september be crazy

Crazy, crazy month so here's a quick, quick update on what's been happening!

Ever since September started, my mamat and I have been meeting every weekend to discuss and finalize all the nitty gritty details of our wedding and as exhausting (and sometimes frustrating) as it is, I actually find it really exhilarating to see everything start coming together! 

We took leave last week to sit down and discuss our ideas and expectations with the two lovely ladies of Dessert Artisans and the two great gentlemen of Kasai Sayang separately, and I've been texting with the super nice liaison person for Puteri Wedding Services fast and furious to pester him ask him about the floor layout lah, tables and chairs lah, ini lah itu lah... 

(Why cannot just dump all the vendors into one Whatsapp group chat and let them sort out their requirements amongst themselves ah haha)

Have also sorted out some stuff with our wedding emcee, the awesome Zan Sofiyan from Medialite - he cracks me up with his bersahajeness sometimes!

Anyway! One thing that's been bugging us to no end is the projector and screen issue for our dinner reception - we were supposed to get the projector and screen from our venue but sekarang..... aku pun dah malas ah nak cakap eh. 

So now we're going to source them out on our own - asked our videographers CST for contacts but didn't get the answer I wanted, asked Medialite but their contact charges at a whooping $500 for laptop, screen and projector. Thanks eh geng, $500 boleh kasi 35 orang makan kat majlis aku sak. Sungguh tak worth it, considering we're only using it to show a 5-minute wedding highlights video to our dinner guests. If we can't find a cheaper reliable alternative, we might just end up paying that extra $500 though :/ (This is what we mean by last minute extra payments!!!)

Have also emailed Compass to apply for permit to play music during our wedding, and booked a minibus for a 2-way trip from Million Bus so our orang orang kuat, MUA and photographers don't have to worry about driving to and fro our venue and photoshoot location on the day itself. Woohoo, super yay to clearing all the minor details out of the way!!! (Ingatkan boleh cari chance ambik one of the sweet rides from Kombi Rocks but tak make sense ah bayar anything more than $100+ for a transport arrangement of this nature)

Oh, we've also asked for a change in the colour of our cushions - XOXO & Co recently launched their new black chiavari chairs as well as new coloured cushions... got new cute colours!

(Source: Tiffany Chairs BY XOXO & Co)

Luckily dorang ada new colour that can match our colour scheme hehe :D

Next week will be particularly exciting period for us too - heading to Ishq by Nora Zee's boutique next Thursday for our fitting!!!!! Still undecided whether I should take half day leave so I can go home, rest and wash up first. Kalau pergi terus dari office nanti takut penat. And bacin.

Then next Saturday will be spent accompanying my bridesmaids to Manja to collect their bridesmaids' outfits (I hope you are all excitez, girls! Adalah requirement untuk bridesmaids aku to be excited about such things eh) before running through the itinerary with them. 

On Sunday pulak, we'll be attending a friend's wedding before sending our barang barang dulang over to Ola Lola... we be heading to Hougang, y'all!!! I think the last time aku jejak Hougang, primary schools masih pakai PETS coursebook sak.

My mat and I are also trying to settle our post-wedding staycation by this week - I think we've pretty much decided on Oasia Hotel but it's just a matter of whether we can take up their Weekend Savers promotion... already emailed the hotel so we're hoping for good news. Hehe best kan staycation! Kirakan warm up for two, three days before flying off for our honeymoon gitu :D

Oh, simple reason as to why we decided on Oasia Hotel by the way: It is very near to Saliheen's place... kes kalau buat standing broad jump tiga kali dah boleh sampai kind.  Tak bedek! (Okay lah, bedek sikit lah, kalau buat standing broad jump tiga kali dari rumah dia, at most boleh lepas rak rak kasut dia je ah hahaha)

The reason why we want to be near his place: We'll be bundling up and storing all the barang barang from the wedding (e.g. gift trays, barang dulang, etc) at his place right after the wedding so once that's done, his dad can drop us off at Oasia Hotel without having to drive too far or for too long. Kesian bapak pengantin, nak rehat jugak after the wedding kan! 

And since we need to go to his place after we check out from the hotel to angkat his barang barang and baju baju to be transported over to my place (since we'll be staying at my place while waiting for our BTO to be ready in 2014), it makes sense to book a hotel that is near his place ah.

Well... that wasn't such a quick update after all, was it? HAHA.

You know, I really kesian everyone on my social media feeds who have had to endure influx of wedding-related Instagram pictures and tweets from me for the past few weeks!  Promise all of this kahwing madness will be over in six and a half weeks, korang.

Can't believe two years of Kahwin Khronicles will be coming to an end, eh?

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)

bought, sealed, delivered in an arcylic box

Another promo for chiavari chairs... this time from Jentayu Gallery!

Sekarang memang tengah musim promo for chiavari chairs eh??? Ingatkan buah durian buah rambutan je ade musim, promo chiavari chairs pun ada musim seh hahahahaha

And in case you missed their hantaran gifts promotion earlier (also for January 2013 to April 2013 weddings):

(Source: Jentayu Gallery + Photography by The ProjectPixel Photography)

Siapa siapa yang very the suka and don't mind forking out a bit more for dulang hantaran that use the acrylic box kind macam yang dalam the gambar atas (very the chic, you!) can grab this promo from Jentayu Gallery! Sungguh best kan! Of course yang buat tak best is if they no longer have available slots for your wedding date! But don't fret if you're too late to grab their promo - there's one other vendor whom I know dah start providing acrylic box type of hantaran trays in Singapore, and that vendor is Love Createz:

(Source: Love Createz)

(Question: Kalau nak pakai this arcylic box style of hantaran tray, means the barang inside must be of certain length or height lah eh? Quite restrictive seh. Unless your barang barang memang cute mute belaka ah.)

Personally not really a fan of their style but we all know lain orang lain citarasa so you can choose between these two vendors if this is the type of dulang hantaran that you're looking for ok! Kalau kat Malaysia jangan cakap lah, geng. Dari dulu dah bertepek tepek bendealah dulang hantaran yang pakai acrylic box ni. Vendor and pengantin Malaysia tengok kitaorang berebut rebut baru nak start pasang ini arcylic box, diorang flip hair flip tudung segala ok.

Kalau you're the rajin sort pulak, you can always go up to Malaysia, buy the acrylic box and materials segala for yourself, DIY your own hantaran dulangs pastu lepas majlis kahwin and have no personal use for them lagi you can always rent the materials to upcoming brides-to-be at a much cheaper rate! Side business opportunity! Mesti ada interested parties punya. 

Alternatively kalau you don't want to risk other people jahanamkan the materials if you rent them out then you boleh buat as perhiasan rumah, put barang barang that's very dear or significant to you and your spouse on the trays and pasang the acrylic boxes, pastu buat macam showcase for all your tetamu yang datang rumah to look see look see. Buat macam museum. Mesti all your rude and intrusive makcik pakcik kaypo yang suka masuk tengok your bilik without permission will be very delighted with such things. (Please tell me everyone else has this kind of kaypo makcik pakcik in their midst, and it's not just me!)

XOXO

Woohoo! Settling our booking for chiavari chairs next week!

We were talking about our decor setup recently when I remembered that we have to book chiavari chairs for our reception soon (since our decorators don't have their own chiavari chairs in stock). Texted Zahrin from Kasai Sayang about it and being the superbly helpful darling that he is, he told me that XOXO & Co is having a promo rental price for their chiavari chairs!!!

Selection of chiavari chairs and cushions that they have in stock for rent:

 

(Source: Tiffany Chairs by XOXO & Co)

SWEE.

When we first set aside our budget for chiavari chairs, it was at $10 per chair but with XOXO & Co's awesome promo of $6 per chair, syukur Alhamdullilah for... *calculates pakai calculator sebab weak in mental sums* ... $800 savings!!!

Actually all savings are welcome when it comes to wedding planning lah - $8 savings ke, $80 savings ke, $800 savings ke, savings is savings is savings. The only thing yang lain is savings dulu simpan dalam kotak tin bawah katil, savings sekarang simpan dalam joint bank account dengan orang yang tersayang :P

And taaaaalking about savings! We recently made some savings on our wedding bands too!!! Went to recce for wedding bands last week, found bands that we both loved (even though they're not matching wedding bands - not really a big deal for us since I'm not that big a sucker for matching things and my mat doesn't mind, anyway) aaaaand the best part is - we got them within our set budget even though there weren't any Christmas sale discounts for the ones we picked out.

Yay yay! My mat dah boleh put a ring on it! Hee hee.

Tak sia sia overestimate and jack up our budget sebab whenever something we book or buy for the wedding falls way below or at least within our budget, the flood of euphoria bursting through us seriously awesome tak belum angz. If you're not doing this already, please do so ok! Always, always, always overestimate your budget for emergencies. Kalau takde emergencies, even better - you'll feel damn good when you have excess cash to save or play around with after paying off whatever it is that you need to pay for.

And I cannot thank Zahrin from Kasai Sayang enough for recommending XOXO & Co and their promo to me!!! Why you so tulen and so baik hati ni. Another vendor who is dengki and mata duitan might have done something devious instead: Book chairs on clients' behalf at $6 per piece, quote $10 per piece to the clients and diam diam about it in hopes that the clients tak tau about the promo, and pocket the difference for themselves as profit.

Sooooo kalau you all you all pun nak tempah chiavari chairs for your reception, don't miss this opportunity to grab them from XOXO & Co at a much lower price ok! Tapi promo sampai January 2013 aje tau, so you all tak boleh hegeh hegeh macam makcik ke pasar membeli ikan, membeli ikan si ikan tenggiri, lambat booking promo lari, melalak menangis lah you sorang diri!

I must give you all heads up, though - dorang maybe reply lambat sikit because apparently their admin person is away for maternity leave so manpower ada kureeeeennnggggg sikit. It took them 10 days to email me and their service is more business-like than warm, although I might be wrong - nak kena meet the owner in person next week before I know for sure.

Ok lah tu je goodie I nak share for today. Have a good weekend errrrrbody! XOXO sama you all!

are we clear?

Question Bontot Gatal of the Night:

I wonder whether there are companies that rent out clear chiavari chairs in Singapore.

(Source: Fad Manaf Photography)

 (Source: Kudegraphy)

Will be twitching like a mafaka until I get the answer. Till then.