into 3 parts! Kirakan ada sequel triquel ala ala Hollywood blockbuster lah gitu.  

As we all know, about 3 weeks before the wedding I still had time and breathing space to blog about preparations but bila part dah masuk second last week, hah ambik kau obat. I started getting emails and text messages from my vendors, asking me to confirm this and approve that and approve this and confirm that! Sampai naik pusing macam gasing aku dibuatnye.

And that was when I knew my wedding was definitely creeping up on me (Take note eh guys!!! Once korangnye email inbox and Whatsapp inbox start jamming and beeping non-stop, maka itulah tanda tanda hari yang berbahagia dah nak sampai). I was so busy macam bee sampai niat nak kasi one short short good good entry before I became a wife pun tak kesampaian.

2 October 2013 (Revised on 28 October 2013)

Finalized Songlist For Dinner Reception

I think I pernah cakap that I was very pleased with my mamat for preparing our dinner reception songlist all by himself! I've mentioned here before that my mamat was put in charge of the songlist for our dinner reception because he is the more musically-inclined between us two and I've also mentioned here that I loved how he took the initiative to include the duration of each song so it'll be easier for us to kira how long the whole songlist will take. So much sayang for saya punya significant other yang sorang ni! :D

Now I just want to sebok sebok posting a screenshot of the Excel spreadsheet which my mamat prepared for our songlist! *beams*

And since we've decided to share our tak seberapa songlist after the wedding is over, here it is! :D

Guest Arrival

01. Dealova - Once (Youtube)

02. For The Rest of my Life - Maher Zain (Youtube)

03. Fallen - Lauren Wood (Youtube)

04. Turn Me On - Norah Jones (Youtube)

05. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (Youtube)

06. Beautiful As You - All 4 One (Youtube)

07. Just You and Me - Zee Avi (Youtube)

08. Reasons to Love You - Meiko (Youtube)

09. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (Youtube)

 

March In

01. Love is Endless by Mozella (Youtube)

Dinner Reception

01. Lovable - Kim Jong Kook (Youtube)

02. Near or Far - Carissa Rae (Youtube)

03. Darling It's You - David Choi & Clara C (Youtube)

04. Treasure - Bruno Mars (Youtube)

05. Love is Easy - McFly (Youtube)

06. I Think I'm in Love - Mocca (Youtube)

07. You Make Me Happy - Cathy Heller (Youtube)

08. The Best Thing - Mocca (Youtube)

09. The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson (Youtube)

10. We're Good Together - Cathy Heller (Youtube)

11. Quando Quando Quando - Michael Buble ft Nelly Furtado (Youtube)

12. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (Youtube)

13. Greatest Story Ever Told - Oliver James (Youtube)

14. My Heart - Acha Septriasa & Irwansyah (Youtube)

15. Terukir Di Bintang - Yuna (Youtube)

16. I Do Adore - Mindy Gledhill (Youtube)

17. Best in Me - Blue (Youtube)

18. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz (Youtube)

19. You're Home To Me - Cathy Heller (Youtube)

20. Little Things - One Direction (Youtube)

21. I Swear - All 4 One (Youtube)

22. God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You - N'SYNC (Youtube)

23. All My Life - K-Ci & Jojo (Youtube)

24. I Do (Cherish You) - 98 Degrees (Youtube)

25. Everyday I Love You - Boyzone (Youtube)

26. You And I - Ingrid Michealson (Youtube)

27. Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat (Youtube)

28. Missin' You Like Crazy - Us (Youtube)

29. Stuck on You - Meiko (Youtube)

30. I Need A Girl - Taeyang (Youtube)

31. I Do - Colbie Caillat (Youtube)

32. Two - Lenka (Youtube)

33. True Love - Pink (Youtube)

33. Sayang - Shae (Youtube)

34. Love on Top - Beyonce (Youtube)

35. Lucky - Pharrell Williams ft Daft Punk (Youtube)

36. Nothing on You - Bruno Mars ft B.O.B (Youtube)

37. Turn Up the Love - Far East Movement (Youtube)

38. Brighter than the Sun - Colbie Caillat (Youtube)

39. Something 'bout Love - David Archuleta (Youtube)

(On hindsight, I regret not remembering to include Selena Gomez's I Love You Like a Love Song and Lindsey Ray's You Make Me Happy into the list!!! Sigh pie lemon pie.)

We spent quite a fair bit of time on this, and even though we're ~pretty~ sure our guests didn't even pay attention to the music since everyone was so busy eating and chatting and conquering the photobooth lol, it was really nice to hear snippets of the music that both of us love and enjoy throughout the dinner reception. Ada satu part I even whispered to my mamat after I caught the both of us humming along to the same part of a song "Entah entah orang tak dengar pun lagu ape ni, kita dua je yang enjoy the music haha"

So aaaaanyway, our songlist is a happy mix of: 

• music that has meaning to our relationship (think True Love by Pink and Dealova by Once)

• music which is radio-friendly (like Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and Little Things by One Direction)

• music which brings us back to our teenage memories (cue the legendary God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You by N'Sync and I Do (Cherish You) by 98 Degrees), 

• cute music which we - okay, I - like and listen to (such as You Make Me Happy by Cathy Heller and Darling It's You by David Choi and Clara C); as well as 

• catchy tunes which can guarantee earworms for the next few days (that's Lucky by Pharrell Williams ft Daft Punk, Treasure by Bruno Mars and Turn Up the Love by Far East Movement for you. I decided not to include Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines into the mix in the end because of my apprehension mentioned here. Meh.)

We didn't have a specific songlist for the afternoon reception - except for a short list of must-haves which my mother-in-law provided - so we left that to the good hands of our trusty entertainment people from Medialite.

Oooh, a little cerita about our march-in song: it was initially supposed to be Everyday I Love You by Boyzone tau but it was too much of a snoozefest zzzzz and ignited groans from our orang orang kuat hahaha EH KORANG YANG TAK NAK JOGET BILA TIME MASUK APE (I've explained why we couldn't do a fun dancing entrance which is more reflective of our personalities here). Seriously itu lagu memang sappy and soothing ah but the only way to walk in to that song is to freaking sleepwalk, can?!

So we did a trial run on Mozella's Love is Endless, which is one of our favourite songs and has a faster beat, managed to get the right pace for the march-in (at 2 bloody am, one week before the wedding haha more on this in another entry) and tadaaaaa~ itulah al-kisahnye. 

Actually kita punya first choice is Treasure by Bruno Mars ah but tak boleh because the pace turned out all weird and cacat. I mean, how the hell do you just walk in selamba bomba to Bruno Mars' Treasure?!?!?! That lagu is the kind yang kena goyang punggung inul segala sak.

12 October 2013 - 13 October 2013

Printed DIY signages and table numbers

Etc Etc Etc

During the weekend before Hari Raya Aidiladha, I bought an extra pair of heels from Payless (which turned out to be maha useful because end up that extra pair lagi kena with my sanding and dinner outfits than the first pair that I bought in JB!) and printed out some of the DIY stuff, which I blogged about here. Itu time masih ada kuasa ah nak berblogging hahaha

After that there was a lot of movement during this period, which involved finalizing the necessary permission from Temasek Polytechnic for the outdoor photoshoot, booking the minibus for transportation (my usual go-to for minibus - Aunty Nancy from Million Bus!), chasing Compass for the license application approval, passing the colour samples that we bought from Princess (Arab Street) to the relevant vendors, etc etc etc x 100 etcs.

13 October 2013 (Sunday)

Confirmation of Guestbook Table and Dessert Tier Mock Up 
from Dessert Artisans

One of the emails that I was maha excited to receive was the one from Dessert Artisans, attaching the moodboards for our wedding dessert tier and the guest reception table setup for our dinner reception!!!!!

We got the complimentary guest reception table setup when we signed up with Dessert Artisans at Jentayu Gallery's wedding exhibition last year so if you thought our reception table was gor to the geous, it was all thanks to the talented hands of the amazing Dessert Artisans!

Wish I can show y'all all of their hand-drawn moodboards but I just kasi sneak peek of the dessert tier moodboard je okay, since I'm not sure if they're okay with me posting the actual moodboards wholesale:

Moodboard je dah cantik lah siakkkkk. APAKAH MAKSUD SEMUA INI?!?!?!?!?!

Needless to say, the actual day punya setup blew my mind to the moon and back. Sesangatlah terhutang budi to Nani, who is my bridesmaid and my mamat's female equivalent, because she was the one who planted this idea into my head and eventually sponsored this!!!!! I will share more about the dessert tier setup and guest reception table when I do the final review on Dessert Artisans in a separate entry. You all please sabar menanti.

14 October 2013 (Monday)

Received Actual Bridal Bouquet from Woodleigh Park

I was also very excited when I received an email from Woodleigh Park a day before Hari Raya Aidiladha, asking me to approve the colours, materials and accessories collected together to make my bridal bouquet!!!!!!! There was no freaking way I could have not given my approval lah seriously - all the pieces are so gorgeous and so exquisite and SO ARGH aku tak tau ape lagi nak cakap because seriously boleh membawaku ke tangisan kegembiraan *sandiwara*

Here's a picture of the materials and accessories which Woodleigh Park emailed to me for my approval... cut by a third so as not to reveal everything hehehe:

Fast forward a few days later, guess what arrived at my doorstep that very same weekend?????

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Mehehehehe! You cannot really see it here in the picture but baru pegang kotak my tangan dah terketar ketar kegembiraan seh. Nasib baik my tangan cannot nangis kegembiraan okay. Kalau my tangan boleh nangis kegembiraan..........

... okay lah, tak lah, seram lah pulak eh kalau tangan boleh nangis kegembiraan?! Hur hur hur.

A picture of my favourite piece out of the whole bouquet and the super cute detail at the handle! MEGA LOVE!

Oh, and can you see that little bit of white fabric with gold embellishment? I was prancing around my middle sister's bedroom and excitedly showing her the bouquet when she, being the selamba bomba person that she is, actually said in her ~usual~ selamba bomba manner: "Eh bouquet kakak macam pakai baju kurung." WTF INI ANAK HAHAHAHAHA NI TREND BARU LAH MANA KAU TAU

Bouquet aku pun pandai tertib lah okay, pakai baju kurung pergi majlis orang kahwin. Takkan nak pakai translucent kebaya top and tight leggings ketat tersendat kat bontot pergi majlis orang kahwin kan. Kan tak manis, my friend.

Alright, just sneak peeks for now but suspect kuat I'll spam pictures of my bridal bouquet in its front angle, back angle, side angle, top angle, bottom angle, right angle, left angle, cross section angle, acute angle and obtuse angle segala once I do a proper final review!!! Don't say I never say ah.

Oh, one of the good things about opting for a corsage bouquet (since I'm not a fan of fresh flowers, so sakit hati when they layu okay D:) - is the fact that I get to receive the bouquet wayyyyy before my wedding day and I get to keep the bouquet for keepsake thereafter! Even if tak nak or tak boleh keep in bouquet form, at least boleh simpan the accessories and brooches as kenang kenangan, you know???

And yes, if you also want to have a super gorgeous customized bridal bouquet to compliment your outfit colours on your wedding day but not yet convinced (WHY???), you can take a look at Woodleigh Parks' other works on their Facebook here and their Instagram here. Kalau dah convinced maha convinced then ape lagi, terus email them lah!!!!!

[Note: Woodleigh Park is a design brand by Facelift Design.]

Tapi tau ape yang lagi best tak??? 

Woodleigh Park is currently running a promotion that runs until 23rd November 2013, y'all!!!!! All you need to do is ask them about the promotion brochure via email before 23rd November 2013 to get the details tau. So must cepat cepat!

Okay lah, akak rasa that's all for now, yang lain akak sambung another day.

[Edit: Part 2 is out! To read more, click here.]

of promos, paper flowers and pretty things in general

Oooh all you lucky people who are looking for tiffany chairs to rent for your reception!

Vynella Weddings & Events is currently running a promotion for white tiffany chairs (also known as chivari chairs) and it's at $5 per chair only okay!!! Pretty damn cheap if you ask me - I think the usual price for tiffany chairs from vendors is usually about $7 to $10 per chair + $5 per chair is even cheaper than the $6 per chair promo that my mat and I are paying for our reception okay. This price includes delivery, collection, set-up costs, transport costs and cushions segala (available colours for cushions are white, ivory and chocolate) so you don't have to worry about hidden costs or what.

And if you nak one shot one kill, Vynella Weddings & Events even provides favours / doorgifts as well as photobooth services for as low as $250! This is much lower than the usual rate for photobooths that usually start from $350 onwards. Oh oh oh, they also have card design and printing services tau! On top of that, dorang ada card handling services somemore - kalau you malas want to go through the whole ordeal of writing your guests' names and addresses on the envelopes, you can pay them a fee to get the names on individual envelopes and then send the invites out on your behalf in the fastest and safest way possible... no worries babe, semua pasti ditanggung beres.

Sooooo if you're interested to grab this promo, you can catch their very nice owner Ella at their Facebook account or email vynella@hotmail.sg to confirm your booking. But cepat cepat buat decision and cepat cepat buat booking okay, this promo ends on 31st July 2013 which is a month away from now? Applicable for events throughout 2013 and 2014 lah (subject to availability) tapi kalau nak book, mesti by 31st July 2013 tau.

Oh, can I also selit and gush over Woodleigh Park's paper flower project that I first blogged about here?????!!!

Now this is the most recent maha gorgeous mintak ampun paper flower project executed by Woodleigh Park (in collaboration with Jentayu Gallery):

(Source: Woodleigh Park)

Jambu tahap Nora Danish ke ape sak ni?!???!!!

I am so so so glad Nani requested Woodleigh Park (then known as Facelift Design) to do paper flowers for her bridal room decor because it looks like it has led to more gorgeous paper flower works!!! I still remember dying a million happy deaths inside when I saw Nani's bridal room for the first time two nights before her wedding and I never stopped obsessing over Facelift Design / Woodleigh Park's works thereafter.  Okay come, I'll just post one gambar of her bedroom decor here for gushing purposes okay:

CAAAAANNNNNTTTTTEEEKKKKKKKKKKK KANNNNNN <3

Happy sigh. Really benci the fact that Facelift Design has discontinued their bridal room services! I know I've mentioned that before but I will mention it again and again because I still haven't gotten it okay >:(

Anyway, since we're on the topic of cantek things and I'm in a gushing mood, can I also gush over how gorgeous Shazana and Fazli's wedding held last month is???!!!

Fazli+Shazana | Wedding Highlights from Diziq Vidz motion pictures on Vimeo.

If you're interested to hold a wedding as gorgeous as this, you can consider engaging the following vendors:

Bridal Attires: Syomir Izwa
Bridal Make-up: Joy Tan of The Style Atelier Singapore

Videography & Photography: Diziq Vidz Motion Pictures

Deco: Decorama Wedding and Services
Catering: Doulath Wedding Decor
Fresh Floral Bouquet & Corsage Bouquet: Woodleigh Park
Venue: The Joyden Hall At Iluma 

(And yes, this is the same Shazana who very kindly reviewed on The Joyden Hall here.)

*HAPPY SIGH*

Congratulations once again on your mega beautiful union, Shaz!!! Like I said, I really cannot point out which parts are my favourites, man. (Oh, and congratulations for getting featured in Berita Minggu today haha! Was pleasantly surprised to see you on the cover of Berita Minggu (no less) - picked up a copy because Nat (whose wedding I blogged about here and can be seen here and here) posted on Instagram about the Berita Minggu article featuring herself and her husband Azmin but lo and behold, I saw you in the article as well hahaha looks like it's been a terribly wonderful year for you babe :D)

in review: jentayu gallery wedding showcase 2013

I previously mentioned that I dah angkat white flag and won't be attending Jentayu Gallery's Wedding Exhibition this year walaupun all the vendors powerhouse belaka.

But I received a very sweet surprise email from Kak Ros of Wedding and Romance last month, personally extending me a VIP invite to the exhibition!!! Checked my schedule for 24th May 2013 and realized I can still go for it before my long weekend plans (hostel staycation and rooftop barbeque with our bridal party woohoo) so I thought why not?

There was no way I could've rejected the invitation anyway - slew of powerhouse vendors, free food (hehe), bridal fashion show (by my appointed bridal house, no less!) and dance performances, sounds like a damn good afternoon to a hardcore kakak-kakak kahwing like me! Hur hur. Daaaaah kena simpan balek my white flag dalam laci eh.

Fab hard cover invitation card for the showcase! My future mother-in-law really liked it a lot and used it as reference when she wanted to explain what feel and colour she wanted for her invitation cards to the apek kat Syarikat Thong Seng last two weekends haha.

Aaaaanyway, had a really great time catching up with the vendors and woot woot, loot from the wedding showcase!

 

Gorgeous bouquet from Woodleigh Park, a lovely tray of premium chocolates from Hana Indulgence, a box of chocolates from Dessert Artisans and a box of goodies (also from Hana Indulgence lol) from Wedding and Romance. It was really great because I could share all the yummy chocolate goodies with my orang orang kuat at the barbeque session!

Ok yay, jom recap pasal Jentayu Gallery's wedding showcase last weekend!

(I actually want to wait for their official pictures to be out but... tak sabar lah eh.)

Dessert Artisans

As you must know by now, Dessert Artisans is one of my favouritessst vendors for dessert tables/tiers!!! Blogged - ok, more like raved - about them here, here, here and here before, y'all can baca if y'all tak percaya hahaha. Wanted to sneakily creep up on Liza and Wardah and disturb them at the exhibition but end up tak menjadi because I bumped into Dyana, my photoshoot MUA (who is also a BTB) just in front of their booth and kita kecoh roboh lah sekejap kan haha so my mat went up to talk to them first. By the time I finished talking to Dyana and went up to talk to them dah tak surprise pun. Tettttt.

Ridiculously lousy picture (my bad) of their ridiculously pretty dessert tier at the wedding showcase:

My mat insisted that his mum would absolutely lurrrrrvvveee this exact same setup! 

Too bad our theme isn't white Moroccan theme lah eh, kalau tak, boleh copy paste.

Hana Indulgence

 

I think the biggest surprise I got from the exhibition was Hana Indulgence.

Ok terus terang cakap, I was actually not expecting much from the chocolates :/ 

Don't get me wrong, the presentation and packaging is verrry lawa but I think the apprehension comes from the fact that I don't like chocolates wrapped in plain gold wrappers macam the gold coin chocolates... you know the ones yang dulu kecik kecik mesti ada kat birthday parties??? Yang macam gini lah. Dari kecik memang I don't like those gold cold chocolates because I find them kelat and tak sedap hahahaha so kirakan the biasness terbawak bawak sampai sekarang, which is why when I saw the chocolates, I thought they will taste okay okay jelah or decent, at best.

Well, well, what do you know? 

Was sooo pleasantly surprised when I popped the first one into my mouth (I tried the silver wrapped one first because it was dark chocolate and I LOVE dark chocolate) and found it reaaally sedap ok! Tried the milk chocolate one in gold wrapper next and found that one sedap as well. Anjat pe girl girl! Betul punya nak prove me wrong seh ini chocolate haha. If there was one thing this incident taught me - don't judge a chocolate by its wrapper ye tuan tuan dan puan puan!

Just to be sure, I distributed the chocolates to the rest of the bridal party people... who also said they found the chocolates surprisingly sedap!!! Nah, thumbs up from my mat and the overall in-charge for my bridesmaids hahaha:

I really like their chocolates so much, I'm going to find a reason to buy/order from Hana's Indulgence!!! Actually I already have a reason to buy/order from them soon ah hahaha - we're going to buy the final barang for my dulang this coming weekend and then heading to my mat's place to take pictures and measurements before emailing them over to Ola Lola... which means, I need to buy something for his parents as buah tangan! 

I was already planning to buy them a box of Laduree macarons since kita memang going to Takashimaya anyway (also because they're my future mother-in-law's ultimate favourite heh heh) but let's see whether we can make a detour to #03-10 Tanjong Katong Complex because that's where a Hana Indulgence outlet can be found currently! But even if tak sempat make the detour, I can always buy them as gifts for my parents or relatives for other occasions, at the very least I now know I ada such options to consider lor.

So happy to have discovered them at the wedding showcase! The owner is a superrr nice lady who told me she's been running the business for four years now... so the question now is - how did it take me four freaking years to find out about Hana Indulgence ni?!

Pictures from their setup at Jentayu Gallery's Wedding Showcase:

(Source: Hana Indulgence)

Kalau you tak pernah dengar pasal Hana Indulgence (just like how my friends and I pun tak pernah dengar about them before this) and tak tau what they offer, they actually offer halal confectioneries like premium chocolates, baklavas, nougats and dragees which are selected, lab tested and airflown from Syria and Lebanon ok!!! Mak aiiiii... no wonder lah sedap semacam! 

You can order these confectioneries for macam macam events one lah - engagements ke, weddings ke, corporate events ke, bridal showers ke, baby showers ke, birthday parties ke, kenduri ke, kasi friends and family as gifts ke, nak buat makan sambil tengok TV ke, ape ape pun boleh seh. So if you're still cracking your head on what to put on your engagement or wedding dulangs or what to give out as favours, can try asking Hana Indulgence ok!

Wish I knew about them when I was looking for things to letak on my engagement dulangs because I would have ordered a set from them as barang dulang, please!!! And I suspect my future mother-in-law would have loved to get their chocolates as wedding favours (Which we can't do now, since we've already confirmed favours for my mat's side. Actually kan, we saw chocolate-in-a-box favours offered by Puteri Wedding Services at Jentayu Gallery's wedding showcase last year and she was very interested in thatbut we didn't follow up on it because the price was too steep at $4.50 to $5.00 per box, imho. I believe Hana Indulgence offers wedding favours at much cheaper price than that, considering the great quality and taste of their products!)

Trust me ok guys. If I didn't think their products are worth recommending, I wouldn't have bothered dedicating this many paragraphs on them alone ok hahahahaha OH BILA PART CAKAP PASAL CHOCOLATES SEDAP KAU HIDUP EH BUDAK

Hawa Caterers

Might have been me having overly high expectations about their food but I thought their offering was ok-ok only, both presentation-wise and taste-wise. My mat thought their ayam masak merah was nice but I think I'm the last person who should comment on anything ayam masak merah because I've mentioned time and again that I am VERY cerewet about ayam masak merah and have never liked any ayam masak merah offered by any caterers. Blame my supermother's awesome ayam masak merah for that! Heh.

Oh, also wished they'd put up tray labels at the buffet line because I couldn't figure out what some of the dishes were, and it would have helped if they had labelled the trays. Prices are slightly above what I expected. Aaanyway, from what I know, they're one of the appointed in-house caterers for SIA Sports Club so if y'all are interested in SIA Sports Club as your wedding venue, then they're the caterer option you'll have to consider ok.

Jentayu Gallery

The White Moroccan-themed dais and decor set up by Jentayu Gallery for the wedding showcase was FREAKING AWESOME, CAN?!!! Tolong jangan percaya my pictures above, tak do justice to the actual setup langsung. Oklah nah, clearer picture of the dais from The Project Pixel Photography below: 

(Source: The Project Pixel Photography)

FEE~WEET~. CUN MELECUN SEH.

I've mentioned before that all the Arabian, Middle Eastern, Mediaterrean, Moroccan themed weddings are not for my mat and I because we have no interest in such themes but if they were, Jentayu Gallery would totally be our first choice, man. Love the fact that they started offering fairy lights and fairy light tentages so couples who are into such pretty things can have them at their own weddings!

Loved the table centrepieces (You can see a picture under Woodleigh Park below) and the bridal table setup looked really awesome. Ada glitter glitter segala! Kalau I'm the bride who has that bridal table setup, I tak nak balik seh. Duduk je kat situ sepanjang hayat.

Versari Ade

Ah, one of my favouritest bridal!!! Clean, simple, anggun, I iz very suka and approve. 

Truth be told, I heard some rumours about them before engaging them as my bridal but I went with my gut and proceeded with the booking anyway - this is one of the few times when I decided to go with my own gut feeling instead of hearsay (sometimes must use own judgment to decide whether the rumours boleh pakai or not!) 

Very happy to report that I've not experienced any less than desirable service from Versari Ade so far - met them once and spoke to their staff member three times on the phone so far and each and every time, she's been really polite and patient with me so let's hope it'll stay that way... or become even better, insya Allah. We'll still be on my toes lah so we don't get caught offguard but by and large, I choose to trust great reviews from friends who engaged them previously and will trust that they'll deliver as expected.

Anyway! Saw sooo many gorgeous outfits during their fashion show segment!!! 

Ok lah, nak tukar 10, 12 baju pengantin macam orang dulu dulu boleh tak? :P

Oooh, I was particularly smitten with one of the mint-coloured bridal outfits (above)!!! Squealed at my mamat about loving that outfit and the first thing he told me was "Pergi kuruskan badan dulu" HAIZ D: Hooowwwww lah like that, must kuruskan badan howwwww, if lempar myself kat tengah tengah Africa for three months boleh kurus taaakkkkkkk (Entah entah kena baham dengan singa, jadi tengkorak terus seh gitu hahahahaha)

Wah, we got really excited looking at all the glorious bridal outfits and we spotted a few that both of us really liked... although there was one red and gold one that made my mat remark "EH, macam baju pengantin Ironman seh yang ni" hahahahaha diam sak kau.

Absolutely loved all the suci and putih outfits fit for nikah reception presented on the runway too! Was especially in love with the one worn by the girl peeking out with a 'peace' sign - unfortunately the full baju cannot be seen from this picture:

(Source: Invogue Photography via Versari Ade)

The veil so cute kan, got bulat bulat! If you knew me well, you'd know I like my things (and men)... bulat bulat.

Woodleigh Park (together with Facelift Designs & Interiors)

Snapshots of the table decor by Jentayu Gallery as well as Woodleigh Park's booth decor that had these pretty paper flowers!!!!! Painstakingly handmade by Kak Amilia ok!

(Source: Woodleigh Park)

Best part??? Kak Amilia has started taking orders for her handmade paper flowers tau!!! So kalau nak use paper flowers for any of your parties or engagement or wedding events without going through the hassle of creating them from scratch yourselves (Perfect for urat malas people like me haha!), can just order from her lor. So senang and so convenient, for something sooooo pretty  to spice up your event decoration kan?!

(Source: Woodleigh Park)

How talented lagi can Faceliftr Design / Woodleigh Park be ni?! Don't think I can rave enough about her bridal bouquets which are FR~EAK~ING AH~MA~ZIIIIIG~~~ by the way. If y'all went to the wedding exhibition and didn't take up her exhibition discounts memang y'all rugi. RUGI, YOU PAHAM TAK?! RUGI! Pergi nangis kat hujung tembok sekarang!

Oh, but kejap eh. Sebelum you nangis kat tembok, kasi I ambik gambar bunga kat tembok dulu boleh..... Hahahahahahaha

That's the gorgeousss bouquet gift from the super sweet Kak Amilia of Woodleigh Park by the way!!! Love love love the roses and peonies pairing and the colours!!! Sorry my pictures don't do justice to the actual bouquet ok, it's pretty gila in real life and I couldn't stop gushing over it. Ni baru normal bouquet eh, belum bridal bouquet lagi, I think I will just mabok minum todi and pengsan when she delivers my bridal bouquet in October.

(Anyway, told my mat that if he ever decides to give me a bouquet for whatever reason in the future, I will only accept flower bouquets from Woodleigh Park OK. Kalau kasi bouquet dari tempat lain I will pijak pijak pastu tabur kat jamban.)

Ok, a little bit of history here: I first knew about Facelift Design when my unofficial wedding advisor Nani engaged them to do up her bridal bedroom and bridal bouquet and have loved their works ever since. I was naturally devastated when they announced that they will no longer do bridal room decor starting from 2013 (DEVASTATED TAHAP NATURAL DISASTER OK! Even though I takde plans to do up a bridal room tapi I tetap devastated untuk you all you all yang tak dapat engage them for awesome bridal room decor ok!) but someway somehow by a stroke of fate and luck (also a little bit of gatalness haha), I managed to book them to do up my bridal bouquet yay yay! 

Oh, in case you haven't been following them on Facebook (WHY??? WHY??? WHY ARE YOU NOT FOLLOWING THEM ON FACEBOOK?! KENA BAYAR KE??? TAK KAN??? ABEH ASAL TAK FOLLOW?! #fanatic), they've decided to separate out their bridal bouquet and interior design works - bridal bouquets are now under Woodleigh Park, whereas their interior design works are now under Facelift Design & Interiors. Ada paham? Ok bagus.

Wedding & Romance (or Mahligai Asmara, for Muslim weddings in Singapore)

 

In case you can't remember when I first mentioned Wedding and Romance / Mahligai Asmara, it was in this entry after Nat raved about how Kak Ros of Wedding and Romance / Mahligai Asmara did a tremendously wonderful job, helping her plan and manage her super awesome wedding late last year. (Other write-ups on the wedding here, here and a feature in Manja magazine here.)

I don't know that many friends who take up wedding planning packages (As of now, I only have had three couple friends who did) but I think such services are perfect for people who are based overseas and want someone trustworthy to help keep an eye on preparations, or people are too lazy to sendiri plan but want the best for their weddings, or people are too overwhelmed with all the little details that go into planning a wedding and want someone professional and well-connected to help them steer through the whole process.

Oh, can I just mention that I love how Kak Ros speaks?! I'm not even engaging her but I felt full confidence and assurance when I spoke to her! Managed to get an overview from Kak Ros on how her wedding planning packages work too (I had a rough idea from what Nat told me before) but I think this screenshot on the types of packages offered by Mahligai Asmara can explain better lah eh:

(Click to enlarge image)

Senang cakap, whichever stage you are at for your wedding planning, there will be a package suitable for you and your wedding needs! It's like having your very own fairy godmother for your wedding ok. No need to jadi Cinderella all that baru nak dapat fairy godmother. Just call Kak Ros at 93865465 and tadaaa~!

Oh, and this is the gift from Wedding and Romance / Mahligai Asmara! Also from Hana Indulgence lol but it was good thing for me because I could taste the other types of chocolates - there was one with pistachios, and one rose-flavoured one (Turkish?), and a few others. No less sedap, I have no complains, guys. Standard memang two thumbs up.

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Just a few points (general feedback) on the wedding showcase:

(1) Registration was quick and painless! There was a registration number printed on the invitation envelope and I only had to state the number, the reception people marked my attendance, collected my goodie bag and off we went into the hall. (And the first person I see near the entrance is Amalina of Happily Ever Wedding!!! So excited berceloteh sampai lupa nak ambik gambar together, ape dah.)

(2) I liked that there were "Jentayu Angels" (hahaha) stationed at the registration table, the vendors' booths and all around to help usher, direct and assist with enquiries, and they were all dressed and made up the same so nampak cohesiveness with the whole exhibition theme. Such a sucker for such things, I am. Hur hur. 

(3) Thought the music played at the wedding showcase was a tad too loud! (It was by an Arabian live music group) Kind of beats the purpose, I feel, because why would I want to strain to listen to what prospective vendors have to say over the music? Dah macam pergi clubbing, you know? Kena strain your ears to hear the other person and then when it's your turn to reply, you kena raise your voice over the music to get yourself heard. But other than that, I really have no other complaints and was a happy bunny throughout.

Oh, can I just mention how happy we were to see the bunga manggar at the entrance too?!?!?!

We actually had this in mind for our bunga manggar and since his aunt has offered to DIY the bunga manggar for us, my mat immediately took a picture of the bunga manggar and texted it to his aunt... who confirmed that she can do this type of bunga manggar for us. Woohoo! Bunga manggar, settle! :p

(I actually asked his mum whether there is a need for bunga pahar because I can DIY it if there is, but she surprisingly said there is no need for bunga pahar! Sireh dara, bunga manggar, that's it. Good news for us because we no need to worry about having it at our reception anymore liao muahahaha)

Would have stayed at the exhibition longer or headed to Singapore Expo for Mega Xpress' wedding exhibition to sebok sebok but since we already had awesome long weekend plans with our orang orang kuat, off we went to Arab Street.

Ahhhhh. Had such a wonderful time chatting with vendors and other brides-to-be at the exhibition walaupun it was only for a short while... Really think I'll miss attending wedding exhibitions after the wedding is over seh. Heck, I'll bloody miss the whole goddamn wedding planning after it's freaking over, please.

Ok lah bye. Sebelum my emotional rollercoaster makin chronic, I mintak diri dulu eh.