Monday 26 September 2011

Paper Lantern =)

Saalam..
Apakah decoration yg tgh hot tahun 2011 ni?


..pix from google..
..Yes, betul. Paper lantern..

Apakah?? Ok, bahasa melayu dia tanglung kertas.. paper made lantern. Sooooooooooo cute!(><) Kenapa?? Murah, senang digantung, adorable, tak leceh. Bagi sesiapa yg sukakan theme simple n sweet untuk majlis kawen, mmg sesuai gunakan paper lantern ni. Macam Sarah!

Mula2 Sarah tgk decoration pakai paper lantern ni, dalam Majalah Pesona Pengantin (tak ingat isu biler... sorry!). Mmg 1st time tgk terus Sarah jatuh hati.. Lepas tu barula start meng'google' di mana nak mendapatkan paper lantern ni.

Last2 jumpa dalam 1 blog ni (tak ingat what's the blog's name), dia cakap kat PS = Petaling Street ada. Bley dapat harga murah katanya. So me n encik tunang pegi mencari (en. tunang terpaksa, actually dia tak suka tempat2 lorong2 gitu...), the shop dekat lorong selepas terjumpa mcd n UO tu. Tak lah susah sgt nak cari.

If uolls dtg dari lorong PS yg byk jual2 tu jalan kaki tu (like me did), nanti after habis je lorong tu, turn kanan, means try keluar dari situ, and kowg akan tembus kat jalan raya kecik (mana ada jalan raya besar kat area situ pun..), teruskan berjalan searah dgn jalan raya tu and kowg akan ternampak mcd (bkn mcd yg opposite mydin tu taw..) and UO, next to them ada lorong, mmg kowg akan taw bila sampai sana. Itulah lorongnya and kedainya nama The Basket Shop.

Di situ byk dijual barang2 doorgift and also macam2 jenis paper lantern ada. Mcm nak gila msk situ (haha, cam melampau je ayat). Bila masuk je situ, en. tunang berkata "mmg kedai u la ni..."), bila dia tgk Sarah da start sengih2 mcm sewel2 gitu (actually Sarah mmg suka deco thingy ni..). Lots of choices of paper lantern; colors and shapes.


..colorful..


..sphere, cylinder..
..pix from google..

Also macam2 saiz ada dan harganya adalah bergantung pada saiz. Ada yg sekecik2 besar tapak tgn, sampai la yg mmg besar la.. Sarah pilih yg 14 inci diameter, harganya RM4.50 satu. Mula2 nak amek yg 10 inci je, tapi takde pulak kaler yg Sarah nak. So memandangkan yg 10 inci pun harganya RM4, jadi yg 14 inci pun bolehla, tak banyak sangat beza harganya kan? Sarah try gak mintak murah lagi, tapi makcik tu tak bagi da, maybe yg Sarah beli tu tak cukup bayak kot...
 
 
Slalunya yg orang guna kat wedding is the plain one. But mana taw if korang nak kelainan, then maybe bley try this one..

..pix from google..

Cantik jugak if guna yg ada bunga sakura camni. Lagi cantik if wedding uolls to pada malam hari, dekat garden. Dalam lantern tu bley letak lampu macam kat bawah ni..



..pix from google..

Cantik kan? So i did buy 10 of them. At 1st, macam nak letak dekat semua khemah. Tapi when Sarah calculate, 1 khemah perlukan lebih kurang 10 lanterns. Sarah ada 7 khemah. So 70 lanterns, adoyai... So rasanya tak payah la kot. Jadi hanya khemah pengantin je nanti yg ada lanterns. Rasanya okay kot memandang kan my theme (Sarah ingatkan skali lagi) is SIMPLE AND SWEET gitu...

So these are the pictures from Majalah Pesona Pengantin tu. Sarah suka sgt tgk deco dia, mmg simple. So my wedding nanti pun will be lebih kurang macam ni la..



Kat bawah ni pula lantern Sarah..



 I'll be using these 3 colors, sweet kan? Actually nak cari yg biru n pink tu lagi pekat (kalau boleh nak exactly macam dalam pix tu!!!), tapi at that time da abisla... Agak kecewa, tapi memandangkan tak taw bila lagi nak ke sana, Sarah amek je la... Takpe, Sarah ada back up plan untuk contrakan balik warna yg soft tu. Apa dia? Haaaaa... yg tu Sarah akan bagi taw dalam entri yg laen k. Daaaaa.....


Thursday 22 September 2011

1st step taken, babe!

Saalam..
Hi uolls.. ingat lagi tak pasal Sarah nak customize kan kasut nikah Sarah tu sendiri? Haaa... Sarah da beli da beads tu.. Excited! Tinggal nak cari kasut yg sesuai je.. Sarah akan cari kasut bride yg plain dekat bridal gallery, nak try cari kat City One Plaza tu.. (balik2 situ kan Sarah ni? Da mmg uma pun area KL, situ je la yang dituju..).

Sarah nak cari kasut yg skin color or off white. Soft pink pun boleh jugak.. Adoi, bila nak mencari ni? Tinggal 3 bulan je lagi and so many things need to be done! YES........ Ahad ni nak kuar dgn my bff, Farah, getting married this October! Minah ni pelupa sikit.. and ada lagi yg dia tak beli2. Korset! Actually I'm not sure what it is called. The one yg kita pakai kat dalam untuk nampak ramping tu.. korset la kan?

Sambil2 dia nak tunjuk design hantaran yg dia nak kat Sarah (coz I'm her penggubah hantaran...). Banyak songeh gak minah ni, nak yg design grand2 je.. Cik Farah (soon goin to be mrs.), kawan ko ni baru nak cuba2 je la... Anyway, she's my bff since secondary school, so I'm goin to bring out the best in me to do as her wish (hopefully menjadi). So the pictures will be uploaded and anda2 yg membaca blog ni, kalau nak tempah pun dipersilakan..hehe.

Ok, back to tajuk asal.. Yes, i did took the first step which is beli beads tadi tu. Ahaks! Dan ahad ni I'm goin to buy that plain shoes tu and can start decorate kasut tu. Wah, semangat nih! Hopefully jadila macam dalam pix yg Sarah uploaded sblm ni.

..ni pix beads tu,sipi2 je k..


Ok, kan that day ari tu Sarah cakap nak ke Vincci+ tu kan? Kami da pergi tapi kasut yg Sarah nak tu da habis. Orang Vincci+ tu cakap kasut tu patern lama. So kat branch len pun takde. Owh soooooooooo dissapointed! (- -")

Tapi Sarah takkan berputus asa and akan tetap berkunjung ke kedai tu selagi belum tarikh kahwin Sarah, sbb kasut2 kat situ mmg gooooooooooorgeous sgt2 tahap dewa! Do visit them k!

Tuesday 20 September 2011

When It Comes to Wedding Ring (^^)

Saalam...
Erm,wedding ring / cincin kahwin. If kita ke kedai2 jewellery di luar sana mmg byk choices of ring ni, ada yg emas kuning, emas putih. So sini Sarah akan cuba bagi guide sebaiknya dalam pemilihan cincin ni.

Emas putih or emas kuning? Ada yg kata emas kuning ni nampak macam makcik2 la, tak trendy la kan. Sapa cakap? Kalau kena design, emas kuning ni akan nampak sgt cantik and classy taw. Sebenarnya dua2 pun ada kelebihan jgk. Sarah ada terbaca dlm Majalah Pesona Pengantin, dari segi ketahanan, emas kuning lebih bagus. Emas putih ni lama2 dia akan menjadi kekuningan dan kos untuk sadur semula emas putih lebih mahal, kalau sebentuk cincin tu cecah RM50-RM60. Kalau nak celup emas kuning baru RM15 je.

Dari segi design, dua2 cantik jgk. Macam Sarah, ikutkan suka lagi emas putih, tapi memandangkan cincin merisik and tunang Sarah adalah emas kuning, so Sarah nak semua seragam la, lagi cantik kat jari nanti. Tetapi.......... (jeng3, ni jap lagi Sarah sambung)

How bout batu? Some kata diamond, some kata zircon; batu seakan-akan diamond tapi terdapat bermacam-macam warna. Okay, dari segi harga semua mmg tahu diamond adalah mahal; depends on 4 C's; cut, color, clarity, carat. Okay ni Sarah ada info bout kamu yg minat nak beli wedding ring with diamond. Sila baca di bawah ini...

Diamond Grading TerminologyA diamond's cost is based on the characteristics known as the "4 C's". Clarity, Colour and Cut (proportion) are the quality elements which together with the Carat Weight determine the value of a stone. The closer a diamond grades to the left of one or all of these scales the rarer and the more costly it will be. While clarity is frequently assumed to be the most important factor of all the "C's", in fact, colour and cut (especially cut) have a more profound affect on the visual appearance of a diamond.
Carat Weight
Carat is the unit of weight for all gemstones. One carat is subdivided into 100 "points". Therefore a diamond measuring 75 points is 3/4 carat in weight, or 0.75ct. There are five carats in a gram. The word "carat" comes from the seed of the carob tree pod which is found in tropical climates. These seeds were used until this century to weigh precious gems.

Clarity
A diamond's clarity is determined by the number, nature, position, size and colour of internal characteristics called "inclusions" and surface features called "blemishes". These irregularities occured in the liquid magna (volcanic rock) within which the diamond was created. Diamonds are mostly pure carbon, however, during crystallization other minerals nearby, or even other bits of carbon forming more quickly may have become trapped within the cooling mass. These show themselves as the various characteristics which make up the clarity of a diamond (included crystals, feathers, clouds etc). Clarity is measured on a scale ranging from pure (flawless) to heavily included (I-3). The clarity of a diamond is graded by using 10X magnification under good lighting by an experienced grader. The final clarity grade is usually determined by how easy the inclusions and blemishes are for the grader to see.
giaclargrade.gif (8667 bytes)

Colour
Ideally, a diamond should have no colour at all, like a drop of spring water. Increasing degrees of body colour are measured on a scale ranging from no colour at all (D) to deeply coloured (Z). Beyond "Z" is the range where the diamond's colour is vivid and rich, called "fancy colours". Diamonds of known colour are used as comparison stones for colour grading. Grading is done by comparing the diamond to be graded against these "master stones" under either artificial or natural north daylight ( in the Northern Hemisphere). A machine called the "Colorimeter" can be used for colour grading but there is no substitute for the trained human eye.

colgrade.gif (13244 bytes)

Cut
Cut, sometimes the forgotten "C", ensures that a given stone has maximum brilliance and sparkle which would not be the case were the stone cut for weight alone.
We use the following scale to grade a stone on it's overall appearance. The proportion page shows angles and percentages for round brilliant cut diamonds; but angles and percentages are for diamond cutters and graders. Simply put, when looking at a diamond, if it doesn't catch your eye or if it doesn't flash in the light, it's probably not well cut. Good cutting is what brings fire to the ice.

cutgrade.gif (3663 bytes)

Haaa... ni Sarah cut and paste je macam buat assignment zaman kat 'u' dulu.. hehe. Tapi mmg saja cut n paste so that  I didn't miss out anything sbb all those info's mmg penting if uolls mmg nak diamond as your wedding ring. Tapi what-so-ever pun pilihlah ikut kemampuan dan budget masing2. Jgnlah kerana nakkan cincin diamond, sampai gado2 n majok2 plak.

Ok, selain dari tu Sarah ada cincin impian Sarah gak.

Memandangkan cincin merisik Sarah da camni..



And cincin tunang Sarah macam gini..



Both adalah emas kuning and kedua2nya zircon, so Sarah berhajat untuk memiliki cincin kahwin  yg sebegini...



..pix from google..


Eventhough nampak macam sama, tapi tak serupa taw. Tapi macam ni la lebih kurang yg Sarah impikan.. yang batu satu je coz tunang n merisik da byk sgt batu.. But berhajat nak emas kuning gak (konon nak seragam dgn merisik and tunang and bracelet yg en. tunang sudah beli; which i had never seen it yet because en. tunang kata tunggu tgk ari nikah masa nak batal air sembahyang tu..seplise!!!! la konon).

Memang berangan nak cincin camni, dipanggil batu kepit coz dikepit oleh besi itu, or cincin batu tanam sebab tak senang tersangkut pada fabrik especially pada towel. Cincin tunang n merisik Sarah tu cara ikatan batunya adalah berkuku which is sgt2 la senang tersangkut....

..ini adalah contoh cincin batu tanam..
..pix from google..

Ok, now Sarah nak sambung Sarah punya TETAPI yg di awal2 tadi.... Tetapinya, apa yg Sarah impikan takde pun kat my real wedding ring which encik tunang just bought. Somehow, I like it! (Don't worry dear, baby tetap suka ring tu...) On 16 Sept, encik tunang, his mother (or soon will be my mother too) and me myself went to Alpha Angle. Niatnya hanya nak tgk2, tapi Habib Jewels tgh promosi. So sambil mencuci mata, mak kenan ngan 1 ring ni, she ask me whether i like it or not, tapi dalam masa yg sama we round the whole Habib n also Poh Kong which is next to Habib. Mak ask me to choose, n off course i will ask mak to choose for me (whatever ring yg mak rasa nak tgk bakal menantunya pakai, I will go with it (><)).

So after encik tunang, mak n me setuju, we decided to choose a white gold ring (yes, I know i said i want yellow one), ada diamond byk2 (i like!), and bukan berbatu satu. What Sarah can say is............. "I like my wedding ring!!!!!!!!!!!". Thanks sayang and mak..

Actually we are facing difficulties to find the most suitable ring (which can fit my finger), sbb jari Sarah kecil, saiz 9.5. Mak mula2 nak tempah for me. But after Sarah decided just go with saiz 10.5; which is smallest size left kat Habib tu, mak pun tak jadilah tempah. Beli je la yg tu, lagi senang. Lagi pun mana taw preggy nanti badan berisi ke kan???

Macam ni la uolls kisahnya cincin Sarah. Kadang2 laen yg kita nak, laen yg kita dapat, dan yg penting kita tetap suka.. Anda2 akan merasa keadaan ini when the time comes.. heeeeee..... Ok la, nanti tunggu la pix cincin Sarah di hari pernikahanku k... cewah! Daaaaaaaaaa..........



Monday 19 September 2011

Jari Merah Diinai (><)

Saalam...
1st entry for september... Macam busy sebenarnya dgn baru lepas beraya, so balik dari cuti mmg banyak sangat keje kat opis. Pastu byk la jugak kuar masuk toilet. Alaaa, paham2 je la musim2 raya ni, makan sume sumbat je. Kejap-kejap perut sakit. Tension betul.. Huhu..

Sarah actually perasan 1 thing, rasanya dalam b2b blogs kan, ramai jugak yg terlepas pandang pasal inai ni. So Sarah akan share some info pasal inai ni. Inai ni bukanlah wajib pun, tapi bila dipakai, akan menambahkan seri lagi2 pulak mmg tumpuan akan tertumpu di tangan dan jari kita masa hubby (masa tu da jadi suami la kan..) akan menyarungkan cincin bertakhtakan berlian (errr.. sayang, i dapat cincin berlian ke zircon ni?) di jari manisku.. cewah!

Kalau style dulu2 kan, dorang punya corak inai ni mmg very simple (senang cakap adalah tak cantik bagiku.. hehe..). Agak2 taw tak yg macamane? Alaa, yg inai dekat hujung jari je tu and bahagian tapak tangan tu just bulat tengah2 je.. Okay la, ni ada some contoh tentang apa yg Sarah cakap ni.





Okay, di atas adalah corak lama, mmg soooooooooo damn simple. Tapi kalau patern skang ni mmg macam2.. Skang ni orang inaikan jari, tapak tangan, backside tapak tangan and sampai ke lengan pun ada. Maybe future nanti bley sampai ke ketiak kot.. And also kaki taw. Dekat jari, atas kaki dan juga keliling.

Corak plak, mmg gila2 banyak sgt choice.. and banyak jugak mereka yg menyediakan servis inai or henna ni.. Korang google je, mmg bersepah. Macam Sarah, da lama jugak la Sarah book Sarah punya inai servis ni, kalau tak silap dalam bulan 4 or 5 camtu..

Range harga slalunya bergantung pada corak jugak. Terpulang pada uolls nak pilih yg mana. Dari segi pemilihan inai ni, Sarah agak cerewet sket. Ada je yg Sarah tgk blognya kemas, cantik, tapi belum tentu Sarah akan suka. Sarah agak tak suka dakwat inai yg tebal. Korang agak2 taw ke apa yg Sarah nak cakap ni? Hehe.. macam ni, Sarah suka yg halus seni and hasilnya. Sarah tanakla letak contoh pix, nanti dikatakan kondem keje orang plak.

Ada tu Sarah tgk cantik coraknya, tapi mcm ni la senang cakap, mata pen kan ada super fine, fine and medium. Ala, pen kilometriko je ni.. Sarah tak suka inai yg kalau hasilnya ibarat tulis dgn mata pen medium. Ha, now korang mesti da paham kan? Inai ni lagi halus lagi cantik.

Tapi masa bertunang tu sbbkan nak save budget, Sarah pegi berinaikan tgn kat City One Plaza tu.. Baru RM20 untuk dua2 tgn. Slalunya yg pegi buat kedai ni lagi murah dari panggil dowg dtg umah. Tapi tu kan tunang je, takpela. Siap jalan dgn tangan berinai tu ke Maju Junction pegi cut n wash rambut kat Derrick and Team. Heran la mamat2 cina tu tgk menda kat tgn Sarah. Sume tanya apakah... haha...


..ini adalah pix inai tunangku, tak lawa pun.. what do u expect from RM20 henna?..


..yg kat kuku tu Sarah pakai sendiri je..


..inilah yg aku katakan mata pen medium, mmg aku tak minat..
..p/s: itu adalah cincin merisikku, ni pix sebelum bertunang..

Eh, rasanya Sarah blom bitaw lagi my vendor for inai kan? Ha.... yg buatkan Sarah agak bangga (hehe,da start poyo da...), inai Sarah book ni juga ditempah oleh artis gitu.. Nak taw sapa? Eira Syazira dgn Azad. Ha, yg ni Sarah baru taw when Sarah bukak http://noorcollectionz.blogspot.com tadi untuk menge'check' Kak Nor ni da letak Sarah dalam list dia ke blom. Nasib baik da.. Wawaweeeeeeee..........

Okla, papew pun korang pun boleh gak tempah ngan Kak Nor ni. Atau pun korang tak cukup yakin lagi, nanti InshaAllah Sarah upload pix inai Sarah kawen nanti and kowg bley tgk sendiri ok.. Adoi ngantok da... Daaaaaaaaaaaaa....