... The Beginning

Assalamualaikum everyone,

Remembering my entry on hantarans in 2009 which got me thinking. I have always wanted to do my own hantaran back then (but due to my bz-ness, and yeah..don't want to spend much on my hantarans cos we can spend more AFTER we got married..which is true and still valid until today and insya-Allah, the future) and with me commuting to work everyday adapting to married life and then kids! *lol* The things just keep on coming right? 

So my husband asked me one day, 'when are you ready to give your magic hands a go at hantaran arrangements? I know you can do it and I believe you can...' Those words, walaupun simple as it may sound has really made me thinking. That's my husband and he is ALWAYS pushing me to get me back on track with my creative side.... especially with baking, diys and other things (because honestly I've lost track on some for some reason *lol* even blogging!)

I guess it's true what I ever told my husband. I'm a planner, and I enjoy planning. And I thank Allah for giving me the chance to be part of the planning committee for my cousin's wedding last December and opening my eyes so that, yeah- I should do this. I shall give it a go... and insyaAllah, the best decision we ever make is the decision to try right? 

Ok, so dengan kalimah Bismillahirrahmanirrahim... saya dengan sukacitanya, mengumumkan permulaan bagi 'Blooming Little Bows' providing you hantaran arrangement services especially now that we are sooooo IN with the wooden pallet trays. I have always loved the hantaran designs made using the pallet trays, the rustic, chic and minimalist ideas for hantaran. Simple and elegant! Ok, ok.. enough with the suspense... here's one I actually arrange by myself.... #hantaranrustic #rustichantaran #BLBHantaran2016

I won't be joining any bridal showcase or wedding festival 'yet' ... saya budak baru belajar okay? incase you all are asking, just contact me directly at my e-mail yes? or simply follow me on our IG : @bloominglittlebows

Oh yes -- early confirmed bookers will receive further % on the introductory rate stated.

Sooooo... tunggu apa lagi?!!!! I'm waaaiiiitinggggg~~~~~~

#throwback

Assalamualaikum all...

Alhamdulillah, I FINALLY got the chance to write up an entry (or two) :) Juggling life between wife, mother, daughter and student is  pretty challenging, semoga dipermudahkan segalanya *Amin*

A happy new year 2016 to all my dearest readers / followers / anyone in between. A new year always come with a new year's revolution. What are yours? Mine is insya-Allah to build up a hobby based on what I happened to loooooove most! Well - this blog la! Need to be more rajin with filling in my entries.

Inda terasa right? Now it's coming to the middle of the month and I haven't update you guys on our "Mission I-M-Possible!"

The two days events ran smoothly, Alhamdulillah, as I said earlier, niat baik kalau Allah restui, insya-Allah akan dipermudahkan. It was a very hectic weekend for all commitee members. All juggling between work and planning then execution. Kinda miss the commotion though *lol* but yes, this shows that it is definitely possible to plan a wedding in one month!!! ONE MONTH!! I am still not fully recovered from the frenzy.

So here's the vendor list :

Beautiful pelamin by Roza Rohaya and sanding chair from Citra Idaman
(Kami inda sempat book the same chair from RR, else have to book from a diff boutique)

1. Pelamin Set = Roza Rohaya
2. Catering = For reception was Hj Hamdan Catering 
3. Invitation Card = design DIY, printing @ Ezy Printing
4. Attire = didn't ask my cousin where she rented hers but it was gorgeouuuss!! Glad she chose my opinion on which one to wear *Alhamdulillah* Little did she know that I am the planner of all wedding planners! Ganya I haven't embark my journey to this wedding thingy. InsyaAllah, ada tu nanti.
5. MuA = Dewi D Diva 
6. Juruhias Pengantin Laki : Nikah (dearest Mom) , Berbedak (Old friend of mine - Mahadzir), Sanding (Groom sendiri saja..i think a little touch up by the MuA)
7. Photog = Habsy HS (female photog)
8. Dzikir group = My aunt's
9. Tausyeh = don't know but I guess it's for the best cos they made a mistake of arriving late and leaving early (belum lagi abis acara!)
10. Hantaran = DIY by my cousin (I wanted to help out but was abit uptight that week so yeah.. had to back off from this one and only did touching up saja)
11. Doorgifts =Local products (all packed in bags and stickers customade from Ezy Printing) Yassin & Tasbih from Simply Sayang.
12. Wedding Cake = Taste On Tray
13. Custom water bottle labels = yours truly :) , for VIP table settings aaaand nikah doorgifts

I will update this entry with pictures and all, alum teruah gambar from my phone! I have to hit the sack now, I can't hold my eyes open any longer.... ... must.... g...o.... zzZzzZzzZz

[UPDATED]

VIP Table settings by the caterer

Cake by ToT

Nikah venue at Masjid Hassanal Bolkiah, Pekan Tutong

Arrangement by your's truly, fresh flowers requested by bride and arranged by her SIL

Part of the doorgifts

The bride's b-e-a-u-tiful attire!!! 

Me and Mr. A ..baju sedondon!
It was a tough job to find the particular baju melayu colour and tudong!! Excuse the tired face...

Until my next entry dear all! 

xoxo

This week!!

Assalamualaikum all..

It's this week!! Yeap.. kami the AJKs ani pulang yang nervous to the max ni. Apart from additional stuffs added here and there for the event, Alhamdulillah everything is already in order.The only thing left now is to have our final meeting. You know, just to update on things and $$$ wise. We're still on track with the budget. Here's the checklist :

1. Venue - Done
2. Catering - Done
3. Doorgifts for all 3 functions  - Done
4. Rental for Pelamin - Done
5. Rental for attire & accessories - Done
6. Rental for PA System - Done
7. Rental for Walkie Talkie - Done

So in a way, most of the prep part is done lah. I am not sure as to where they do their hantarans tho. Maybe DIY kali saja. I did enquire on rental of dulang hantaran but all is not available.... which is understood. Musim orang kawin2 kali ne ah...~

It's gonna be a busy weekend for me...so will definitely posts updates after the events. Insya-Allah... and I can't wait for my 2016 project! Something for all to-be-wedded couples ;)

xoxo

weekend gathering and labellings...

Assalamualaikum,

Despite the bz-ness we have managed to arrange for a family gathering (which we seldomly do except for tahlil and such) and was very happy that we have managed to finish packing all  the doorgifts for acara berbedak and sanding reception.

If you read my previous posts back when I planned for my wedding, yes, I loved to add some DIY touch to weddings.. so for my dear cousin, what I did was to custom water bottle labels for her. The bottles  they want to put on the VIP tables, and to be given for the tausyeh and dzikir group as well.

Designed by yours truly :) #BLBlabels

Then it got me thinking, did this before for birthdays..and again for my cousins' wedding. Why not make this thing something I can provide for everyone!!!! Not just for weddings but also for other functions (Birthdays, Mandi Belawat, Weddings... you name it!) Would you want our team to do this for you? I'm serious ne ah  (Please say yes... and if you do, can email me : ann.j1010@gmail.com)  It would be an honour to prep water bottles for your functions.

Minimum order : 24 bottles (300ml or 600ml or both) and our service includes, purchase, labelling and delivery (f.o.c for Brunei-Muara district and additional charges for Tutong dan Belait District) I have yet to think of a way to cater for people in Temburong.. any ideas?? I can only think of arranging meet ups di tambing.

Anyhoooooots, we're all set for the big day.... which is in 2 weeks time. Semoga dipermudahkan segala urusan. 

Until next entry,

xoxo

   

hickory, dickory dock...

Assalamualaikum,,,

Exactly 2 weeks before the big day! I do hope my cousin sorted out her bajus and accessories sudah... *bitenails* We gave her the courtesy to handle this herself cos yalah.. she needs to go for the fitting and all kan?

My aunt and younger cousins are busy putting names on the invitation card. Kudos to her actually for being able to narrow down our invitation list from 700+ names to just around 300!? Aahhh-maaaaaa-zzzziiiiinnnggg!! LikeI said in previous posts, niat baik insya-Allah dipermudahkan.

Our family gathering for doorgifts packaging will be this coming Sunday. Between that day and today, I have to run errands, complete my field  work and meet up with my supervisors (please oh please let them go easy on me #overreactingalittle )

Until then.
xoxo

we are the best!!

Assalamualaikum all...

It has beena busy busy week for dear 'ol me. Juggling with my field work, exams and be the so-called wedding planner for my dear Kaka.

Would like to express my gratitude to all those involve in the team and somehow, felt very grateful with the existence of social media aaaand Whatsapp! Proud to announced to all, that WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALMOST 90% of the wedding preps. Believe it or not?!! We made custom invitation cards, bought all the doorgifts (and even had one customade for her solemnization ceremony nanti), booked a hall, mosque, we managed to booked her dream pelamin, caterings for both events are all sorted, walkie talkies, tausyeh, dzikir group... photogs, videographers yeh, well basically everything lah! *patsmeselfontheback* Give us a big hand of applause!! So yes, anyone wishing to seek help for their upcoming wedding is very the most welcome to contact me if you wish at ann.j1010@gmail.com 

I have something coming up in 2016 and I can't wait... Semoga dipermudahkan segala urusan dan beroleh keberkatan jua dalam menjayakannya nanti... *Amin* 

Alhamdulillah for everything lah... you see, bila sudah ada niat kan kahwin atu, better disegerakan and insya-Allah, dipermudahkan segalanya. Some may want to customade their attire... customade this and that but yeah- that's up to the individual. Nowadays, banyak sudah yang lawa2 the songket and everything. So if you're like the type, #justgoaheadwiththeweddingandbedonewithit ? It's much easier to rent it out. Much cheaper and cost savings! Oh, now THAT reminds me that I need to update the excel file on budgetting I downloaded years ago when I got married. My dear cousin have yet to decide on her bajus, accessories and MuA (managed to get only one.. well- she doesnt have a choice here...ramai MuA booked all December! Ani pun kira lucky jua ne, I doooo hoped she hired her.

Got our pakaian sekayu sent to Minah for tailoring (honestly- I don't know dimana di Bandar ani to do tailoring yang bisai... sent one to Minah Exquisute and fell in love with their workmanship) Bought the boy;s kain baju melayu (we have yet to send these for  tailoring coooossss, our usual tailor inda lagi ada di BN, yatah.. mcm everything is new to us ni this 2015 and here we are still juggling with our Bandar life since January..tau2 sudah tia the end of the year #masabergerakpantas

Until next time,

xoxo

Mission I-M-possible !!!

Assalamualaikum ladies (and gents? eheh I believe there are male readers as well..kan?)

IT HAS BEEN ....... 4 YEARS?! Mengalahkan maternity leave my blog ani! *haha* I was reading through all my stories, and well-yeah it brings back the good 'ol memories I shared with Mr.A when we plan for our wedding.

Now, what made me do that? you may ask... 

I was actually looking for my checklist as we are now (in the family) planning a wedding for my cousin. And guess what??? It's next month.... I repeat, NEXT MONTH!!! Now, one would've thought it is an impossible task.. I mean, less than a month? Seriously?? Adakah segala MuA, catering, pelamins etc mau menerima ni at such last minute... especially tah if you want to hold the wedding dalam dewan??! No, I'm not complaining here... in fact, I am more than excited cos you see.. I get to update this blog!!!Aaaaaand too make it interesting, I get to check out bridal boutiques for pelamins!! *grins* 

So, here's the story...

Last Sunday was THE day our elderly had a family meeting to confirm the dates for my cousin's wedding. No, there was nothing fishy going on.. my aunt and cousin just simply want to do everything by end of 2016 (2016 bucket list perhaps?). Now, the mission is to plan a wedding that is simple yet elegant and not costly but have everything in it. 2 days, 3 events.. nikah at the mosque and berbedak and sanding in the hall.

Mission I-M-possible officially commenced! I'm soooooooo excited!!! Oh by the way, this weekend ada wedding showcase at RBRC. I will definitely drop by and have a looksie, and perhaps book!

See you there! 

Mrs.A

xoxo

2012, another chapter of life..

Assalamualaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh...

I've been away for awhile (well- not really) click HERE to find out why hehe... I just want to wish all my readers, ex-readers, followers, ex-followers and every happily wedded brides I have helped and those who I have not managed to help... Sorry. I know it's not enough... but Alhamdulillah, I am now trying to get back on my feet to update this blog lagi.. last year has been a quiet year for me. Reason being, I was unable to go to any wedding functions ( due to my condition ) and observe the new trends and happenings with our ever so evolving wedding celebration.

First thing first to start my 2012 entry ...

Insya-Allah may this year brings us all much more happiness and harmonious wedded life with our families. Let us continuously pray for Allah to bestow upon us more rizq, as He is the only one that can do so with our hard work. *Amin*

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 1432H

Wishing all my readers and followers a Happy Eid Mubarak. Eat Healthily and Stay Safe. Mohon Maaf Zahir dan Batin ....

From Bride & Family

xoxo~

A new journey has begun ....

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