REAL WEDDING: Asmaziah & Adam Cheng, 6th October 2013

Wedding Theme: Romantic in Pink

Venue: Dewan Majlis Daerah Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan

Wedding Decorator: Arjuna Cipta

Wedding Stationery & Signages : Parfait Prints

Caterer: Rohani Event Catering, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Photographer: Shutterspeak Studio

Videographer: Hora Horey Videography

Wedding Favors/ Door gifts: Sticky Candy Malaysia, Pink Oven Cakes

Wedding Cake: Pink Oven Cakes
Wedding Outfit : Azura Couture
Make-up Artist: Saidatul Nisa

The Story

Asmaziah (or As to me) works in Brunei and Cheng (Adam) works in Houston, USA and the wedding celebration was to be held in Kuala Klawang, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan; the hometown of the bride. Since her parents are elderly and her siblings are also working 9-5, there is no one who could assist As in the planning stage which she then sought the services of PDP seven months lead time prior to event. With only 4 meetings with As, the almost daily "Whatsapp" chats and countless emails, PDP planned & coordinated her special day with everything that she wanted.

Local Caterer (Rohani Event Catering) was based in Seremban which is in the same state of Negeri Sembilan whilst the rest of the suppliers came from Kuala Lumpur. Decor requirement from As was she wanted the Solemnization Dais (held at Hotel Sri Klawang, Jelebu) to be a fusion of Oriental and Romantic theme so that it does not look awkward for the Tea Ceremony - a case of 2 in 1 decor without having 2 stages for each ceremony. Artificial Cherry Blossom branches (it is not the season for cherry blossom in October!) at the backdrop of the dais and surrounded by Phalaenopsis Orchids in oriental pots, flanked by the Hantaran gifts on the sides of the stage created a stunning but clean-look to the ceremonies.

The Solemnization & Chinese Tea Ceremony

Solemnization Table

Fusion of Chinese & English decor

Loved the detailing of flowers and 

Hand-painted Signage by Parfait Prints

Wedding Reception Luncheon

The Details

The only available venue in Kuala Klawang was the Dewan Besar Majlis Daerah Jelebu which As requested the walls to be draped to reduce the colour yellow in the hall. It can comfortable sit 500 guests but since we had buffet service, we had to knock off about 8 tables in order to create space for the buffet line. The hall has air-condition so it was quite comfortable for the guests (we live in the tropics!). Again, As does not like a cluttered Grand Dais, suffice with simple lines of flowing fabrics in her favourite colour - you guessed it, PINK! Abundance if not overflowing with flowers, Arjuna Cipta created a focal point of warm silver frames that even looked 3 dimensional in photos. Wedding Favors or Door gifts were personalised Sticky Candies for the younger generation and fondant sugar cookies by Maji from Pink Oven Cakes for the elderly. We placed personalised stickers on all door gifts. Photobooth with a simple backdrop for guests to take a Polaroid photo and place it in the guest book along with wishes for the groom and bride who will be moving to Houston soon to join her husband. As and I called it the Insta Guest Book. 

Photo by Anis Nordin

A mixture of hydrangeas, roses, stargazer lilies in pink & ornamental cabbage

Insta Guest Book

Sticky Candies - Photo by PDP

Fondant Sugar Cookies by Pink Oven Cakes

Signages by Parfait Prints

Adorable!

I am already missing my daily chats with As now... 

All photos are courtesy of Shutterspeak Studio with permission from the bride unless stated otherwise.

REAL WEDDING: Melissa & Amin, 25th May 2013

Pn. Zai wanted all white & green theme in the beginning. Green to be as natural as possible and as close to the forest green that was surrounding their home in Taman Malawati, Kuala Lumpur. As we get to a month prior, client added black trimmings to the colour scheme to break the monotonous.

The challenge this time was not so much the decor part as I had every confidence with Arjuna Cipta being able to deliver what the client wanted but the placement of the canopy. As the bridal residence was an intermediate one, and the garden/patio is at the back of the house which was on the 2nd level of the house... confused yet? Yes, it was a bit confusing to the canopy supplier to erect the canopy as well as for the caterer to set up the buffet line. Since the only way in and out was through the front door, the canopy supplies were carried from ground floor to the garden on the 2nd level. There were heart stopping moments for me as I watched the those boys climbed the long ladder on the steep wall, propped up from their lorry. The Big Onion Caterer staff came a day earlier to set up the buffet line and store their supplies at the lower level as the space available was not enough to accommodate their tools and set up 'base' for storage. With guests arriving at 9.45am and ceremony was scheduled to start at 10.30am, it was imperative that the set up was done a day prior and that food delivery was to arrive at 8.30 am on event day. 

Arjuna Cipta did a good job once again and client was extremely happy with the Main Entrance decor which was unplanned and was a last minute decision by me and agreed by client & decorator. Since we didn't have any canopy (an indication of a wedding in most cases) up front, the decor at the gate was the best idea we had. I was praying hard that the wild monkeys who resides in the jungle opposite the house didn't find the flowers too tempting and my prayers were answered. The flowers were still intact when I arrived at 7.30am on event day and most guests used the floral decor there as indicator to the event Although, a few of the monkeys was kind of curious about the goings on during the arrival of the groom where a couple of them were watching directly across the main entrance which made yours truly rather nervous... Nevertheless, all went well, alhamdulillah and what's important was the client was very happy with our services plus the family was very helpful and accommodating to us. Thanks, Kak Zai!

Main Entrance Decor

Menu selection from Big Onion Caterer

Stay tuned for our 8th of June wedding where the theme is Tuscan Romance.

REAL WEDDING: Shafini & Harriz, 14 & 16.2.13

Simple. That word alone describes what Shafini likes and how she'd would like her wedding to be. Lots of fabrics, ribbons and sheers for the decor. Peach was the selected choice with a bit of pastel florals to complement. 

Watercolour motif for the wedding stationery which PDP then incorporated it with the wedding favors thank you tag and LCD image at Setia City Convention Center. All photos were taken by PDP unless stated otherwise.

Ombre ribbons backdrop for Mini Pelamin

Main Table set-up and decor at Bride's residence

Photograph by mohdming.com

Ombre floral for the Main Table

Main Entrance

Wedding Invitation Set

Since it was a Buffet service, we distributed the Praline Favors when guests have registered

Wedding Favors with Thank You Tag

With Bride & Groom

Wedding Planning & Event Day Coordination: Perfect Day Planner
Conceptual Event design : Perfect Day Planner
Wedding Decorator : Arjuna Cipta
Official Wedding Photographer : Mohd Ming of Mukhriz & Udey Photography
Official Wedding Videographer : LHmediatv
Wedding Invitation & Stationery : Parfait Prints
Live Band Entertainment : Bonjoza Acoustics
Venue : Setia City Convention Centre

REAL WEDDING: Aniah & Addaem, 27.1.2013

Dr. Aniah Azmi is such a sweet and lovely bride. She wanted her event to be simple but at the same time it has to be warm and inviting.

The theme colours in Tiffany Blue and Fuschia Pink for the fabrics and we used pastel colours for the flowers. Using Umbrella sets instead of Arabian Canopy, it looked so casual and created a 'tea party' atmosphere rather than the conventional wedding 'look'.

Please pardon the picture quality as it was taken with an iPad as I had forgotten to bring my camera along!

Bride & Groom with the Bride's parents and our little team