Engagement Day (Majlis Pertunangan) : Captured Moments

The Table Setting

The Dessert Corner

Dolled up by Ezral Nordin

With my Dulang girls <3

My engagement planner, my mama!

The mini pelamin was done by Ari Wedding Couture 

Soothing traditional flute 'Gurindam Jiwa' by Faridzul

The Royal Babies

I always think that Tuanku Zara Davidson is a demure and of course very beautiful not pretentious icon princess in Malaysia.

I have been wanting to see the royal couple's prince Raja Azlan Muzzafar Shah together with the princess Raja Nazira Safya's photograph but to no avail previously. I just came across the photographs which I've found on google.

So cute!

Just like mommy and daddy. Beautiful children.

Daulat Tuanku!

Source: Google

Engagement Review: Ladies and Men of Honor's Diary

Me, my girls, my mom and the gentlemen had our rehearsals and briefing session prior to the engagement day so that we know the cue from where and when should the girls come down, and when the men of honor should come in according to the song that I have chosen.

Briefing session! Huhu

The best planner on earth, my mommah! Look! She was so semangat

The dulang boys (men of honor! ;) )

Basically I have chosen this song for the dulang boys while they came in to put the gift trays from the man's side and while my dulang girls came down from the stairs to bring down the tray gifts from my side. The reason why I have chosen this song was because I wanted to keep the Malay traditional mood and element in it. Like the saying from our older generations 'Biar mati anak, jangan mati adat' (Better the children die than the tradition) although I'm a bit reluctant to agree on the 'Biar mati anak' part. How can you let your children die!? ;p

Song: Irama Melayu Damak
Source: YouTube

And my mom and I had agreed on this design for the ladies of honor to wear.

Design: Kurung Pahang 

Materials: Songket and Satin

Colour: Kuning lemak ketam (very close to light yellow)

Selendang (Scarf) material: Off white chiffon with some beadings

All the materials for the outfit were purchased in Kelantan. They have so many patterns and colours for the songket with reasonable prices. Kelantan is famous for its songket too.

Both of the drawings were by my mom as well. I love the cutting of Kurung Pahang for this event and chiffon scarf to achieve the sweet and decent Malay young girls look while carrying the gift trays. 

The girls 

As for the men of honor's outfit, Saiful has decided on a cream colour fabric with co-ordinated songkets for the dulang boys' baju melayu. The fabric for baju melayu and songket were purchased in Kelantan as well.

All in complete baju melayu. Very handsome kan? Hi hi

To all my ladies of honor and Saiful's men of honor, thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for being part of our memorable event. It was a great pleasure to have you guys to be involved during our day.
This video is special dedicated from me to you as our appreciation. Love you guys big time, like only God knows! You know who you are ;)

Song: This Will Be by Natalie Cole

Video by: Yours truly, me. 

xoxo

Engagement Review: The Dress

It feels like only yesterday we were planning on what kind of fabric to wear for the engagement, choosing the right colour schemes, the hantaran (gifts) for both sides, the pelamin (dais) it was a hectic but yet very lovely experience. Being such a 'detail-oriented' (according to my mom, but hello look who's talking! Ha ha) bride-to-be, I must say it was not that easy. All I know is I really wanted it to be in real dusty pink, for the love of lace therefore it must be in full french lace added with same tone colour for the chiffon at the wrist part of the dress and intricate beadings with dangling clear crystals and small pearls on it. Alhamdulillah, thank God it turned out like how I wanted it to be.

The special part of this dress is because it was entirely designed by my mom (passion draws the architect.She has so much interest in drawing!) and I was very proud to wear her own design on my engagement day. Thank you mom! *big squishy hug*

Will do a further review on my dulang girls also known as my ladies of honor and Saiful's dulang boys aka men of honor's outfits in the next post. ;)