Huda & Adril

Wedding invitation card

Wallet card

1-fold 

290mm x 105mm(open)/155mm x 105mm(close)

260gsm artcard

Huda & Khai

Artwork

Actual card

Concept : Polka dots & doily 

Colour palette : pink & purple

E500 package

Doily embellished wedding invitation card

112mm x 180mm

230gsm ivory white

500pcs

Thank you tag

54mm x 90mm

260gsm artcard

1000pcs

Bunting

2' x 6'

1pc

Huda & Khai, thank you and wishing your big day will be a fun-filled and blessed with barakah, insyaAllah.

Rafidah & Rizal

Pink + doily + lace = S.W.E.E.T!

Wedding invitation card

folded 166mm x 90mm

260gsm artcard

Thank you tags

40mmm x 40mm

Congrats Fidah & Rizal! Wishing you a marriage filled with love & joy!

Sahzana & Shahrizal

One of the things I love about doily paper is it's versatility. I could do a vintage theme, modern, simple, cute or adorable theme, doily suits them all nicely. 

Credit for this cute combination goes to the bride herself. Sahzana wanted to include the two birdies on her invitation card and I willingly & happily obliged. And the same concept was applied to her bunting.

Wedding invitation card

folded 166mm x 90mm

260gsm artcard

Bunting

2' x 6'

Thank you very much. Congratulations and may the years ahead of you be filled with love and lasting joy.  

Nur Saadah & Amir Hafizi

I was browsing for ideas when I found this great recipe. 

Wedding Cake Recipe:

1/2 lb good looks 

1lb sweet temper

1lb butter of youth

1lb blindness of faults

1lb of wit

1lb good humour

2lb of sweet argument

1 pint of rippling laughter

1 wine glass of common sense

a dash of modesty

Put the love good looks and a sweet temper into a well furnished house.

Beat the butter of youth into a cream,

and mix well together with the blindness of faults.

Stir the wit and good humour into the sweet argument

then add the rippling laughter and common sense.

Work the whole thing together until everything is well mixed,

and bake gently forever.

Congratulations Nur Saadah & Amir Hafizi. 

I wish you both a world of happiness as you take your first steps together as husband and wife.

Wedding invitation

180mm x 110mm

260gsm artcard

Bunting

2' x 6'

Izwan & Farhana

Here, sharing one of my favourite love songs,

The Beatles' Real Love.

All my little plans and schemes,

Lost like some forgotten dreams.

Seems that all I really was doing

Was waitin' for you.

Just like little girls and boys,

Playing with their little toys.

Seems like all we really were doing

was waitin' for love.

Don't need to be alone,

No need to be alone.

It's real love, it's real,

Yes it's real love, it's real.

From this moment on I know,

Exactly where my life will go.

Seems that all I really was doing

was waitin' for love.

Don't need to be afraid,

No need to be afraid.

It's real love, it's real,

Yes it's real love, it's real.

Thought I'd been in love before, 

But in my heart I wanted more.

Seems like all I really was doing

Was waitin' for you.

Don't to be alone,

No need to be alone.

It's real love, it's real,

Yes it's real love....

Essential450 Package

Essential500 Package

Free A3-size signages for orders with full upgrades, with fluorescent-colour arrow stickers.

Congratulations Farhana & Izwan. Wishing you a marriage filled with love & joy!

Faiza & Farhati

All our designs are adjustable to fit into your choice of card, be it a non-folded, one-piece card or even 3-folds A4 size paper. Faiza & Farhati's invitation card was originally designed onto a one-piece, non-folded card. See the original design here.

Wedding invitation card

folded 90mm x 166mm

3' x 8'

2' x 6'

Free bunting for every 1000 pieces of invitation card.

Exclusively for our Facebook buddies.

To Farhati & Faiza, I wish you all the best for your big day. Thank you very much.

Ehsan & Farhana

Warning : Lovey-dovey posting ahead. Proceed with care.

Having too much on my plate, right now, I have less time to update this blog and even less time to write. However, there's one thing I would like to share. It's a beautiful thing, when two people fall in love with each other and committed to spend the rest of their lives together. What I love most about my 'job' is, there's so much love in the air, and I get to fall in love with my husband over & over again. We are celebrating our 7th anniversary this year. It's been seven colourful years and we are ready for many more.

Wedding invitation, front view

Full view

A4 size / Z-fold

260gsm artcard

2' x 6'  bunting

To Ehsan & Farhana, may Allah bless you with happiness, love & prosperity for the rest of your life. 

Zuhaira & Fikri

Initially Zuhaira wanted only the tags and stickers. But she was short of invitation cards so she had to order more. It was a rush order, her cards are ready within a week. Only her round tags took a bit longer than usual but I'm glad the tags met her expectation.

Zuhaira, thank you very much for your patience.

Wedding invitation card

110mm x 182mm

260gsm artcard

Thank you stickers

40mm x 40mm

260gsm artcard

Thank you (round)

40mm (diameter)

80gsm mirrokote stickers + gloss lamination

Sahrulnizam & Rosmiza

Here's another repeat design of Seri Wani & Faliq card. The bride, Rosmiza chose two contrasting colours, soft blue & light pink. While the groom, Sahrul decided on purple & gray. Hers look 'deliciously sweet', don't they?

Two sets of Essential 450 packages

Thank you Sahrul & Miza. I wish you all the best.

Haliza Hadfizah & Kapt. Safarul Izhar

I tried to write a dedication to our teachers and men & women in the armed forces but could not find the right words so I leave you with these.

Dedication I

Singer: Saloma

Song Title : Perwira

Perwira... 

Dikaulah harapan hati 

Penghibur kala sunyi 

Pergilah berbakti 

Membela pertiwi

Perwira... 

Janganlah kekanda bimbang 

Untuk pergi berjuang 

Andainya kau gugur 

Jasamu dikenang

Dengarlah lagu kucipta 

Gubahan mesra nan manja 

Sebagai ganti diri 

Bersama kau berbakti 

Untuk ibu pertiwi

Kekanda di medan perang 

Adinda di medan seni 

Sama-sama berjuang 

Sama-sama berbakti 

Semoga tabah hati

Majulah kekanda maju jangan undur 

Dinda mohon doa restu 

Rela sehidup semati bersamamu 

Perwiraku

Dedication II

Usman Awang

1979

BERBURU ke padang datar

Dapat rusa belang kaki

Berguru kepala ajar

Ibarat bunga kembang tak jadi

(dedikasi kepada Hari Guru dan guruku tercinta)

Dialah pemberi paling setia

Tiap akar ilmu miliknya

Pelita dan lampu segala

Untuk manusia sebelum jadi dewasa.

Dialah ibu dialah bapa juga sahabat

Alur kesetiaan mengalirkan nasihat

Pemimpin yang ditauliahkan segala umat

Seribu tahun katanya menjadi hikmat.

Jika hari ini seorang Perdana Menteri berkuasa

Jika hari ini seorang Raja menaiki takhta

Jika hari ini seorang Presiden sebuah negara

Jika hari ini seorang ulama yang mulia

Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara

Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka

Jika hari ini siapa sahaja menjadi dewasa;

Sejarahnya dimulakan oleh seorang guru biasa

Dengan lembut sabarnya mengajar tulis-baca.

Di mana-mana dia berdiri di muka muridnya

Di sebuah sekolah mewah di Ibu Kota

Di bangunan tua sekolah Hulu Terengganu

Dia adalah guru mewakili seribu buku;

Semakin terpencil duduknya di ceruk desa

Semakin bererti tugasnya kepada negara.

Jadilah apa pun pada akhir kehidupanmu, guruku

Budi yang diapungkan di dulangi ilmu

Panggilan keramat "cikgu" kekal terpahat

Menjadi kenangan ke akhir hayat.

What's all this dedication about?

You see, both Haliza & Kapten Safarul are from Kelantan. However, Kapten Safarul is now assigned to the border of Malaysia/Indonesia and Haliza is teaching in Tambunan, Sabah. That's a sacrifice not many of us are willing to make.

Wedding invitation card with doily paper

Folded 166mm x 91mm / 260gsm artcard

Thank you tag

90mm x 54mm / 260gsm artcard

Bunting

720dpi / 2' x 6' tarpaulin canvas

Seri Wani & Faliq

Seri & I communicated via emails. I met most of my customers only once, when they came to pick up their orders. Many managed to convey their ideas clearly through writings. Just like Laila, Seri wanted the doily but not the extra cost. So again, I used the digital image of a doily paper. 

Invitation card

90mm x 166mm

230 white ivory card

Bunting

2’ X 6’ 

High-quality water-proof tarpaulin canvas

Full colour 720dpi

2 PVC piping

"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"

This entry has got nothing to do with any yellow bikini.

But it's everything about polka dots. Saiful Amri & Ili Farhana tied the knot a month ago. They are in the midst of preparing for the 'Sambut Menantu', which will take place in the middle December.

The bride loved polka dots and the groom lovingly obliged. 

The groom wanted a clean & simple design and the bride happily agreed.

I didn't expect the actual cards would look very 'sweet & tasty'. They somehow remind me of kuih lapis, a local delicacy.

The artwork

The actual card

The title of this post is actually a title of 1960's song by Brian Hyland.

Happy D.I.Y Pelamin : Before & After

It's been almost three months but I have not done blogging about my brother’s wedding. Read earlier posts here and here. This entry will be a short one, of our very own D.I.Y pelamin. Spending thousands of RM on a pelamin would cause a serious damage to our budget. So we commissioned a local carpenter to build us a base for the pelamin and later did the decoration ourselves. 

Metres of cloth and fabric are from my mom's collection. The same chair & mini stage were used at my wedding & my sister's. We bought only three things for this pelamin. One is the glass lantern, and the other two, were bought at a shop selling bakery supplies. Any guess?

 

They are, the shining gold doily paper and the mini crown on top of the pelamin. It's made out of round gold mini cake cardboard, commonly used as base for mini cakes.

Something Old

Set merenjis

Something New

Glass lantern

Something Borrowed

Tapak pahar

Something Blue

Bunga telur

Dotty Doily - actual card

This is an invitation card for Nadia's 'Akad Nikah' so the order quantity is limited to only 200 pieces. The artwork is here. Looking at the budget, I suggested the 230gsm fine vein textured paper, not the common 260gsm art card. It provides a 'classic look & feel' to the cards. I love the colour combo. It is daring but not over the top.

230gsm fine vein paper

photo credit goes to Pn. Nadia

Dotty Doily

Ramadan is coming to its end and Aidilfitri is fast approaching. I am finalizing a few orders before going on 5-day raya break. 

This invitation is for the ceremonial 'Akad Nikah' of Nadia & Imran. Nadia ordered her cards to be designed with doily papers. I will, later, glue the doily papers manually onto the cards, like I did here and here. The background was originally in pink but later changed to gray/silver as requested by Nadia. The same design is applied to the thank you tags & banner. I think the cards look cute, don't they? 

Congrats Nadia & Imran!

The story of Ell's chandeliers.

Ell emailed me, specifically requesting a card with an English theme, with chandeliers & doily papers. She even made a not-so-simple sketch to visually explain what she had in mind. I've seen a lot of chandelier-inspired wedding card and from my point of view, they all look the same, with chandeliers hanging at the top & centre of the cards, or at the very left or right of them. But I wanted to do something a little bit different for Ell.

After much thoughts, I decided to do a background with, not just one chandelier, but a bunch of them. I did not tell this to Ell. Once I've done with the artwork, I emailed her the draft for her feedback without any justification on my design. I wanted Ell to see & judge for herself. I was thinking, if she like it, that would be nice. If not, maybe my idea is just not good enough.

A while later, came her reply, "k.durra, thx so much! i was jumping to the sky 1st time i saw it ok! :)". I thought that's more than nice. That's simply great!

And then I read her blog (please click to read). I was on cloud 9!

Ell took the RM450 package.

The above artwork are her main invitation card and thank you tag.

The banner is on hold, waiting for her pre-wed photos.

Her VIP invitation card, with thank you tag for the her Kelantan reception.

The VIP card will be printed on elegant 210gsm fine linen paper and its' finishing will be handmade.

Thank you so much Ell for your kind words.

You have my pray and may Allah grant all your wishes of a happily-ever-after-life with your darling FH.

Black, red and all that glitters.

Made these for a friend not long ago. I only helped with the packaging, using most commonly found materials which are envelopes, wrapping paper, ribbons, sugar paper, tracing paper & of course doily paper.

Doily inspired wedding decoration

It's only two more weeks before my brother's wedding reception and I am still buried deep in my doily-stamping load. A few more days and I will be done. But loving the pretty paper so much, that I have to look up for more doily inspired projects. Here are some of what I have discovered & fallen in love with, thanks to the ever-so-helpful, Mr.Google.

Table Setting

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Decorative Garland

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Wedding Favors

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Hanging Pom Pom

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Cake Decoration

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Laboriously happy

Printed on 182mm X 110mm, 230gsm ivory white card, I later embellish them with white doily paper by hand, all 1000 pieces. The doilies are so thin, they have to be delicately stamped and glued. It's quite laborious but I am extremely happy doing it.

Actual artwork here