Musings of a Bride

Dollars & Cents

Just how hard is it to manage the Wedding Finances and keep within your budget?

Very hard!

I was browsing through and looking for ideas on how to manage your budget for weddings or a checklist but most of it are for wedding-wedding Mat Saleh.

So i came up with a modified version. Suitable for Malay Weddings.
It is quite comprehensive and should be able to cover all aspects of a Malay Wedding.

But lumrah manusia, mesti ada yang terlupa. So if you think ada yang tertinggal tu, pepandai lah tambah sendiri k cos this is done on an Excel Sheet so it’s easy for you to add and delete whatever you think is necessary. πŸ™‚

Please download the files below:

Budget and Checklist for Engagements

Budget and Checklist for Malay Weddings

Hope these would be useful for you!

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Wedding Cake Cookies



Aren’t these cute!

Lil’ mini wedding cake cookies that would actually be perfect for favors if you have a battalion of friends and relatives to help you with the baking and packing etc.

Or you can also use this as your Nikah berkat? Maybe make about 30-50 pieces?
Mesti cantik kan?

Kalau lagik malas, can consider baking this and using it for Dulang Hantaran.. πŸ™‚

This is actually Martha Stewart nya idea but u can get the recipe from HERE.

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Oh, Mother Hen!

I was browsing through my picture folders and i saw pictures from the previous Hen Nights with my girlfriends. So far, three of my close girlfriends have got hitched and we never fail to organise Hen parties.

It can be a simple do’ or an elaborate one. We just need a reason to celebrate!

WARNING: It’s gonna be a lengthy post with loads of pictures cos after all, there are 3 Hen parties.

But if you are currently organising a hen party for your girlfriends or even yourself, you are welcomed to curik some idea! πŸ™‚

The Hen parties are all clean fun so if you are expecting to see Male strippers etc, you are going to be quite dissapointed. hee.

  1. Caca’s Hen Party

Caca is one of my longest friend ever. We have known each other from Nursery.
We went to the same Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary School and remain friend’s till now.
It has been about 21 years now? and counting!

We went to this Hotel at Balmoral Road called VIP Hotel which is a budget hotel at Orchard Road and not so sleazy. haha

The Theme is Pink Pajamas Party. We have to wear pajamas or sleepwear and it must be pink.
This was our first Hen Party so we kept it simple. It was just decoration, lotsa foods and games to keep us occupied. We also blasted music and had our own private party and annoyed the hotel staffs. It was really fun cos we started asking the bride-to-be really mushy and naughty questions. lol

Apart from that, we sure did a whole lot of camwhoring!

All my good friends!
 

 

β™₯ Me and the Bride-to-Be. β™₯

 

Ever heard of naughty Scrabble? This is it!
 

 

The candles that accompanied our night.

 

β™₯ β™₯ β™₯

 

2. Nini Hen Night 

Nini is one of my bestie. We have known each other from Secondary School, so it was really exciting to plan her Hen Party!

Since this was our 2nd Hen party, we decided to be more elaborate with the deco and the theme. Read on to find out more.


We pasted lots of our pictures over the years together for memories sake. It was really nice to view old pictures and reminisce.

before

 

after

We decided to go with a somewhat “Bring-Your-Own” theme. But we must put on heavy makeup and wigs. That is why you see all of us like a drag queen. lol

me and oh-so-thick-makeup

 

me and the zombie-bride-to-be

 

i find this picture sangat freaky.

 

sar – arabic princess
 

 

finahvampiress

 

nilam the grecian goddess

nini – ju-on bride

dee – geylang hooker. lol

me and nilam.
i β™₯ this wig. Contemplating to cut my hair like this.
but it will be very high-maintenance. le sigh.

3. Ira’s Hen Party 

Next up is Ira’s Hen Party and this time round, we did a Spa Party instead at Spa Le Kraton.

It was a great spa experience but because we had to do our spa treatments and be quiet, it was not as kecoh as the previous two. However, we compensated with a great dinner and a talk-talk session at Vivocity. (you know yang kat rooftop.. aaaah sgt lah best. rasa mcm zaman muda dulu2, dok melepak sampai malam.)



The syiok thing about the Spa Party is that Spa Le Kraton actually closed the spa for 3 hours for us. So we were the only patrons there and we have total privacy and could do whatever we wanted to. If i can remember correctly, we only paid $98.00 for a 3hr treatment which consists of Spa, Body Scrub, ear candling and something else ah.. Cannot remember.

So that’s it. the 3 Hen Parties i have organised for my girlfriends.

Tips for Hen Parties:

  • Do something that you know you girlfriend will appreciate and not cringe when she has her surprise. For example, if you wanna call a male stripper, make sure she is up for it and her partner do not mind that much. 
  • Have a Theme Colour and make sure everyone follows!
  • Keep it to a close circle friend if you wish to have some bonding time but do a large party if you know the bride-to-be is a Party chick!
  • Research, research, research for the best Hen Night Package. If you want a spa package, make sure it has the things u want, like a body scrub etc but do ask if they are flexible with their package because not everyone will want the same package as you.
  • Always pay for the bride-to-be. It is just a courtesy gift for her. However, do sit down with your other girlfriends and work out what would be the ideal budget.

With that, happy planning for your Hen Party!

The Husband & Wife

sun.day

The boy and me love our weekends. We both work office hours and try to maximise our weekends as much as we can.

Over the Christmas weekend, we went to Kallang Leisure Park (KLP) cos they have Pastamania over there. (pretty stupid, if you ask cos our nearest Pastamani is actually CCK Lot 1!) but we wanted a change of environment, you see.

There was nothing much to shop over at KLP so we went over to the Arcade cos it has been a while kita main tembak-tembak.

After $10.00 worth of tokens, we left the place and wandered around and decided to go East Coast Park to watch the sunset.




Sometimes u don’t need elaborate plans to enjoy weekends. You just need each other’s company to be happy. πŸ™‚

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Pocket full of flowers

The boy and I were talking about how our wedding would be like. Trust me, the boy does not talk about weddings very often because guys being guys, they don’t really like weddings don’t they. They are not fascinated with the colour scheme and what not’s.

So when we were just sitting in the car, he was talking about the wedding decos etc.

I whooped silently and took the chance to bombard him with my wedding ideas. lol

As i have guessed, wedding planning will prove to be a difficult task.
He is kinda particular about things like colours etc.
His favourite is black, black and black and maybe also red.

There is no way i’m gonna have Black & Red for my wedding.
No offence to anyone having a Red & Black Wedding but it is just not me.

He does not like Pink while i Love Pink immensely.

So we have decided, it will be a bit of White, a little bit of Pink (only baby pink is allowed) and a little touch of black. I only allow a bit of black. No black Table or Chair Covers. lol.

I showed him Jentayu’s website and while he love some of the deco, when i told him that their deco starts from $4500, i swear i saw him ‘telan air liur’. Macam ada speech bubble kat atas kepala dia “$4500 tu aku boleh begi guitar fender 2 Biji ngan Amp sekali.”

So i showed him Kasaisayang’s website instead (and all these are done thru my iphone!)

He loved it! *happy dance*

Our Favourite Deco so far: The English Garden.

For more pictures of the deco, click here

However, i would prefer to have more pink! Maybe baby pink pillows?
See those Black Feathers? Itu pun jadi lah eh.. lol

Some other deco from them that I like are:

For more pictures of the deco, click here


This would be nice too but probably with Pink flowers instead!

Another colour i won’t rule out would be Gold & Cream like this one.

For more pictures of the deco, click here

This would surely be a hit with our parents! πŸ™‚
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Of Wedding Plannings

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Here’s a great directory if you are still in your early stages of wedding planning.
Sampai kero mata.

Another great place to look at would be Multiply. Go the Multiply Search Engine and just do a random search. You’ll be amazed at the no of vendors you can find online.

But please be careful with who you deal with. As you know wedding planning requires a huge sum of $$. Do a background check if needed and get opinions from other in forums etc. πŸ™‚

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The Perfect Shade of Pink

Was doing up some work while i thought of what would be my colour palette for my wedding.

I like something sweet, romantic and girlish and i have always love Pink but i do not want to have it Pink all over considering we be doing a combined wedding and it will be a little too sissy for his likings.

I love those English Garden theme kind of weddings or perhaps something Spring.
So i suppose my colours would comprise of White, Pink & Green.

I was browsing through The Perfect Palette and stumbled uponthis pallette i have somehow ‘shortlisted’.

However, i would just keep the Green to a minimal and concentrate more on Pink and White cos the boy hates green. bleargh.