Dais Checked

I met with bridal boutique last weekend. 1st visit was actually on Saturday but the boutique owners weren't there. So I just got the opportunity to discuss with the assistant.

If you wondering which boutique I take, it is D'Enai. The owners are two young guy, Ariff and Rony who first started their business from home. I personally think their dais's collections have the most awesome design in Manjung. Why I think like that?

Because their dais's collections vary from one another.

Means they can actually custom made for you.

Means I can have my dream dais. Hee.

I showed to them how I wanted my dais to be.

And they can actually make it.

Here it is:

I want it to look as my first picture but change the foam flowers into lots of flowers like the below picture.

Hee.

I really hope they can make my dream comes true.

Wish me luck peeps.

Till then. Assalamualaikum.

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Review : The DIY Engagement Dais

If you see my previous post on DIY dais, you will know that I actually wanted to use the paper fan as the backdrop of my engagement dais.

I finished like 40 paper fans but it was difficult to paste the paper fan on the curtain and the double sided tape was making it harder, me and my bro couldn't open it easily. And the mom and the big sister also disapprove of the idea.

Being lazy and tired, I just followed the crowd. So no paper fan for my engagement dais.

Here, my dais :

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My dais was really simple but I like it that way. I love simple decoration and not crowded with so many detail. Definitely plan to have the same concept in my wedding too (^_^)

So how I did the decoration?

The item:

1) A stage which I rented from a bridal boutique, cost RM70
2) Cream curtain which belong to my mom
3) A white coffee table which me and my fiance bought in IKEA for RM29.90
4) The grass-like ball which I bought in Nilai for RM15 each (so RM30)
5) The glass vase bought at SSF for RM29.90 each (you can actually get cheaper one in Kaizon or IKEA). I bought 2, so it was RM59.80
6) The candle lantern which I bought in shop near my house for RM22.10 (don't remember precisely). So RM44.20 for 2.
7) Ribbon which was the extra from hantaran decoration.
8) The white vase bought at IKEA for RM10 for two.
9) The 2m soft kain bulu2. 2 m for RM44.40, got it at Kamdar
10) The yellow candle, 8 candles for RM3.90 at Tesco
11) Floral cushion, bought during sale at Nilai. 4 for RM20 (awesome finding!)
12) The flower. For the dais, I assume approximately RM50.
13) The ottoman pillow was rented from bridal boutique, RM50
14) Table lamp which I took from my room
15) And last but not least, the most important item, the spotlight lamp. Bought them at hardware shop ( I asked a B2B blogger about this hee). Cost approximately RM50 for two.

Seem like a lot of item right? Then how much did it cost? It was RM462.20 in total!. Almost the same price if we ask bridal boutique to do it. But why I did it?

Because I love decorating. And the most important thing, I can definitely recycle it back during my wedding.

Hee.

Got to go now. I currently doing sketching for my reception dais. Will meet the bridal boutique next week. Wish me luck!

Before I really go, here me and my fiance on our dais.

Till then. Assalamualaikum.

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eday preparation

Such a long holiday. 4 days. Hehuww. I just came back from my hometown. Took 1 day emergency leave since one of my relative passed away. Al-fatihah to my relative grandmother . May her soul blessed by Allah s.w.t.

I spent my holiday mostly browsing and shopping for the engagement. I bought quite a few things during this holiday. For the diy dais and the hantaran.

I bought the candle lantern, ribbon, span flower, 2 additional hantaran basket, flower span (notice the former and latter are different), tissue paper and more flowers. I was sooo happy buying all these stuffs.The shops were so near to my house and the prices are more cheaper or at least same as the one I bought at Nilai and Fah Lean Floral at Balakong. Seriously hujan emas definitely di negeri sendiri. lol

My eday outfit also already done. Well, done for the tailor part at least. For my part, I need to patch some lace and beadings. I already draft a bit.

not sewn yet. i just put the lace and the fabric flower. i hope after sewing, it wont go so messy and still nicely put like this. 

candle lantern. one for RM21.80. i bought two at Kedai Warisan Sinar, Taman Samudera, Manjung. don't know whether the price is cheap or not, one thing I know if I want to rent it (if from somethingborrowedfrom nawal), for 1 candle lantern is RM10. Since she's staying in Putrajaya and I am in Subang, the fuel and toll cost can reach to RM50 (for pick up and return), so the total will be RM70. Pheww. Buying is more feasible.

excuse the messy bedsheet. all this cost RM10. bought at a shop BESIDE yun yun florist, Taman Samudera. The price is the same as Fah Lean Floral. In fact, there are more choices of flowers. Really. I just want to go again to the shop. 

my humble partial diy handbouqet. lol. seriously don't have any idea on how to make this flowers more beautiful. i think for engagement is quite okay. 

Okay enough with the update. Right now I really hope everything will go as planned since now my mom want to involve herself a lot in the engagement. She insisted on giving 7 hantaran  instead of 5 hantaran! (T_T) Mama, kakyang yang kena keluarkan duit. Wuwu.

Till then. Assalamualaikum.

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pin wheel paper wheel I ADORE

I'm gonna decorate my own dais using pinwheel or paperwheel or whatever name you comfortable with. Need a lot of the pinwheels. Estimated around 40 pinwheels maybe? I will only use 3 colors ; cream, peach and yellow. Really hope it will turn out pretty like below pictures

creative!

gorgeous! ahh contemplating now whether to use colors with pattern or not

buttons also pretty!will buy the doily paper soon

sweet



mine! hee

Like I said, I used 3 colors of paper ; cream, yellow and peach. Will only have 3 sizes of pinwheels. The largest one need 7 papers, the medium 5 papers and the smallest 2 papers. I know. A lot of papers right? Thank goodness paper is cheap.

Till then. Assalamualaikum

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mini dais improvement

Do you really think sketching will help you buy only the necessary item? No it won't. It makes thing more complicated instead. I seriously have no idea what should I use to put the vase together with the flower for my dais later. First I wanted it to be the boxes then I wanted to use my mom's side tables. To begin with, my soon to be fiancee disliked the idea of using the side table. Perhaps it was because he never see my mom's side tables yet. They are so pretty and made from Jati wood okay. Heh. After browsing IKEA today there was no pretty boxes that fit my budget and suitable for my mini dais.So we moved on with having small side table in white color. I wanted TWO of the side table. But my soon to be fiancee thought it would be such a waste. So we only buy one. Grrr. He urged me to just use my creativity to do the decoration which I think I don't have.

 My table is like this. I bought it at IKEA with only RM29.90. Not sure whether it was the promotion price or not.

Since I only have 1 side table for the dais, this gonna be my inspiration (to calm me and make me more confident with my dais later. Sob). Just that I won't have lots of flower like that.

I'm gonna have paper flower decoration like this for my backdrop. Need to arrange like this so that it will be balance. Oh by the way, I have four new vases. Hee. Two vases are glass type and the other two are white color. Awesome! I guess I need to put all four vases on the table like the second picture. For now I just hope everything will be well and I won't exceed my budget.

Till then. Assalamualaikum.

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mini dais sketch

Since I will DIY my own mini dais for the engagement, I did sketching first so that it will be easier for me to refer when I wanna buy the necessary item. I did 2 sketches.

this is the original sketch

the 2nd sketch which I use AutoCAD. Paint is so hard! Unable to move or copy the drawing

So what are the differences between this 2 dais? A lot! The first dais I wanted to use boxes to replace flower stand which ppl usually use in normal dais (erk. mine is not normal?) but I guess it is better to use the bedside table. Prettier and no need to buy the boxes. But still I haven't decide yet. Might change my mind if I find pretty boxes at IKEA.

Other differences are the round thingy beside the ottoman pillow. At first I wanted to use paper lantern. But I accidentally bought the grassy-like ball and also cushions so definitely need to improvise my dais a bit. Hehe. And the flower-like shape at the backdrop is the paper fan (?) which I will DIY myself. Already bought the paper. Hee.

Till then. Assalamualaikum.

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shopping in nilai3

Hihi. So I spent my last weekend at Nilai3. What did I do? Shopping items for my engagement surely. My girlfriends and I arrived at Nilai3 around 2pm like that and finish shopping at 7pm! Woahh! But of course we stopped for pray 1 hour like that. Seriously shopping in Nilai3 can make you crazy. There were a lot of stuff but I don't think the prices were more cheaper. It just that some stuff were cheaper and some were reasonable I guess. I spent around RM330 on that day. Hee. And yeah I also went to Fah Lean Floral Trading in Balakong. Recommended by B2B blog. There were a lot of flowers but not all are cheap. I just bought flowers which got offer like buy 4 for RM10 only. Hee. Well let's see how I spent my RM330:

i bought this flowers at Fah Lean Floral Trading. 4 bunches for RM10. I bought 20 bunches.

i bought this cushion in Nilai3. RM5 per cushion. I bought 4.

this grass-like ball is RM15 each

the foam flower which I like so much! it cost RM8.90 for a bunch. 1 bunch has 10 flowers. I buy this at VR star.

double side tape

wire to tie the flower

shredded paper. i buy it at ZC Sdn Bhd for RM15.90. its expensive I know.

simple satin yellow ribbon

8 inch polisterin.

glass bowl RM15

my wheely basket. I bought this for RM20 each. before offer was RM22.bought this at ZC Sdn Bhd.

It depends on individual whether they like to survey first and buy the item at place that offers the cheapest or just buy it straight away when they see it. As for me I prefer to get the info on where is the cheapest place to buy item for wedding/ engagement from B2B blog, go to the store and straight away buy it. I seriously think you have to consider the cost of fuel and toll. It is the cost that you don't realize but still it does affecting your budget. So when you go to the shop, make sure you buy all the item you want and avoid coming back to the place. Hihi.

Till then. Assalamualaikum.

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gorgeous dais

In love with this dais. Seriously, so pretty, sweet, beautiful and gorgeous. Love the color. Lately I've been tempted with this tiffany blue color. Theme for wedding perhaps? Hee.

From Merisik Gallery.

Till then. Assalamualaikum.

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