~pic from vera wang
so i've put down the deposit for the wedding outfits and i hereby announce that
Man Kajang (MK) is our official tailor.
like i mentioned last time, initially we were going to have my engagement make up artist (who also does wedding dresses/outfits) as our tailor. when i finally called him to get an appointment to discuss ideas, he was busy until after Raya Haji. Then mummy suggested that I check out MK's website and just happened that on that same day he has an empty slot so we decided to survey his collections and see him. MK did all K sister's wedding outfits and they were beautiful! as an established tailor within the wedding industry i have no qualms about the end product if we were to choose him . in addition the fact that he has worked with K's sister and his family, he knows our expectations on his quality of work. plus he is actually really close with K's sister (like they text each other every now and then),so we have a personal connection with him which makes thing easier too! btw i just lovee his boutique...check out the pics in his website!
so at our first meeting, i brought the materials for akad (it was part of our engagement hantarans). so he quickly threw in ideas about our outfits and gave us a quote on everything. I didn't know he also does pelamin. the prices were steep but i think we expected it to be much MUCH higher. plus all his prices are all inclusive of veil, hand bouquets, accessories and shoes. MK will also go with you to pick out the materials and access so you don't need to worry about finding matching items to go with everything else. since we have materials for the akad and bertandang, we only need to pay for his labour and accessories. as for the reception we'll have to start from scratch and he gave us the price for a first rental (gulp). it is quite pricey considering the fact that you don't even get to keep the dress in the end but no doubt you'll look stunning in it! so after our first meeting, we decided to just go ahead with him.
so now we're just waiting for our songket to be ready then we'll immediately see him again to buy other materials. in the meantime he asked me to browse
martha stewart for dress ideas. i started my scrap book in July so will start printing more pics (have set up my printer,scanner in my room over the weekend). eeekk i'm so excited! with less than 7 months to go i've got to start putting things together.
another advantage of using MK is his connections. for make up, he has the top 10 make up artists on speed dial. so if you have nurul, sue cantik, amy janz in mind, all you have to do is state so and he'll call them in front of you and secure the booking on the spot! initially i was gonna use the same make up artist as my E-day but decided to have SC for the reception. SC hasn't even open up booking for July yet (only up to March 2010) but as MK called himself, it's already in their diary! so yeay :)
current status;* dates and locations have been confirmed
- akad 020710 ; home [
need to decided whether to do it after asar or maghrib]
- reception 030710 ; DSE
- bertandang 100710 ; bangi
* hall booked and deposit paid [need to go to food tasting at some point]
* make up for reception - SC for reception
[need to reconfirm that we're still ok with FLP (E-day make up artist) to do my make up for akad and tandang, i'm so afraid that he's going to merajuk with me since i'm not using him any longer for the outfits and reception make up. sighh better call him soon and double check in case he does merajuk and i will need to find alternatives!]
* most of our hantarans are sorted apart from the rings. we're hoping that someone goes to the UK/US as they're much cheaper there. menyesal tak beli haritu in London. MK will be doing the deco for us. as his price are top range; we're limiting the trays to 5-7 ONLY.
still LOADS to sort out!!
