DIY Project, Musings of a Bride, The Card Maison, The Husband & Wife

The Poster

Dyan

This is where i placed the Wedding Guestbook Poster.
I hang it at the Pink Room!

I am so glad i decided to do a poster instead of a book. Cos i could hang it, see it and be reminded of the wonderful time i had on my wedding and the people who came, their best wishes etc.

I snapped this last night because i was feeling emo again. lol
i can’t believe it has been 5 months since our Big Day. cepatnya.
Just what have we been doing for the past 5months sey.

and just 5months into our marriage, i now face the makcik2 problem.
“Nari nak masak apa eh.”

sigh.

DIY Project, Musings of a Bride

of wedding albums

Dyan

oh, since i have some pictures on my laptop and some spare time, here’s how my DIY wedding album looks like.

Here are the pictures that i’ve sent to print. After much googling and bertapa kat Clubsnap, i finally printed my gambar2 at Miao Laan Colour Centre at Bukit Batok. So if you are staying nearby there, go get your prints done there. The quality is the same as what the other photographers will give you one.. Not those yang u cuci kat kedai film biasa. I can’t remember what kind of paper they used lah, but definitely not the usually ones the kedai2 film kasi, that will wash out the colours of the photos.

I think i paid $0.30 per piece and i printed about 400++ of pictures in total. but i know i spent less than $150.00 for the pictures ah. I also got my album and refills from them and the total bill came up to $200 gitu aje.

The service was super fast. All the pictures were printed in less than an hour actually and the white border, i requested for it was FOC.

Our image-wrap album that was sent to my office, hence the messy background. haha.

I think i’ve mentioned that i got a great deal for this, one of the offer that Photobook Singapore was having. I got it at $37.60 excluding shipping fees.

In total, i spent less than $50.00 on this including shipping fees and also some extra pages.

I love the quality of the book but i think the colour saturation on this one was a bt more reddish as compared to the pictures i printed with Miao Laan.
The boy can’t tell the difference, but because i deal with printings a lot, i can tell the colours are quite different.

I personally prefer Miao Laan’s colours myself but if you’re not too anal about it, then Photobook Singapore would work out fine for you.

Service wise: The software was quite handy, easy to use but because im used to working with Photoshop, i feel there were some limitations to the system and i would actually prefer to work with Photoshop still but too bad, they only accept artworks done by their system.

The printing and the who she-bangs was really quick though. I got it within a week or so after sending my book to print and this was right after the X’mas holidays, mind you.

So for that $50 odd dollars that i’m paying, i am actually pretty satisfied with the book.

*beams*

Kitchen Projects, The Husband & Wife

Pop it in the oven.

Dyan

Sejak menjak dah kahwin ni, aku selalu gak lah feeling Nigella Lawson. Balik kerja, takde benda lain nak buat, kalau aku tak masak, aku makan. Tu aje lah.

Muka aku ni pun dah bulat macam pinggan orang kawin. -_-

So, just yesterday, i baked Shepherd’s Pie. Feeling omputih pulak k.
Pasal asyik makan Nasi ngan Mee je.

I love makanan omputih because it is so easy to cook and it doesn’t require much effort nor ingredients honestly. Great for working wives (macam saya).

I don’t know how long i can keep up with the “masak-lepas-balik-kerja” routine cos most of my colleagues cakap memenatkan. So far i find it enjoyable, but that’s because i love cooking. Especially when your husband walks in through the door after work and find you at the kitchen. Itu feeling yang tak tau nak cakap apa. lol

Tapi bila your husband balik rumah and find you sitting on the kitchen floor, chopping chicken, macam nak selubung je muka ngan kain batik. Malu sangat. Macam makcik2. Sungguh tak sexy.

But no, I am not in the pakai-kain-batik or the baju butterfly nya phase. Yet.
tyvm.

Musings of a Bride

Pompom flower berbulu.

Dyan

Ok, title tak ley angkat. I might be slow but i just saw these adorable pompoms and i thought i will share with some of you, who love DIY crafts, just like i do.

 

Cantik kan? So pretty and fluffy! #ithinkimobsessedwithfluffyflowers.

I think i shall attempt to do this for the home soon.
Maybe in bright colours to pop up the room.

Shall attempt k. Will let you guys know if i did manage to do it but meanwhile, if you think you wanna try it for yourself, you can follow the tutorial here.

Musings of a Bride

starting the year with a bang.

Dyan

My last post, i was telling you guys im doing major changes to my hair, right?

My safe, boring hair taken otw to the salon.

After 5 hours, i came out with this:

The last time i had bangs was in 2004. lol
While i am still not used to it, and i still fiddle with it, much to the boy’s annoyance, i kinda like it. But i really am not too sure if the bangs are going to be there to stay cos it’s really high maintenance.

As for my curls, i am super relieved it turns out nicer after 2 weeks cos the curls are much looser and natural now, but still high maintenance. But i super love the volume it give me. i now have big hair. *beams*

Musings of a Bride, The Husband & Wife

Last thing to do

Dyan

….before we usher in 2012.

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We are doing major changes to our hair. Yes, me and the boy.

I’m doing a digital perm, after having straight hair for sooo long. The last time i did a perm was in 2007 and i’ve had rebonded hair since then.

I’m so nervous. I don’t even know what to expect. It feels like taking my exam results. Yes, im comparing my hair makeover to my exam results. Sangat bimbotic i know. .

2011 was awesome. I got a house and got myself a husband and new set of parents. 🙂

2012 is gonna come in few hours and i would like to wish u guys a blessed new year ahead and may 2012 be even better than before.

Every year i nake the same old resolution.

Lose some weight.

But it never happen.

I’m gonna make sure it happens in 2012 cos the 1st thing i’m gonna do is be disciplined and go for my aerobics classes twice a week. No excuses.

Happy New Year!

Musings of a Bride

I am..

Dyan

the biggest procastinator ever..

Sorry i left the blog all dusty. It has been a pretty busy month with all the weddings and work has been draining me out as usual.

Life has been pretty good, Alhamdulilah. each time i go back to our love nest, i can’t help being thankful for what we have right now. We don’t lead the perfect life but i daresay, we are happy as we can be and that’s one of the things i ask from Him.

It was our 2mths anniversary yesterday. So fast and yes, i have already got the “dah ada?” question from friends & relatives. lol

Before i forget, Congrats to all the December Brides!
Alliza & Ezdi! I hope you guys had a good time on ya wedding!

Me and the boy have yet to discuss on where we wanna go for our honeymoon yet, he’s busy shifting cos his office just shifted to Changi recently and for me, i am currently considering to leave my current job. But that would mean i wouldn’t be able to take leave that soon. sigh. I’m still considering though.

It’s gonna ba the New Year soon and i don’t know why but i’m pretty excited about it! I hope 2012 will be a blast, just like how 2011 was for me.

Jentayu

The RIA Experience [Pictures + Recording]

Dyan

It was a nerve-wrecking one. The thought of singing live on national radio and have people comment on you on Ria’s Facebook is kinda overwhelming actually.

But nonetheless, it was definitely a great experience and i can strike off one more thing from my “Things to do before i’m 30” list.

I got my sister to record the whole thing, thank god!
Here’s some pictures and also the recording of the radio interview for those who missed it! 🙂

The Recording of the Radio Interview:

Pictures:

Jentayu

Guess who’ll be on Radio?

Dyan

Jentayu will be on air tomorrow at Ria 89.7FM from 2pm – 3pm!

Recently, we were invited by DJ Hafeez Glamour who wanted to feature us on his radio show, Opening Act.

Sadly, only half the team is able to make it down tomorrow due to work commitments.

I’ll be going down as well and will be singing a number.
We will also be featuring 2 of our Original Songs (including the song that the boy composed) so do lend us a support and tune in to Ria 89.7FM between 2pm-3pm, will you?

And wish me luck pls? I need lots of it! lol