Category: Musings of a Bride

Musings of a Bride

29 days

Dyan

It all happened so fast, before i knew it, we are a month away to the wedding. Sometimes, i take time to reflect a lot upon our relationship. As is the case with every women out there, i’ve wondered what made me so sure that he’s the one?

Is this relationship gonna work?
Why am i getting married to him? I mean, why him?

I don’t mean to suggest i’m having doubts about getting married. My fiance is an awesome guy. The fact that he is willing to put up with my overabundance of sometimes-shitty attitude is amazing, really.

Provided i don’t piss him off enough to justify homicide.

Yesterday night, lying sick on my bed, I thought of the times he see me au naturel sans all the makeup and truth be told, i never ever meet any of my ex-es without makeup. Yes, i was an insecure girl deep inside.

Although i know he loves it when i dress up for him and all, i know i am comfortable in my own skin to show him my naked face. It may seem such a meaningless thing.

But i’m the girl who is so used to hide behind all the gunks i put on my face to feel secure about myself.

Not anymore.

This morning, i had an epiphany. Maybe this is what marriage is all about.
It’s about sharing moments of vulnerability. It’s about standing naked in front of another human being, for better and for worse, and saying,

“Yes, I am a human being. I’m not perfect. Sometimes I can be truly flawed and petty and ugly and sometimes kind of insensitive.”

It’s about learning to trust my partner, trusting that he can accept and love me in spite of all my ugliness.

This is a hell of a realization to have right now. Even now, as my wedding date looms over me, this is something that I am still getting used to and perhaps the single greatest thing in my life.

There is someone in this world with whom I can be entirely myself, without shame or apology. 🙂

 

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The Wedding Invites – Completed!

Dyan

Less words and more pictures. Click on thumbnails to enlarge.

33 days to the wedding, i am finally done with the invites.
I swear, i am behind time. I am never gonna DIY these envelopes again, not even for my first-born child’s wedding. hahaa

Yes, these envelopes are a killer, but i love it, and that’s all that matters really.

My mom and dad have started giving them away and my relatives love it! *beams*

I’m gonna start giving it out to my colleagues and friends starting tomorrow. Will also be mailing out some tomorrow too to some friends.

Have i told you guys, i just can’t wait to get all this done and over with? Really, the wedding  preps are taking a toll on me finally. But on the other hand, i will miss all these excitement. I am so twisted.

The bestie just told me the other day she can’t come back to SG on my wedding. She’s currently heavily pregnant with her 2nd one and is stuck at Qatar with her hubby, who is currently stationed there. I really, really miss her and as much as i really want her to be at my wedding, i shall not be a selfish friend.

Oh, the misery of having one of your best friend across the world. *sigh*

Musings of a Bride

With only 43 days to go..

Dyan

I sure am freaking out.

We are 43 days away to the wedding. That’s like 1.5 months to go till we hear the kompang.

Nervous? Yes, i am. But i am soaking in the excitement of it all.
Time really pass so fast, before we all know it, it’ll be end of September already.

I’m so productive today. *pats back*
I called up the Town Council today to confirm that we don’t have to book the nearby void deck to do the cooking and prep work. Cos mine is a link-house kind of MPH and there is a limited space to set up the tentage. Luckily, we don’t have to pay for the space.

Then, i called Starhub to sign up for Cable TV and broadband for our new house. So exciting! Soon, we will be lazy bums, watching E! Entertainment all day long.

I really gotta start my cookies baking soon. Been procastinating for so long. Finish up my invite envelopes and send it all out. So many things to do!

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Syawal

Dyan

Selamat Hari Raya!

Hope the first day of Syawal has been really great for you guys.
It wasn’t as tiring as i thought it would be though. We only visited four houses and i had lotsa fun with my siblings, as usual.

I love Syawal as it brings all of us a lot closer and we always reminisce the stupid things we do as kids. This year, we had a new addition to the family.

Qais Aaryan – My new nephew!

He was well-behaved throughout the whole visiting and next year, there will be a new addition to the family too! *yay!*

Yesterday, i no longer get asked the “when are you getting married?” question. phew.
We talked mainly about my wedding and my new house. hur hur.
Next year, they will start asking me the “Bila nak ada anak?” question. lol

It was awesome, going around giving out our cards to the relatives. It’s gonna be my last Raya as a single. Next year dah double! In fact Hari Raya Haji pun dah kira dah double. Hari Raya Haji pun Raya jugak pe..

Some pictures from 1st Syawal!

My BIG family.

 

My two favourite girls. My nieces. God, i love them like my own!
It is so quiet when they are not at home. When i move to my own place, i probably won’t get to see them often, since they are currently staying at my mum’s on weekdays. I know i will miss them lots.

My two sisters! I will sharing the room with them, surely and getting ready together each time before we go out for family visits and taking our own sweet time, while the mom start screaming for us to hurry up. I will definitely miss that. Not! lol

This year i didn’t even plan much for my Baju raya. I tailored my baju 1 day sebelum Puasa and got it 2 days before Raya. The materials were actually sitting in my wardrobe for the longest time. I had some black chiffon material and i told the kakak tailor to make an Abaya kind of dress for me. She took some leftover lace patches and did those patchwork design on the dress, which i totally love especially since im only paying $60.00 for that. haha. I also did a simple Baju Kurung Pahang using the songket that the FMIL got for me during my 26th birthday. Itu aje. Malas nak bergaya. I didn’t even wear high heels lor, since we did not go public, so i don’t see any point. I wore my sandals out and to be honest, tak glam langsung!

But i told my sisters, takpe. Kalau akak glamer2 time raya, nanti time kahwin hilang seri. Time kahwin baru boleh jembu2. hahaha.

To be honest, i have enough of the rendang and what-nots. I am gonna continue eating my Yong Tau Foo now. Till October. In a bid to eating more healthily. lol

Lastly, i would like to selit and seek forgiveness from you guys, kalau2 pernah terkasar bahasa, kat blog or kat twitter or kat email or mana2 ah, Sorry yer. Serious tak sengaja!

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sunday.

Dyan

Warning: This entry contains food images. 🙂

Last sunday was spent at JB with the Jentayu team.
The married ones wanna go drive over to Simpang Renggam and so we did.

Me and the boy, kes tak tahan panas only survived 15mins there before we retreat back to the car for air-con. Tak beli banyak kuih pun.

After Simpang Renggam, we head over to Giant at dunno where and i stocked up some stuffs for home. Like errr.. canned food. U can never get enough of canned food. haha.

After all that, we finally went over to Angsana as some of them belom beli baju kurung and i was looking for Quran and Sejadah for the dulang trays. We managed to get the Quran and sejadah we wanted so one down and few more to go. lol
We also managed to get a cheap tikar which looks like songket at only RM$19.90.
Didn’t get to get more stuff cos Angsana was really packed on weekends, dapat parking dah cukup bagus.

We head off to Jusco Aeon Bukit Indah to break fast since there’s more variety of food and since it’s further away from the Checkpoint, there’s not much of a crowd there. I love that place!

We had Nandos for Iftar (suka! i wish the Nandos in SG is halal, but there’s always Barcelos.)

and kalau masuk JB and tak makan A&W, rugi yo!
But since we were kinda full from Nando’s we only took the Waffles and Root Beer Float. Coney Dog, you gotta wait for some other time, ok?

We did a little shopping and i managed to get these really sweet hairbands at RM19.90 each at 30% off. Lawa sangat. Sayang tak sempat amik gambar.

Orang2 pandai je camwhore at the end of the day only, bila muka dah berminyak, dah penat. haha. We went in at 10.00am and only got in to Singapore close to midnight. Imagine how tiring it was? While i really love the food there, i don’t think i’ll be those kind of couple yang mesti masok JB every weekend. Penat ley.

 

 

 

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The Signage Posters

Dyan

I did my signage posters already! (feeling rajin).

Initially, I wanted to put our pictures. Jadi orang yang datang boleh tau, muka aku without makeup tebal macam mana. haha

Tapi macam over pulak kalau aku letak gambar kita kat luar LRT station. Step mcm aku buat concert pulak.

Simple and very clear. Kalau sesat gak, tak tau aku nak cakap apa.

I’m gonna print it on A3 Size Art Card and laminate it. Initially thought of printing it on the Kapaline Foam Board. But i wouldn’t be able to laminate it.

Macam2 hal.

Musings of a Bride

Pre-Wedding Pictures Part II

Dyan

Since i have uploaded some of these pictures on my FB and some of you lovely people have added me there, i figured i might as well upload some of the pictures here as well. 🙂

Click on thumbnails okie! Tak yah nak dok squint mata sampai sepet. hee hee

 

      

Will upload more when i have time. Sekarang dah nak kul 5. Akak nak gi Giant, nak beli garam, gula ngan Maggi. lol

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The Wedding Cards!

Dyan

As promised, here’s the design of our wedding cards. I went thru so much before i finally decide that this will be the one. Susah tau.

I have always been my own critic of my own work and even after this was printed, i was still not 100% satisfied with it, mainly the colour because i accidentally saturate it while using my sister’s laptop cos my laptop was down and the saturation of the colours on the cards were not as i expected. It turns out a bit darker. But i love them nonetheless. All the little things and the small details i put on the card, i really love it.

My design:
It has to be pink, of course and i incorporated white in the design and some small details like pearls, heart shapes and ribbons.

Front Design:

The simple front design. I decided not to clutter it with fanciful design or put in truckloads of pictures so i settled for this.

The big picture is his favourite. Paling penting, dalam gambar tu kita tak peluk2 or pegang tangan. Hahaha. I tak nak makcik2 mengumpat time Raya, yo!

The black & white picture was actually one of my favourite. It is simple yet it said what it wanted to say. One.Love. Touching kan?

The white pearls and the pink + sign – mentel! haha

Back Design:

Apologies, i had to pixelate some of the personal details for privacy purposes.
Again, it’s pink but this time round, i used more classic details like the Damask Background, the Scalloped Frames and the Chandelier but i added some cute details cos i cannot help it lah. See that two little heart shapes and the stitched ribbons at the top and bottom? Awesome. hur hur.

Direction Side:

This portion will be pasted on my petal-fold envelopes (will tell u guys more about this later.) Yang ni, i went a lil overboard with the cute details. haha Ada pearls, lace border, ada stripes, ada ribbon, ada hearts and ada Owl lagik!! Semua lah aku letak. Puas hati aku. lol

For the boy, i gave him the same design for the Front Side because he likes it too and for the back part of it and the direction side, everything is the same minus the pearls and the ribbons because it would be too girlish, especially the ribbons.

Envelopes:
Have i told you guys i’ll be DIY-ing my petal-fold envelopes?
If you guys don’t know what Petal-Fold envelopes look like, it looks like these:


When it is opened. So that’s where i’m gonna paste my Direction side at.

When closed, it kinda look like a flower and that’s where i’m gonna tampal my stickers at.

Nampak senang nak DIY tapi, after doing about 30-40pcs, boleh rasa lengit dia cam mana. LOL

But it’s ok! It’s only 300pcs cos my jemputan is only 600pax and i saved a lot by DIY-ing my own envelopes!
These envelopes are so costly even if i were to buy it online. Be prepared to pay at least $0.60 each for the envelopes (ni blom campur shipping!).

Rasa2 kalau jari aku macam nak patah, then balance2 tu aku kasi pakai the square envelopes at Popular je lah. Itu last resort ah.

Up till now, belom habis DIY cos i keep procastinating. My guestlist is ready. Cuma nak tulis nama je. I hope i can get everything done before Raya. Kalau tak, pagi raya tu jugak aku main potong2 kertas. 😦

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Final Sticker Design

Dyan

I finally, finally got the laptop virus-free again. Banyak2 time, dia nak down, it has to be this period. Time aku nak siapkan kad kahwin sendiri, time banyak pending designs to do. Time tu jugak lah dia nak sakit.

I finally had time to design my stickers for the Invites envelopes. I wanted something simple, yet nice with minimal colours, which can match the black envelopes i’m gonna use.

 

 

There you go!

It may not be as nice and elaborate as the pre-designed stickers i featured here but at least it was something i could be proud of and tell my grandchildren about in future. eh melebih pulak.

I’ll be printing these stickers out soon-ish once i am done with all the other stuff i am supposed to do.

Will show you guys the design for my wedding card next!

Selamat berbuka y’all!