Something for the (Big) Boys

I've got a Mr who is a beer-lover. He will faithfully reach for a bottle / mug / glass of Heinekens both when he is lying by the sunny beach and on a chilly rainning night.

That's our can of Heineken on the sandy beach of Phuket.

Of course, not only the Mr is a lover of this yellow fluid, so as his band of brothers! Hence we do anticipate the consumption of the liquor level will be mountain high on our reception. (So a waiver on the corkage is something that we really want to stress on.)

We also expected there'll be a group of friends which will be stayed back for the after-dinner party, so all you can relate is drink, drank, drunk! :D

And I've been drawn to the following picture which I came over on the internet, which is glasses of milk with pieces of chocolate chips cookies! The couple served them as "end-of-the-night-goodbye" treats to their guests.

Awww.... how sweet, isn't it? Blame that I'm a sucker for anything baked, cookies, cupcakes, pies, tarts.... And I know perfectly how gooooood it is to wash down a freshly baked chocolate chips cookies with a glass of warm milk!

But the guys will never appreciate these, I know. But I have another thing in mind for them!

The RAMLY BURGER!!!! I suppose those big boys will be hungry after round and round of drinking and gaming; so an authentic mamak style burger would be gladly loved by them. Imagine, slice of meat patty and fried egg sandwiched with a piping hot bun which is generously spread with butter..... Double yummy!

I'll get the burger-maker to wrap the burgers with plain paper or the brown paper which usually hawkers used to wrap nasi lemak; and perhaps to stick with our monogram sticker?!

Well, guess I'm a little too fast on the planning process but just wanted to share this. Quite interesting, no?

THE Dress

I'm back from KL and successfully visited my gown tailor, and yes! Another thing off my list! Despite all the dilemma I had during the gown-selection period and the dedication of 3 posts in a row to the gowns, I had finally decide on the Lea-Ann Betler gown as shown in the picture.

Upon my visit to Neoromantic, my gown-maker, I am able to talk with Erin, the person-in-charge there and doing all the neccessary measuring works within 30 minutes! She is flexible and accomodative and I personally think that this is good if you already have in mind what do you want for your dress and already had the design selected.

I did a little alteration on the original design like I am going for a smaller A-shape dress and forgo the train behind (which I now keep pondering, should I keep a smaller train instead). The lace details at the back will be a little less in order to show more of the bared back! :D

My dress will be ready in 2 months time but my scheduled KL trip is in June, so I'll only get to see my gown in June unless I decide to make an earlier trip. On my next visit there, I'll consider to MTM an evening gown too, if I can find a design that I like.

Neoromantic might not be as notorious as other gown-makers in KL but the price is much more affordable and from some of the gown displayed there, I think the quality and workmanship is justifiable.

Oh well, I did not manage to take any picture there nor did I manage to try on any gown there! :( I well, on my next trip there for the fitting, I promised.

The Engagement Potrait

Right, the Engagement Potrait, or in the terms which we usually use in the Malaysian society is the Pre-Wedding Potraits. I have paid the deposit and booked our pre-wed potraits photographer, the very first thing that I have off my to-do list.

So, the photographer that we had enthusiastically engaged is Jenny Sun Photography! I've been following Jenny's blog for the longest time and never ever imagine that I'll be having her for my pre-wed photographer. She is actually based in both Sydney and Kuala Lumpur and I never bother to send her an email to ask for a quote, as I subjectively that I'd not be able to afford her service.

Well, thanks to my dearest friend, I thought, why not? Just give it a shot! And truthfully, the reply that I received from Jenny is the first good news that made me jumped up from my chair since our engagement back in December.

What I like about her photo is the natural light settings, and the love between the couple that overflows from the picture. It is sometimes casual, sometimes formal; which ever way it is, it made you really feel the love between that 2 people and you let out a sigh...

I never understand the usual pre-wed potraits that the couple change into 10 different gowns and pose in the studio for the camera, the outcome might be flawless but it is kind of still and emotion-less.

We are going to have our shoot at a local beach resort, but I doubt that we can be as playful as the couple shown in the picture as we are both a little camera shy. Nonethess,I am so happy for our decision and can't wait for the shoot which is scheduled on end of July in Kuching. (Did I mentioned that I've also booked Jenny her flight tickets to Kuching? :p)

I intended to get Jenny for the actual wedding day photography too but we have not fix a date for our wedding yet and Jenny is already fully-booked for all weekends of October! :( I love love love her rings shot! Especially this one on a cupcake, if only you knew how much I am hooked on cupcakes!

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Lace & Satin

Alright, I have yet to get over my gown searching craze. But says who I need to get over? And the best finding of the day is Lea-Ann Belter.

Look at all the lace details, aww... stunning. Soft, subtle, classic, timeless, pleasant.

And my favourite of all is

Gown #8

I hope the Mr will like this gown, seriously. I especially adore the lace details at the back. Pull the hair into a loose, low bun and put on a pearl necklace, voila!

I guess I have shortlisted the crucial elements of my dress as lace overlays, Satin ribbon / sash and Empire cut. Not bad eh?

ps. I am going for a venue visit tomorrow, most probably. Can't wait.

Wedding Gown - Part II

As much as I love the gown #1 from the previous post, the groom-to-be happened to have lots of complaints towards the gown. It's sometimes so weird to hear the man's point of view towards the outfit of ours, right?

(I never thought that he will have any comment towards my gown and was so confident that I'll get THAT gown for myself. I can really forsee myself in that gown, walking down the aisle with him...)

Well... I need to browse for more gown designs and the followings are the new findings:-

Gown#5

This dress is OMG-So-Pretty! Classic with a vintage infusion. Stunning!

Gown #6

This is sort of the stand-by gown design for me. I used to like the strapless gown very much but I have realised it has become fairly common nowadays. But this dress is still pretty to me, with the lace details and I don't mind to add a little train behind the dress.

Gown #7

This is another alternative to me that I probably will adapt the design for the top part and opt for a satin finish for the lower part.

Somehow, I realised that I've kind of stuck with the almost-similar-design with the gown #1. Don't you think so? Lace, simple, A-line...

Monique Lhuillier is one of name that I came across during the gown-searching process and totally fell in love with some of the designs. Gown #6 and 7 is a creation from Monique.

I've also finally set a theme for the wedding and, no disagreement from the groom! More on that soon!

Dilemma No.1 - Bridal Gown

I wanted to do this for the longest time and I finally get myself up to do so: my bridal gown. I always secretly wanted to have a made-to-measure bridal dress and really adore the thoughts of passing the gown to my daughter (if I happen to have one) one day.

I did scrub off the thought due to budget constraint and the limitation of resources in Kuching but tee-hee... my secret wish granted. It was with lots of coincidence that I happen to stumble across a bridal gown company in KL from the web and emailed them and asked for an estimated quote. The figure revert back to me made me jump up of my chair and it made my fiance to jump up from his too!

So I am off to search for the type of gown that I like. Truthfully, gown is the last thing that I'll ever pay attention to in any bridal magazine or websites but no longer is now.

Every girl will have her dilemma when choosing the right outfit to a party, what more to say for the wedding! So these are those I have shortlisted so far:-

Gown # 1

Gown #2

Gown # 3

Gown # 4

Gown # 1 is the one that I send for quotation. I have love at first sight with this gown, love the lace details, the simplicity and the classical charm of it. And it goes perfectly well with my wedding theme in mind (will talk about the wedding theme in the future post). The question is HE doesn't like it. Well oh well...

Suggestion?