Crystal Wedding Penstand with hanging heart

Just started on my new work recently and I really found it pretty enjoyable for now. Although it is pretty tiring especially to adjusting to the new wake up time for work, I find that the work is at least not as stress as previously. Perhaps I am getting more and more into the rhythm of work.

Anyway, I was naggin Vitor that it's been a long time since we work on anything for our rom. So yesterday we decided that the project will be on the feather pen and the pen stand. We look high and low everywhere for a nice penstand but unfortunately we cant find a basic one in any amk bookstores at all =( . The shops which I have seen selling pen stand will be those gift shops selling at near 30 plus bucks. Like I say being a 'xian qi ling mu' aka 'demure wife' I need to be discipline and furnished with a spendthrifts' characteristic, so in the end I drag Vitor and Xiao Mei to my fav amk craft shop to buy some wires, beads, clay flower, crystal butterflies etc.

So after I went home, I came up with this TADA:

My draft pen stand! The base is suppose to resemble some heart shape but I am not a fan of symmetrical stuff so i made one side more elongated as usual. I love the hanging heart with the little pinky ribbon... so sweet! Maybe we should personalise it with our names too.. ok something for me to ponder about...

Well the reason why it is a draft piece is apparent, due to many trial and error of twisting, The wires became rather crooked which is really UNGLAM. So Vitor says he will be making a new one following my prototype.. yipee i cant wait for him to make me a new one! But I think I better be by his side to supervise the new piece. When I was making this, Vitor actually undo the wire which I have already finished twisted, I was like almost hoping mad... waste my time leh Mr.wood block. I hope you be reading the blog =P

But anyway woodblock has been providing me with much help recently esp when anxiety is up when I just started work. Thank you so much!

Anyway have been really busy until i din even have the time to go down to carrefoure to buy the fondue machine. The other day xuan help to check it out and told me fondue machines are very ex.. usually at a few ks. So now I feel that the one at carrefoure which cost like 70 plus to 80 bucks is much cheaper. ANyway but i heard that there are places which loan fondue machines instead... anyone has any lobang to share it with me???

ok I shall take a break and go read my bedtime crayon shin comic before retiring for the night =)

Rom dress fitting at Bliss Bridal

My bridal studio is from bliss bridal. Not sure whether if it was a good choice but the other day when I went for the rom dress fitting, I must say I went back home a happy and excited bride! I was torn between 2 types of gown, one which is short, puffy dress which makes any girl looks sweet and cute in it. Another type will be a gown dress which has a much shorter skirt in front and a longer skirt on the back which is very unique and special.

On the day of the dress fitting, I went down with both Vitor and Hong, the latter whom I have great trust in taste. Most our friends will agree that Hong usually is pretty sharp in aesthetic stuff. One thing she didn't know was that ever since secondary school, I have a bad habit of getting pple to go choose things with me but the conclusion of the purchase is always by my own gut likings rather then my fren's suggestion. So usually my frens felt like killing me for wasting their brain to think and choose when my brain is like in its own world choosing what I want... eventually no matter whether it turns out great or not, I still nede up choosing on my own liddat. Yet there is one person whom I have always think twice about when she say something is nice... which is Hong. haha ok let's not digress from the dress fitting outing.

Here's some of the dresss which I tried:

I like the back of this dress because of the cross tied up ribbons, very sexy. However, the front was a tat too plain for my likings.

I luv this puffy dress, which makes me look much livelier. Ok pls ignore the split part, cos the gown was of a smaller cut so I coulnd't zip it up (i know what conclusion you guys must be thinking about ..... i am not fat mind you!) Anyway the best part of the dress is not dat it is simply CUTE, but the ribbon is actually strudded with lots of gems crystals. The photo unfortunately was not able to capture the details of this dress tho =(

anyway all these pics are taken secretly as the bridal studio says the designs of the studio's gown are suppose to be business secret. So I was about to select the 2nd piece for my rom dress and wants to make to measure it agan to a pink shade, the designer 'king' ( I cant remember his exact name) step in and say it is such a waste to tailor another dress which is the same and not one which is unique to my likings. So I show him the magazine pic which I initially wanted for my rom dress and immediately he went to look into his treasure closet and alas took out a gorgeous DREAM dress!

Why do I say DREAM dress? haha it was a combination of the cute puffy dress and the short and long skirt which I mentioned earlier. I was like really lost for words...

First I cant imagine how does one ever combine these 2 designs and personally even if u have a good imagination, these 2 designs seems to clash with each other to have a good design. Kudos and hail to King hahah his magic touch makes it all happen.

The dress is really unique, I'm sure my guest will be surprise by it too!

Anyway after hearing a have pink and white theme for my wedding King suggested that I use a pink material for my dress like this one here, so I'm even happier about it as the pink shade looks really sweet.

Sad to say, we were unable to take good pics due to so much restrictions and all. but I am excited for the next trip to the bridal studio when King finally come out with a final design for my dress. Thank you so much King!

MOG rank 35th?

While surfing for more information on Mandai orchid garden, I am really surprise when I came upon the website 'Wedding's abroad guide' and saw MOG being ranked as one of the good and pictureque place to hold the wedding.
http://www.weddings-abroad-guide.com/wedding-locations-abroad.html
It says here : 'In April 2006 the UK’s Independent Newspaper published their pick of the 50 best and most picturesque places to get married. '

The Independent's Top Wedding Locations Abroad
5. Ice Hotel, Quebec
9. Torre Palazzone, Tuscany
10. One&Only Palmilla, Mexico
13. Intercontinental, Hong Kong
15. Hamwari Game Reserve, South Africa
17. Leibig Dome Showfield, New Zealand
19. La Preghiera, Umbria
20. Plantation Beach, Tobago
22. Ferris Wheel, Vienna
23. Four Seasons Hotel, New York
25. The Great Wall Of China
27. Surfing Paradise, Hawaii
30. Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos
33. Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna
35. Mandai Orchid Garden, Singapore
37. Grapevine Canyon Ranch, Arizona
40. Goldeneye, Jamaica
42. Sunsail's Club Colonna, Antigua
43. Hotel Villa La Massa, Florence
45. Lizard Island, Australia
48. Graceland Wedding Chapel, Las Vegas
50. Pimalai Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta, Thailand

And it seems to be a surprise dat MOG was in the top 50s esp since Singapore is more popularly known as a well developed city rather den a place with many scenic landscapes and views. Well now we know that Singapore has another area which she can be proud in its ranking in lol. Kudos to Singapore!

Everything a tinge of pink =) introducing the pink fondue!

Just when I was pondering and having a headache on a pink and white theme. I realise it is so difficult to implement the colour scheme esp on the food. so now i am busy sourcing to see if there is possibility of getting a machine fondun kind cos when i saw the choc colour in pink, i thought it was really special. I also pink and white marsh mallows selling at mini toons so they should go pretty well together. For this I'm glad my great gal pal, xuan is helping me out with the sourcing for a fondue machine esp when I am going to be very busy as my work is starting soon =( Sometimes I wonder what I am gonna do without the 3 great friends who has always been helping me in terms of emotions and tasks. I wish I can lon fondue machine instead of buying one actually cos i will only use it once so quite a waste =P

I'm also hoping to get some mini cupcakes to make it into mini cupcake tiers like the ones found here
source: simply cupcakes
So cute, simple but simply sweet!

I wonder how much is it cost for the cupcakes and the setup too. Anyway it's gonna be hard work for xuan cos when i try to reesearch and survey for the 2 items above it really drove me nuts =( glad she helps me lay off a great burden. Anyway it is another great help to my dream wedding!

Lovely crystal crown on the ring pillow

Came across the bridal magazine on ideas for ring pillow. Immediately I fell in luv this crystal ring crown covering the rings. Doesn't it look romantic and dreamy???

Magazine Source from : Female Brides 2007 Falls

Freaking chio isn't it. Ohh the bling simply melts my heart ~droOl~

But dear dear it cost 100-200 bucks which is way out of my budget for just a mere deco for the ring pillow =( but thank goodness i dunno where i got the zest and energy from... i manage to convince qi dat i luv it so much that i want her to help me along with making a similar crown. So we went to my fav amk central crft shop and purchase loads of beads and crystal like plastic beads and some swarovski crystals for the tinge of sparkling effect =)

Muahahah yay my VERY OWN crystal ring crown. Tho it kinda of say-niak to one side (bend over slightly to one side) . I told it was pretty cool and a great accomplishment on the very first trial and attempt at the crystal crown... the overall cost : Around slightly more than 20 plus not super cheap but dere were many many beads left(as i over estimate the numbers) and compare to 100- 200 bucks this is a super saver of 180 bucks or so... ooo i almost can imagine hearing the 'Thrify King' theme song playing behind and Quan yi feng saying 'Wah' ~*chuckle*

Anyway, my wedding bands are also from goldheart... hey gpt member discount obviously I will go back to it. I will show the wedding bands on the next post tho since I have yet collected the rings. So usually when you purchase wedding bands, the jewellry shop will always give the couple a complimentary ring pillow =) thank goodness it is PINK and WHITE fits the theme of my wedding perfectly. The only problem the flowers are non removable and is stubbornly sticked on with super glue... haizz

So tried putting both together amazin still looks pretty ok with each other even tho i would prefer a plain base. But to get a new ring pillow will mean at least another 50 bucks and if i were to use the current pillow without the crystal crown it would be a waste of qi and my efforts for an entire noon =(

So wat eva I am so gonna use both together =P thanx qi!

My hand corsage

Went to spotlight to source for wedding materials and tada presenting my hand corsage which is now with hong (another great sister of mine who has volunteer to help me with wrist corsages for the ladies) . It's a great place for buying small flowers for wrist corsages =)

Here's some arrays of the designs which you can find there.
These are foam flowers which really resembles the actual flowers a lot and a real beauty.

Some materials which I have bought back from spotlight and amk central craft shop.

Vitor making the hand corsage for me. Yup there is no typo here it indeed is a hand corsage and not wrist corsage if you check out the following pic.

Yep, my idea of not having the conventional wrist corsage. Lovely isn't it? but there is more meaning to it.....

The hand corsage is actualy attached to my current couple ring =) So hong pls dun lose it =P haha she will be stress if she ever read this post. But wood block has done a great job with the craft work of cos that's with many GUIDANCE from me... why else do you think he can have done a great job?

Interesting Maple story MV

Johnathon send me this link from youtube. I thought it is pretty interesting on how the guy manage to compose an MV for his 'ex'-gf using graphics from maple story. Pretty impressive just that the reason for composition of the MV is sadly an effort for him to try to get back with his gf. Not sure his gf will be touched by this tho.