Engaged!

Bah. Old news. I've been engaged ever since August 11th actually. It was a really small, private affair, nothing like most of the engagement parties nowadays (sometimes I think other people's engagement do is more grand than my nikah!). No caterers, no mini pelamins, no new outfit (can you believe that?). It was kind of a rush job as I had to get back to Kemaman after Raya and it had to be done before the bf was going back to Iraq (or so we thought he was going back to Iraq).

I've always wanted to venture into the wedding planning biz, starting off with taking orders for hantaran. Of course, no one would really dare to hire someone inexperienced to do their hantarans right? So who would be a better client but myself...

So here's my first attempt at making 3 dulang hantarans. Excuse the doilies, some were too large for the tray which hid the beauty of the Queen Annes.... yes, there were actual trays...

Sirih Junjung

Basket of fruits

And a cake. Obviously I didn't put in any effort for this. I ran out of time!

Now for some *cough* real professional work...

The Tepak Sirih

The ring

The Candies/Sweets in a jar

All the three pretty dulangs from the guy to the girl in a row...

The hantarans were done by his mom, whom to my defense had a house full of gadgets and gizmos specifically for hantaran. Whereby my work was.... go Pasar, randomly select flowers and fruits > go home realising I didn't buy enough flowers > go Floristika, randomly select flowers and leaves thinking they match the Pasar flowers > go home realising the flowers dont match and the leaves I purchased were flimsy and that I didn't have the necessary tools and whatnots to do a hantaran. But I say my so called work of art is not too bad for a first timer, working with only toothpicks and a pair of scissors. No help from glueguns, UHU glue, pins, needles, thread, flower shears, etc etc etc. Ok so maybe I did use a knife to shape the sponge. But that's about it.

So here are a couple of photos for you to appreciate my work of art. Hehehe

Because I think my flower arrangement is not too bad

Because I think my flower arrangement is not too bad Part 2

I've obviously not learnt my lesson, coz I'm still going to be doing my hantarans for nikah, yep all seven of 'em. What I did learn is I'll start earlier. Wayyy earlier. Hahah.

I would love to do more hantarans should I have the chance. So if you're thinking of saving money (I'm cheap labor!) and want to gamble your hantarans (what a way to promote right?), do drop me an email! :)