Decoration and Design

Posted by Mrs Imran on Nov 22, 2011
Filed Under Event, Husband, Lonia, Nilam | 2 comments

Wooden frame in black with picture of the baby, daisy flower in a bottle, chalkboard table greet tag, polkadot table runner and candle in glass to halau lalat. Huhu.

I know…I know…I have few entries pending and stories going stale, but better late than never. Even though at this time, am so tempted to write about our football team, but I guess that has to wait. Apa-apa pon congrats to Malaysia!

I made this on the eve of the event. Sangat2 last minute because my friend requested it. Sebaik sempat siap Nampak simple, but the signage was actually printed on piece of paper, glued on the board and shrink wrap with shrink wrap film to keep the paper intact.

Last weekend I was busy preparing decorations for my friend’s kenduri (aqiqah for her son) It was my first time experience decorating for an event and I was glad that it was only a set of simple decorations as I don’t think I can handle big event just yet. Lots to learn, especially time management.

Another set of centerpiece, this one comes with baby’s biodata

So about the event, I was being informed by my friend (customer) that the theme would be “English” and color scheme for the event would be red & black. Even though I think pastel colors is more suitable for “aqiqah” ceremony, but I honored my friend’s request still. The cradle was a huge pumpkin cradle and surrounded with teddy bears. Sorry no picture also because I was working hard that day. Huhu.

Another baby in the family that being celebrated. Different set of centerpiece. I love to combine more than 2 types of decorations to give more variety. This set comes with a zink tub with bunch of flowers (compose by my husband ) , white black table runner, table greet tag, wooden frame and candle in orange skin (the orange has been removed leaving the skin that I used as a candle pot)

This one comes with the other baby’s photo

So these are a few shots of the decorations. Very decent, nothing huge. I supplied the guest table center pieces, table runner, chalkboard table greeting tag, chalkboard style menu label and buffet table center piece. But later I spotted a wooden table in the gazebo so, I decided to take the buffet centerpiece and place it on the wooden table. It’s nicer there. But too bad I don’t have a picture of it, as I didn’t have much time to snap pictures around.

Front top part view of the dress

Other than decorations, she also ordered a pair of 2-piece dress to be worn on that day. The day she confirmed the order was actually pretty late, I have less than 4 weeks to make the dress and as she sent me the payment I quickly sketched the design (can check the sketch here ) , fabric scouting, send it to my seamstress and beader for doing the 3D flowers and beading. It was a very fast forward process with no FITTING! Can you guys imagine? It was kinda panicking as I don’t like my customer to take the clothes without trying it first before my eyes, because I don’t want them to feel worried or unsatisfied when the fitting isn’t perfect. But in this case, I know my friend wouldn’t mind (but I don’t take that for granted, I still prepared the dress the best I could). Thank god everything went well, she fits the dress nicely and she looks fantastic

Close up of 3D flowers and beading

The only full frame picture of Rufida wearing the outfit that I made for her that I manage to snap. Ini pon mcm curi-curi ambil sekejap sbb marhaban semua tgh berlangsung masa ni. Fid pon tk sempat nak betul-betulkan her baju sbb she was carrying her son masa tu. So sorry tersenget-senget. He shawl pon wasn’t properly fall into it’s position. Insyallah we will be having a special photo shoot session for Fid featuring the same outfit soon.

Everything went quite smooth and in case my husband reading this (I know he wouldn’t, he seldom read my blog, this year…never once pon huhu), I just wanna say thank you soooooo much to him for being such a helpful, supportive and good husband. He knew that I was too busy to prepare my baju for the event, without me asking him to…he ironed my baju kurung. And he also woke up very early the next morning to help me arrange all the decorations stuff in the car including the flowers. And when I was preparing the deco at site, he’s willingly to help me to cut the flowers and put it in the vase, yeah he did all that. So dear, I just want you to know that I wouldn’t be able to make it this far if it’s not because of you. From the bottom of my heart…thank you so much for being a husband, cheerleader and a best friend.

A week’s worth of stories

Posted by Mrs Imran on Nov 14, 2011
Filed Under Event, Lonia, Nilam | 3 comments

Oh boy, time is indeed luxury for me. I can’t seem to find a proper time to sit down and write entry for my blog. Lots of things happening and if I don’t update now, nnt more things happen and lagi tk larat nk update secara pukal. Last2 semua cerita jadi basi and unrecorded. Since siang-siang ni time for me hog the pc very limited, coz I have a very demanding child under my care, need to feed him and so on, so I will just update short summary of my activities (FYI I didn’t manage to finish up my entry, now dah malam dah pon…haihhh)

Last week Raya haji kan? My husband cuti till Wednesday, so long weekend for us. Petang raya haji kami balik ke kampung saya. Then on Tuesday we went to Air Keroh Malacca Zoo. Nnt I cerita more details in my next entry ok.

Then hari Jumaat, I was invited to Puma event at Cosmic Bowl Midvalley. Went there with my husband. Lama dah tk main bowling, so lepas gian main 2-3 round. I met many other bloggers that I know at the event too. I feel good when socializing and get to know new friends, should consider to do this more often. Also more details about Puma event in next next entry

Pastu hari Sabtu was so busy with event preparation. Went to buy flowers, fabric and finishing up some painting works. Since some of the event details were sent to me pretty last minute, I ended up tk tido malam tu siapkan semua kerja and when Ahad menjelma terus jer pergi site and deco. Lepas tu balik qada tidur. Hehe. My customer ordered simple deco for aqiqah, she also ordered some lollichocs and 2-piece dress from Nilam Boutique. Pendek kata semua air tangan I. Hehe. Ok nnt cerita lagi in details in next next next entry ok.

Happy Monday to all!

When it’s raining…

Posted by Mrs Imran on Nov 7, 2011
Filed Under Memory Lane, Nilam | 0 comments

Yours truly wasn’t well couple of days ago, suddenly I got temperature and head spin which resulting I couldn’t update my blog and do my other work. Hope you guys are ok. Sekarang ni musim penyakit rasanya. Hujan pon almost everyday turun dgn lebatnya. Dah nk bulan 12, mmg musim hujan kan? Jadinya, take care of yourself ok.

When I was a kid, school system at that time was based on semester. So normally new semester for each year starts in December. Bermakna sekolah bermula di musim hujan. Huhuhu. Can you imagine how frustrated our parents are masa tu because baju and kasut sekolah baru semua habis kotor kene lumpur and tanah merah. I was staying at Tanah Rancangan Felda with my family, because my father was a Felda officer, since duduk dekat felda yg penuh ladang getah, so the road at that time semuanya jalan tanah merah lagi.

Dan disebabkan hujan lebat setiap hari, peneroka can’t tap the rubber trees to get money to pay school fees. Banyak la masa tu anak-anak peneroka yang terpaksa berhutang dulu dengan sekolah utk bayar fees. Tapi tu cume segelintir, sbb ada juga anak-anak peneroka yang mampu bayar yuran sekali harung, maybe yang tu parent dia pandai menabung dimasa getah tengah banyak dan cuaca baik utk menoreh.

I nk tulis panjang lagi sebenarnya, sbb I suka mengimbau kenangan masa zaman kanak-kanak. Tapi sekarang nk kene qada kerja-kerja yang terbengkalai masa tk sihat hari tu. Sambung later ok. Before that, ini lah baju yang I sketch the other day, feel free to check my entry about it here, however it’s still unfinished I need to add the 3D flowers as shown in my sketch. Insyallah Rabu ni complete and I can shoot the complete look.

Till then…

Fashion illustration inspired by Syomir Izwa

Posted by Mrs Imran on Oct 28, 2011
Filed Under Fashion and Make Up, Nilam | 4 comments

I received a new order for “kurung moden” which inspired from Syomir Izwa’s design for Yuna. I changed the design a bit to suit my customer though, especially for the sarong I give it a little more glam look by adding reversible tail and I’ve also changed the mundane cutting of “kurung moden” to princess cut. Other than that customer also had specifically requested for 3D fabric flowers just like the one that I did for my previous customer. You can read my post regarding the 3D fabric flowers here.

So, here is the sketch, I drew this when I was at my kampung. I always feel more relax and comfortable to draw when I’m far away from town or big city. Sound like mengada kan? Macam lah I ni pelukis handalan yg memerlukan inner piece utk menghasilkan lukisan ajaib…so just bear with me lah yer…huhu

I’m going to design a matching hijab/tudung for this attire, so stay tune for the sketch ok. Insyallah will upload it soon.

Oh btw, recently I created a new blog . You can view the blog by clicking on this link http://postrecipeoflife.blogspot.com/view/snapshot , it’s actually a place for me to keep all the inspirational quotes, unique stories, jokes, funny stuff, Islamic teaching and guide and anything! You guys can also contribute to the blog by emailing me the stuff that you want me to post in that blog. The idea to create that blog kinda came to me spontaneously, when I was sooo sooo upset with my messy and unorganized computer. Things that I put up on that blog was among things that contributed to my computer messiness. I’m so glad and relief as all those quotes, cartoon and stuffs finally had a new home now. I won’t be writing anything there (except when I terlebih rajin) , I wanna keep it simple. Don’t forget to bookmark it ok!