Is it really necessary to have pre-wedding videos to play at your wedding? Mom just asked me earlier if I want to make video collages of my childhood pictures. I think even if I want to play video on my wedding, it wouldn't involve any of my childhood photos. Not that I'm ashamed or anything, well that too, but I think it is just too common to use the metamorphosis theme as your wedding video.
My friend who just got married last week uploaded her pre-wedding video on facebook. It's very touching to see her journey to finally found her loved ones wrapped into a beautiful clip like that. You can feel the connection between both newlywed in the video. How happy they are and how they really love each other. That is the type of video I wanting to have for my own.
Few months ago, weeks after the engagement, I was meaning to make a stop motion pre-wedding video. But then I thought I wont be playing any videos during my wedding reception until mom asked. And now, I really think I need to make one. But to spend a lot of money to make the video, I really don't have the budget for that. Believe me, it is quite expensive to make that kind of video. Maybe I could just use my iPhone to make the video and ask a dear friend to shoot it for us. Or go for the last option, make a metamorphosis videos of me and the fiance by my own. We'll see.
ps: I was going to upload some great pre-wedding videos here. But the internet connection is really sucks. But I will upload it later.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Shake It Out
I always have a thing for silhouettes. Especially those wedding invitation with the silhouettes photo of the bride and groom in it.
I think silhouette is everlasting and classic too. Like this:
I'm not using any silhouettes in my invitations, though. Typical Aquarian of me. I just want my invitations to be different from any others. Beside, my photography vendor who handle the photos for my invitation also said so. I will post photos I'm using later.
In these few days, I've been so attached with my laptop and experimenting with photoshop. The result is lack of sleep and some edited images and logos too. I even created some logos for my upcoming project, insha Allah. So I tried to make my own silhouettes for the sake of my personal satisfaction. Since I'm still an amateur, you can tell that my work is not that neat. But I'll try to fix on that later.
I think silhouette is everlasting and classic too. Like this:
I'm not using any silhouettes in my invitations, though. Typical Aquarian of me. I just want my invitations to be different from any others. Beside, my photography vendor who handle the photos for my invitation also said so. I will post photos I'm using later.In these few days, I've been so attached with my laptop and experimenting with photoshop. The result is lack of sleep and some edited images and logos too. I even created some logos for my upcoming project, insha Allah. So I tried to make my own silhouettes for the sake of my personal satisfaction. Since I'm still an amateur, you can tell that my work is not that neat. But I'll try to fix on that later.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Ah, Well..
The fiance keeps reminding me to not get stressed over this wedding preparations thingy. And I wish I can have control of it. I can't stand of this trouble breathing too. The lack of sleep is starting to drive me nuts. I even think it could make me die slowly. Such a drama queen, I know!
The wedding is getting closer. These are list of things that shall be done soon. It's better be prepared before I go back to Aceh in early March so I could just sit back and relax until the due date. So here it goes:
1. Design of the invitations
This is what I'm worried most. I'm really fussy for this part. Well, actually I'm fussy at almost everything but most of it are already finished. Just because me and mom wanted to put some photos so we decided to make the invitations to be useful for the guests. Already gave the photos to the vendors but I'm not satisfied about the design yet. So I gave them some references of how I want it to be. Up until now, I still haven't got any emails from them except the one that letting me know they will try to make it as I wanted. What I got in mind is the kind of notebook which is sold on the bookstore that is eye refreshing, automatically draw the attentions and urged you to pull out some money out of your purse just to purchased it. Tough calls.
2. Thank you note
This one is still related with point number 1. I want my thank you note that is hanging in the souvenirs to be different as usual. Already gave the photos to them and I'm still waiting for their responses regarding the date lines. This thank you note is needed soon so that I could give it to the vendor that is handling our souvenirs.
3. Wedding gown
The first fitting didn't go so well because I feel fat in that dress. Not because it's not very good, but I ate like a pig and should do a diet. And so I did. Lost a few kilograms, thank you to Acai Berry. The second fitting the dress looked great on me. But I still think that I should lose another 2-3kgs around the arms, hips and thighs. The down side of having pear type of body, I guess. The fiance also have problems with his suit. The first fitting went well because it's in Ramadhan. But on second fitting, Mas Sapto said that he should up sizing the suit around 6cm. But he did give an options, to lose weight or up size. Our last fitting will be in the end of the month. Let's see how it goes.
4. Other Wedding Gown
Because of there will be many rituals and traditions that I should do, so I made another few dresses at Ferry Sunarto and Yasra. My first fitting at Ferry was okay. But the fiance didn't think so. He thinks his suit is not so comfortable to wear so there will be some changes to do. I don't know what's going on with my dresses at Yasra. We haven't been in touch yet. I just wait for mom to come to Jakarta so I can go directly to her place. And last is my reception gown (Aceh traditional) at Bang Imran. Never did the fitting yet because I was just measured like 3 weeks ago. I gave all my trust to him because I know he's the best in this thingy.
5. Hijab Style
Bang Imran is responsible my hijab style from day 1 until the end. He said that I should do hijab test days before the wedding just to find which one I like the most. Sapto is the one who made my head pieces along with the dress for akad nikah. Since the picture I gave him was a lady without hijab, I still don't know what am I going to be like in hijab and that head pieces. Hopefully Bang Imran will do me good or otherwise I could burst in to tears for ages. And for the reception, I still can't decide whether to use hijab before sunting or just let the sunting directly stick into my head without it. Mom said that it would be weird for me to use hijab over the sunting. But I still want to try it just to fulfill the satisfactions. I'm a fussy, remember?
6. Decorations
I am really into Suryo's decorations. Years before planning the wedding, I said to mom that I really want him to decorate my wedding. But since I'm having the wedding in Aceh, it's impossible for me to bring him back because it would cost me a fortune and I couldn't afford it. So we decided to use Bang Edy, local decorator, who also did the decorations for my brother's wedding last year. His work was divine. And so I hope it could do the same for mine. Gave him pictures of decorations as references for Akad Nikah. But for Wedding Receptions, I really can't think any designs of pelaminan do I want. At first, he offered to do me a Morrocans style. But I refused it because I want something new that is not common. Typical Aquarians of me. He then came up with ideas, which I believe will turn out great, but to be honest, I can't imagine of it at all. I gave it all up to him. I'm sure he won't disappoint me at any level. As for Akad Nikah, I wanted floral decorations instead of Jepara like he suggested for the background. So I might gonna make the DIY floral backgrounds *crossing fingers*.
7. Khatam Al-Quran and fasting!
These are the most important things to be done by March. Hap, hap!
... to be continued
The wedding is getting closer. These are list of things that shall be done soon. It's better be prepared before I go back to Aceh in early March so I could just sit back and relax until the due date. So here it goes:
1. Design of the invitations
This is what I'm worried most. I'm really fussy for this part. Well, actually I'm fussy at almost everything but most of it are already finished. Just because me and mom wanted to put some photos so we decided to make the invitations to be useful for the guests. Already gave the photos to the vendors but I'm not satisfied about the design yet. So I gave them some references of how I want it to be. Up until now, I still haven't got any emails from them except the one that letting me know they will try to make it as I wanted. What I got in mind is the kind of notebook which is sold on the bookstore that is eye refreshing, automatically draw the attentions and urged you to pull out some money out of your purse just to purchased it. Tough calls.
2. Thank you note
This one is still related with point number 1. I want my thank you note that is hanging in the souvenirs to be different as usual. Already gave the photos to them and I'm still waiting for their responses regarding the date lines. This thank you note is needed soon so that I could give it to the vendor that is handling our souvenirs.
3. Wedding gown
The first fitting didn't go so well because I feel fat in that dress. Not because it's not very good, but I ate like a pig and should do a diet. And so I did. Lost a few kilograms, thank you to Acai Berry. The second fitting the dress looked great on me. But I still think that I should lose another 2-3kgs around the arms, hips and thighs. The down side of having pear type of body, I guess. The fiance also have problems with his suit. The first fitting went well because it's in Ramadhan. But on second fitting, Mas Sapto said that he should up sizing the suit around 6cm. But he did give an options, to lose weight or up size. Our last fitting will be in the end of the month. Let's see how it goes.
4. Other Wedding Gown
Because of there will be many rituals and traditions that I should do, so I made another few dresses at Ferry Sunarto and Yasra. My first fitting at Ferry was okay. But the fiance didn't think so. He thinks his suit is not so comfortable to wear so there will be some changes to do. I don't know what's going on with my dresses at Yasra. We haven't been in touch yet. I just wait for mom to come to Jakarta so I can go directly to her place. And last is my reception gown (Aceh traditional) at Bang Imran. Never did the fitting yet because I was just measured like 3 weeks ago. I gave all my trust to him because I know he's the best in this thingy.
5. Hijab Style
Bang Imran is responsible my hijab style from day 1 until the end. He said that I should do hijab test days before the wedding just to find which one I like the most. Sapto is the one who made my head pieces along with the dress for akad nikah. Since the picture I gave him was a lady without hijab, I still don't know what am I going to be like in hijab and that head pieces. Hopefully Bang Imran will do me good or otherwise I could burst in to tears for ages. And for the reception, I still can't decide whether to use hijab before sunting or just let the sunting directly stick into my head without it. Mom said that it would be weird for me to use hijab over the sunting. But I still want to try it just to fulfill the satisfactions. I'm a fussy, remember?
6. Decorations
I am really into Suryo's decorations. Years before planning the wedding, I said to mom that I really want him to decorate my wedding. But since I'm having the wedding in Aceh, it's impossible for me to bring him back because it would cost me a fortune and I couldn't afford it. So we decided to use Bang Edy, local decorator, who also did the decorations for my brother's wedding last year. His work was divine. And so I hope it could do the same for mine. Gave him pictures of decorations as references for Akad Nikah. But for Wedding Receptions, I really can't think any designs of pelaminan do I want. At first, he offered to do me a Morrocans style. But I refused it because I want something new that is not common. Typical Aquarians of me. He then came up with ideas, which I believe will turn out great, but to be honest, I can't imagine of it at all. I gave it all up to him. I'm sure he won't disappoint me at any level. As for Akad Nikah, I wanted floral decorations instead of Jepara like he suggested for the background. So I might gonna make the DIY floral backgrounds *crossing fingers*.
7. Khatam Al-Quran and fasting!
These are the most important things to be done by March. Hap, hap!
... to be continued
Sunday, January 8, 2012
We're Only A Click Away
Technology makes us closer even though we rarely meet in real life, no?
It's still 77 days until our wedding and I have just finished creating the wedding invitation blog. Yeap, another blog has just born. But this one is only to announce the good news to our dear friends and relatives. I decided to announce the address later. Maybe around 2-3 weeks before the wedding date. I've only showed it to the fiance. And my oh my, he's really not into the internet thingy. He doesn't even know that there's sections to be clicked on the blog. And now I'm worried what if our invitees will experience the same thing. Got to find another way to make it easier to understand then.
I have to admit, planning a wedding makes my creativity sense blew up. It urged me to think creatively what goes to where and which is more eye candy. It's fun, though. I enjoyed it so far. Even those things that's actually driving me crazy and makes me trouble breathing. Preparing the wedding also make me found new hobbies. One of it is, getting attached to Photoshop. I'm such a daring amateur. I've tried to design my own e-wedding invitations. It's actually not as hard as I thought before. Maybe at first, I was like "what the heck is this?". But once I got the rhythm, I can not go back. I've successfully designed 3 e-invitations. Will post the pictures later because it's way too early to publish it now. I'm planning to send it by email or maybe tag it on facebook.
If it's not for technology, then I can not imagine how to reach old friends that haven't met since ages. Or people who I haven't saved their addresses nor phone numbers. That's why I never feel offended by wedding invitations through emails or facebook or even text messages. Some people may think the invitation through facebook is not personal, etc, etc.. But as for me, just by receiving the invitations, it means they remember and appreciate us. When they send the emails or tagging on facebook or send text messages, they individually type our name, isn't it? Besides, it saved more time and money too. Don't you think?
It's still 77 days until our wedding and I have just finished creating the wedding invitation blog. Yeap, another blog has just born. But this one is only to announce the good news to our dear friends and relatives. I decided to announce the address later. Maybe around 2-3 weeks before the wedding date. I've only showed it to the fiance. And my oh my, he's really not into the internet thingy. He doesn't even know that there's sections to be clicked on the blog. And now I'm worried what if our invitees will experience the same thing. Got to find another way to make it easier to understand then.
I have to admit, planning a wedding makes my creativity sense blew up. It urged me to think creatively what goes to where and which is more eye candy. It's fun, though. I enjoyed it so far. Even those things that's actually driving me crazy and makes me trouble breathing. Preparing the wedding also make me found new hobbies. One of it is, getting attached to Photoshop. I'm such a daring amateur. I've tried to design my own e-wedding invitations. It's actually not as hard as I thought before. Maybe at first, I was like "what the heck is this?". But once I got the rhythm, I can not go back. I've successfully designed 3 e-invitations. Will post the pictures later because it's way too early to publish it now. I'm planning to send it by email or maybe tag it on facebook.
If it's not for technology, then I can not imagine how to reach old friends that haven't met since ages. Or people who I haven't saved their addresses nor phone numbers. That's why I never feel offended by wedding invitations through emails or facebook or even text messages. Some people may think the invitation through facebook is not personal, etc, etc.. But as for me, just by receiving the invitations, it means they remember and appreciate us. When they send the emails or tagging on facebook or send text messages, they individually type our name, isn't it? Besides, it saved more time and money too. Don't you think?
Friday, January 6, 2012
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
You Are (Not) Invited!
I remember when I was a child, my granny went hajj and gave each of us, the grand children, a viewmaster as a gift from Arab. It shows the greatest view of Mecca, Medina, and also some historic places that makes us wish to be able to visit there someday.
Nowadays, people got more creative in making things. They dare to think out of the box and make some new innovations. Preparing a wedding also force us to let out our creative side to the highest level. What if you got stuck? Then surfing on the internet is one of the solutions. Seeing many things, get inspired by people, and make new innovations out of something.
Like these couple here. They made one of the coolest wedding invitations I ever see. This memorable invitation requires you to put some extras on the budget. Imagine, $3,450 or Rp 32,775,000 for 100 quantities. The good news is, these might as well be a souvenir. But can you imagine how much you have to spend for the invitations only if you are going to held a traditional wedding where you are required to invite all the people, not only you know, but the parents and friends of relatives too? This may cover the whole wedding expenses. Don't you think?
Nowadays, people got more creative in making things. They dare to think out of the box and make some new innovations. Preparing a wedding also force us to let out our creative side to the highest level. What if you got stuck? Then surfing on the internet is one of the solutions. Seeing many things, get inspired by people, and make new innovations out of something.
Like these couple here. They made one of the coolest wedding invitations I ever see. This memorable invitation requires you to put some extras on the budget. Imagine, $3,450 or Rp 32,775,000 for 100 quantities. The good news is, these might as well be a souvenir. But can you imagine how much you have to spend for the invitations only if you are going to held a traditional wedding where you are required to invite all the people, not only you know, but the parents and friends of relatives too? This may cover the whole wedding expenses. Don't you think?
Ring Rang Rung, Give Me A Ring
As a girl, I have always think of how I want my wedding to be like someday. I have thought of the dream dress, decorations and colors, but honestly, the wedding ring had never occurred in my mind. So when I got the date for the engagement, my fiance asked me to search for the right ring. I may be one of those girl who doesn't want "ordinary" things. None of the rings that displayed in the store really attracts me. Thank God for technology. I go through the internet and this what I found on Tiffany.
Since buying the wedding rings from Tiffany is way out of our budget, so we decided to go to my mother's favorite store at Melawai and order the exact same ring. Actually, we have 2 options. There's rose gold and platinum. But when I asked my mom, she said that rose gold is more elegant than the platinum. I thought so, too. Rose gold looks vintage and sweet.
Paloma's Crown of Hearts (Rose Gold)
Since buying the wedding rings from Tiffany is way out of our budget, so we decided to go to my mother's favorite store at Melawai and order the exact same ring. Actually, we have 2 options. There's rose gold and platinum. But when I asked my mom, she said that rose gold is more elegant than the platinum. I thought so, too. Rose gold looks vintage and sweet.
Paloma's Crown Hearts (Platinum)
Lucky me, the fiance doesn't mind wearing the rose gold ring with heart shape and diamonds. He goes with whatever I want. At first, I thought my mom won't agree to this design. But she gave it all up to us, because we are the one who will wear it everyday for the rest of our lives. My fiance and I decided to have just this one design as the engagement and also wedding rings. What makes our rings different from the one from Tiffany, the diamonds in our rings is only half circle. We also put our names inside each other rings. Though the price is not as expensive as Tiffany, but turns out the rings fulfilled our satisfactions. Pardon for the lack of quality of our rings picture. It was taken by my camera phone. Trust me, the rings are much better in person!
here it is!
engagement day
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue
Hand bouquet on wedding day may reduced the tensions. Don't you think?So here's the thing. I'm gonna held my wedding at my hometown, Banda Aceh. It's not a common thing for the bride to have a bouquet of flowers in their hands on the wedding. I'm not sure whether it's allowed or not, but I really want a beautiful bouquet for my special day. I've asked mother. Thank God, she approved and leave it all to me. Even if on the day I'm not allowed to hold one, at least I can still use the bouquet for the photos. Hah!
As I told you before, my favorite color is pink. So I'm thinking of having a pink bouquet. But on the other hand, I also want to use red lipstick on the day. Will it be a perfect match between pink bouquet and red lipstick? Is there any actual rules on that? I have no clue.
Haven't decide on what kind of flowers to choose yet. But here's some inspirations that might help. Hopefully the florist could provide it. Though there's another thing that actually bugged me. Since there's no florist here in Banda Aceh, so I must order the flowers whether in Jakarta or Medan. I'm not sure if the flowers could stay that long. Ah, well. Let's just pray then.
Peonies
This is on my top priority. It symbolizes happy marriage, good fortune and compassion. It is also known as a flower of riches and honor. I hope the florist would have this kind of flower since I read it only blooms on the certain season.
Colors on roses symbolize different meaning. Pink is the symbol of love and happiness, while Red is the symbol of love and passion. This actually not my priority since roses is easily found in every weddings. I might use it for the decorations, but for the bouquet? I may come up with others.
Carnations
Known as the flower of love or flower of the gods. It symbolizes fascination, distinction, and love.
the color combination is to die forChrysants
Symbolizes love, joy and optimism. This may not be the main flower, just for addition.
So those all are the top four flowers on my list at the moment. I might get another kind of flower, choose one, or maybe mixed up all of those. We'll see..
deep red roses and bright fuschias peonies
bright pink roses and pale pink carnations
the mix and match And now I'm getting more confused. Meh!
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