some humble DIY handicraft for wedding :)

If I were to name one hobby I cultivated since I start preparing my wedding, it would be making handicraft. No, I'm still not good in it but I start having fun with it.

So, what exactly have I DIY? here you go..

Thanks to Chai Har, I was introduced this shop called Kaison in Paradigm Mall. I bought the items above in this shop and it's quite cheap. The flowers cost RM3.50 for a bunch of 6 stalks. The bird cage Rm28.90 and the flower basket? RM4.99!! 

Then I bought the other materials shown above mainly from Daiso - glue gun, ribbon, "fur thread", and fake flower pedals... Of course it took me many times of retry and here's the end products...

The cost for all the 4 flower baskets above are less than RM50.. or not RM40.. It will be used by Danny's and my nieces as flower girls while we walking down the aisle at our Church wedding ceremony. Although it is not as pretty as those selling in wedding shop, but imagine how much have I save from the 4 flower basket above which each of it can easily cost RM20-40 from the shop. And the best thing is I can design it all in pink to match with the dresses of my flower girls. :)

The time consuming part is the ribbon which stitched up like lace then glue on the edge of the basket later on. I remember I did this until 4am! yawn~~ it remind me why I didn't like doing handicraft. :p  

Next, is the bird cage. I got the idea of using bird cage as ang pow box from internet. All the materials I bought to decorate the bird cage are inexpensive. Aside from the bird cage itself, I bought the flower with leafs from Daiso which cost only RM5, then the card board and blue felt which all cost only few ringgit. This DIY is super easy, just circle the bird cage with the flower and blue ribbon in the center, then cut the two love birds from felt and "D" and "T" from cardboard. The difficult part is to find the blue flower which I have been searching for many many shops before I found it from Daiso in IOI. Blue simply due to my dinner theme colour is in baby blue. :)

Actually at this point I'm pretty much done with my DIY idea after the two items above. Until I find myself with extra 300++ invitation cards at home due to the printing error from my printing shop. Before that, the design of the wedding invitation is from Danny and me as well with the idea from internet. Then I don't know shall Danny and I considered ourselves lucky or what, but the printing shop has done some mistake of the printing TWICE! End up they reprint the cards for us TWICE (thank god for free) and that's how we got the extra 300++ invitation cards with us. While I'm complaining the  printing shop to Chrys when I gave her the card, thanks to her by giving me idea in making paper fan with the extra cards. :D

At first I wanted to use the ice-cream stick which apparently called wooden spatula, but find out it's too thin to hold the card firmly, then I came out the idea to use the "wooden stick used by doctor to examine throat" which apparently named tongue depressor. LOL... see how much I learnt from doing all these handicraft.

Here is only about 10 finished products and I'm gonna work really hard the next time I return to KL to finish the rest of the 300. @.@

Now I still have lots of left over ribbons and thinking to make some corsages with it. I've tried making few but it's all .. errrhhh.. unlovely.. Still finding ideas and let's see will I give up in the end, hehe :p

wei wei wei wei lei gam fei

Just weight myself again this morning. OMG, I've slimmed down further again although I didn't hit the gym for the past 2 weeks!

1,2,3,4......(counting with my fingers)....I've shed away total of 6kg since I started my exercise regime and diet plan 6 months ago. ^_^

I'm satisfied with the result but it's not the best yet; perhaps due to my diet, I've not reduced much of my body fat percentage although I exercise a lot. Btw, there is only 2 months left to my wedding, it's too risky to change my diet plan now, so I will only increase my food intake after my wedding hoping for more toned muscle. :).

Resolution for 2013 set!

Don't try to understand this post

Upset; just got to know something I found fishy for years was actually what I thought to be. And knowing the truth is not always a pleasant thing although I can finally stop questioning myself. Positively, my gut feeling is reliable and I should listen to it more often from now on.

Simple is a bliss. I couldn't agree more... for once again..

快乐是自找的，不快乐也是自找的。

Our Registration of Marriage

Finally, the day has come, Danny and I are now legally married. 

The ROM took place in JPN @ Seremban, the venue is nothing fancy and we didn't invite any friend of us. The whole process is fast, I'm sold within one hour and nothing much to be elaborated. However, I'm feeling blessed for having my family with me on this big day of mine, and all the blessing from my beloved friends and family on fb or text. Thanks again and it truly means a lot to me.

So now I'm on the first page of a new chapter of life; the top resolution for this new chapter is not to forget and misplace my ring; although I have slim hope in this but I promise will try my best. :p

By the way, DANNY AND I ARE NOW HUSBAND AND WIFE. I must keep repeating this to myself to make me believe this is real. This person that had nothing to do with me before we knew each other has now become the most important person in my life. I know this might be lame but look what amazing fate done to us, he will be the father of my future child. Marriage is for life so this is just the beginning, we are gonna spend the rest of our life together, I know we will support each other through our walk together, for better or for worse.

Now one more down and only the reception dinner to go. Honestly I'm getting a bit bored with the wedding preparation, how I hope this is the end of it and we can fast forward to the honeymoon part. :p

I now pronounce you husband and wife

 

 

 Thanks for coming

My dear sis and bro, the person I can always count on.

Thank you dear for the flower. I thought it's ok not to have flower that's why I didn't remind you. Never expect you will buy it though. :p 

Wedding Prep #3 - custom made bridal shoes

If shopping for wedding bands is fun, then shopping for my bridal shoes are frustrating! I have never been crazy in shoes all my life; it's not because I don't love pretty shoes, it's just simply due to I am having an abnormally small feet where I can hardly find a pair of shoes that fit my UK size 3 feet comfortably, let alone a pretty pair.

While I was frustrated in searching for my bridal shoes all around KL & SG, then I come across a contact for high heels customization! Without a second thoughts, I called the number then meet up with the lady then chose my design... then tada!! in 2 months time, I got my custom made high heels!!

my fish mouth pumps with Swarovski, so bling I likey! :)

The photo above was sent by the lady cobbler, I have not collected it from her yet. I've tried the size before though and it fit perfectly on my feet, omg it feel so nice I've not gotten any shoes that can fit my feet so perfectly before. Sorry you people having normal sized feet cannot understand this. :p. Btw, it's too early to judge whether it's really comfy but from the review of her customer, I believe it is. Yes, I'm happy. :D

PS : This is the contact of the cobbler  - 

https://www.facebook.com/moments.shoe

 

Wedding Prep #2 - our wedding bands ^^

It's been surreal, and it is still that Danny and I are getting married, but omg why time flew so fast we are taking our pre-wedding photography next week then our ROM in the week after next. Ok la, actually I'm not that gan jeong since we've been given ourselves ample of time for the wedding preparation, and things have been progressing well which gives me no reason to gan jeong; in fact I've started to lose my patience and hope everything can be fast forward a little bit.

So, we are just weeks away from our ROM and we got our wedding bands just in time; with the engraving of our name & ROM date on it. Btw, wedding band hunting is so fun!! Well I guess girls will never have problem dealing with shopping. :p. And I love my wedding bands soooooooooooo much!!!!! Here you goes

Danny's on the left, mine on the right

Danny doesn't want the photo of his fingers published. :p

 Mine! ♥ ♥ ♥

 Family portrait ^__^

 Love it!!

Wedding Prep #1 - Venue booked

It's been more than half a year Danny and I were preparing our wedding. Now we are 2 months away from photoshooting, 3 months from ROM, then 5 months from the actual day. I think we started planning it too far ahead and we've lost the momentum. Hence my advise, 6 months preparation is fine and more than that will only give you more excuse to procrastinate. :p
 

Enroll the "Catholic Marriage Preparation Course" is definitely the first thing we need to do. Then the next thing on top of our list is to book the venue. Initially I was reluctant to have a reception dinner for my wedding, simply because I don't like the idea of making a show out of my wedding (you know what I mean), anyway I was convinced (of course by Danny) in the end but I'm still looking for something special, an intimate dinner which is not too formal so I can still have time to catch up with my guests. And most important is to make everyone enjoy themselves. There we choose the Avillion at Port Dickson. Ahhhhh~~ I'm going to have my wedding on the beach! It's like a dream comes true to me. I think I have a lot of dreams have came true, I know I'm lucky, I'm counting my blessing. :)
 

Then the next thing is booking a pre-wedding photoshooting package. Danny and I don't really fancy this, so we just sign a very basic package in the wedding fair without much survey. It's really basic that it only includes 1 photo album, 1 medium sized photo frame, limited number of gowns for both photoshooting and actual day, and even without the "ji mui" photo. Hehe. Now we are 2 months away from the photoshooting and I'm looking forward too. I want to take the photo with Goppy!!