My DIY Wrist Corsage

Ok, I admit. I might NOT be THAT good at DIY after all. Need to add in some organzas. Hmm?

What? RM8 a piece? Wow, I just got a quote from a florist charging me only RM8 each. If it's true, I can kiss this DIY Wrist Corsages goodbye! Wonder if it can be something similar like this...


The reason why I am not getting my jee-muis to do this is because, I think, this should be a personal gift from me to them, as my dearest bridesmaid. And oh yes, I will not make you wear an ugly wrist corsage, I promise :)

Map to Restaurant

Phew! Finally, I managed to draw the map to our Wedding Restaurant using MS Excel. The one provided by the restaurant itself is too brief! I tried googling for maps to this place but there wasn't any maps pointing to this restaurant. The nearest I could get is those pointing to Wisma Fiamma!

As I am DIYing my Wedding Card, I planned to put this map inside my wedding card.

Of course, before I put it in...will try to drive this route to ensure that it is absolutely, error-free map!

Zzzz...time to sleeep....finally! Yikes! 2am liao....time flies..................

Message Cards DIY

One of my DIY projects are message cards. When guests arrive for the dinner, they will be handed a card and are encouraged to write their wishes/blessings for the newly weds.

My design is pretty simple here, I am just using colours & fonts to my advantage. Initially, I plan to have few designs to use, but one of my friend commented it might end up looking err..."rojak"? Nevermind I thought, will keep on designing it until the final countdown...Haha, no sweat!

When I told my dearest mum of my intention, her immediate response was.."Aiyaa...wasting time on small things AGAIN!"...Although, she said that the cards looks "nice" - she also told me not to expect her friends to write any messages. "You know lah, uncle, aunties - would not entertain/do these type of things one lah.."

Of course I don't expect EVERYONE to write on the cards. But I am sure those close and "younger" ones would not hesitate to write a small message :) After the wedding, I plan to use these cards in my Wedding Scrapbook for memories!

The only problem now is to find a some nice branches to hang these cards at the entrance of the restaurant. Oops, not problem...but challenge! Yah! Challenge to find the right branch, with the right height and the right curves.

So! The Wedding Wishes Tree project will continue!

Lunch Box wif Love

I opened the fridge and noticed that the Parmesan cheese I bought it expiring 4th of Sept 2008. And well...today is 4th Sept 2008. If I don't use it now, it is going to waste. Hence, I took out a can of Prego Carbonara Mushroom sauce, spaghetti and headed to the kitchen! And the time is...10pm!

Added lotz of garlic and cheese into the sauce, cooked to yummy perfection! Drained out the ala-dente spaghetti (thanks to internet, I managed to cook it right!) and finally, added in some sausages (my bf fav) and some prawns (my fav). By the time I finished, it was well, already 1115pm and they say, cooking spaghetti is a breeze! Ask me about it! I packed it up into nice little lunch box here for my bf, well, he can either eat it during lunch; or if he is shy (which I would ustand) - he can then eat it as breakfast before work in the morning! Here how it look like:



YUMMY!! Taste perfect and although I am supposed to be on a strict diet...well..what the heck! Hahaha! I packed one box for my own lunch tomorrow! My tired bf was asleep on the sofa while waiting for me...clutching the little lunchbox tightly.... :)

Red Wine? Anyone?

I asked my mum whether any Red Wines are to be served during our wedding dinner. She said, "Of course dear, you know how expensive it is if we were to serve hard liquor?" Costs aside, I wouldn't want my guests to be madly drunk and embarass themselves in front of hundreds of people! So, yeah, no hard liquor please!

Stumbled upon this issue on d bride's forum, and this is really funny:-

"too expensive wine are useless, guests - who mainly not a wine connoisseur do not know how to appreciate wine. n i doubt the banquet manager will have those wide-rimmed wine glass to let the wine to be appreciated properly. they will just gulped the wine down their throat and do not even know wat is the meaning of 'after taste'.better get something cheaper with moderate quality to be served during dinner. if guests dunno how to appreciate n leave half-empty glasses all around, we won't feel so heart pain.

"Besides the above-mentioned, sometimes guests just keep drinking & drinking for the sake of making their 'angpow' worth it. There goes all the expensive wines."

LOL!! As for me, my main concern is not the wine...it is this butterfly placecard that i DIYed, it has to sit on a wine glass...so, now that we are serving wine, I will get this project rolling!! The guest name will be printed on the wing...niceeee...

That's me! I am always good in planning the "other" things, and not the "main" thing! If anyone of you needs the above template, do visit Martha Stewart's website :)

Don't worry, be Happy!

Have you decided on your ROM date yet? Your MUA (make-up-artist)? Your BS (bridal-studio)? Catering buffet? Wedding Invites? Etc etc....and hey! There is only less than 4 months now....

The answer is Nope, errr..no....erm...noope....and errr...nahh...

While everyone around me seems to be darn worried...except ME! Haha...I guess, deep inside, I know everthing will be alright in the end. No worries :) Let it be....let it be, let it, let it be....whisper words of wisdom, let it be....can't belive I am humming this tune while typing this!!

Anyway, let's look at the brighter side of things - I have these things DONE at least:
1) JUST MARRIED car plate
2) Dinner Restaurant booked
3) Wedding shoe
4) Wedding Card design
5) Photographer for event and dinner booked
6) Wedding Car deco confirmed
7) Guest Lists compiled

What's next? Hmm..wedding favors!!!

Let it be, let it be, let it be..let it be....

The Butterfly Lovers? Huh?

Exactly. That was my reaction.

Inspiration doesn't come as and when you want it to. You may work on it for hours, but nothing is produced. Zero. Nil. Blank.

Then, something came up. I woudn't say it is 100% original, but I could say it is 99% lah. I finally created a pair of butterflies for my Wedding Card. Okay, not exactly create, but did a lot of surfing on google, and finally, decided to merge this two butterfly designs with some love flowing between. It may seems simple, but hey, lots of work are done here.

When I finally showed it to my mum, her first impression was BUTTERFLY? A PAIR OF BUTTERFLIES? She then, briefly told me about this Chinese story....err..they call it "The Legend of the Butterfly Lovers". OMG. After googling..OMG. The Butterfly Lovers or Liang Zhu is a Chinese Legend about the tragic romance between two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, from whom the name of the legend is known in Chinese (梁山伯與祝英台, pinyin: Liáng Shānbó yǔ Zhù Yīngtái, often abbreviated as "梁祝", Liáng-Zhù). The legend is sometimes regarded as the Chinese equivalent to Romeo and Juliet.

OMG. Did they mention TRAGIC? Romeo & Juliet?

That's it. Mum asked me to scrap off the Butterfly idea. "How about those cute little butterflies I bought for crafts? And those for the venue deco?" Luckily, she just forbids me from using it in my wedding cards. Phew! There goes my little design...

Memory Lane

I had a meeting discussion with a client in town, and I parked my car in KLCC. After the meeting, I decided to head back to office quickly, since there are tonnes of work to complete.

As I was walking towards the escalator, I passed by the Memory Lane shop. And how can I not notice the sign "SALE". What the heck, since I am there, might as well check out the store. Who knows, I might be able to grab some good stuffs...especially, DIYs stuff.

And, this sign "50% OFF" certainly caught my eye! And this is what I got:-

What am I gonna do with it? No idea, but it is so darn cheap (even if it is not on sale, this is CHEAP) that I would not forgive myself! Well, I can put my earrings or necklace, or whatever! It's a MUST have! Haha....guess how much it is....

It only cost me RM 7.95!! (after discount, of course)

Bamboo Fun

EDIT.PAINT. DRAW. WRITE. SIMPLIFY.

I was overly excited when I bought this item. I can put all my imagination into the computer. I can draw graphics! I can do animation! I can do....SO MUCH!! YEAHHHHHH.....
Well...at least, that was what I thought! But *toot*, this thing is just a tool...I need to master the software! Corel or Photoshop...one of the most complicated software I have ever came across...I mean, these crazy graphics softwares with layers, brushes, strokes....goodness!

Thank god there is one function called "tracing". It allows me to "trace" whatever graphics I wanted, and change it's colour and even, re-design it a little. Wow.

Well, I am trying to DIY my own multimedia cartoon. I HOPE. Haha...the company in SG is charging so much to do a short cartoon, and since I always have this passion for animation and toons, I will take this opportunity to TRY and do something!

What? Have I started? Can I do it on TIME? Heeeeeeeeeeeee......what do you think? :P