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This song sung by Bon Jovi, “Bed Of Roses”, have stuck in my mind for quite awhile, as the chorus is pretty romantic. It goes…

“… I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails …”

How gallant! If only… Sigh!

Anyway, life is not a bed of roses and it can never be. If it is, enjoy and appreciate it to the fullest while it lasts because it will not stay for long. If it lasts, then you are definitely dead and are in heaven!

On the other hand, Daisy Waugh in her book, Bed of Roses, relates Fanny Flynn’s interesting life as the new head teacher in a village primary school in England where she has her moments of ups and downs. Our life too has its ups and downs - i.e. a bed of roses with thorns here and there.

Falling in love, being together and getting married are always heavenly. The moment the honeymoon ends, couples face reality and this is where they would need to adjust, accommodate and be sensitive to each others ways and their families… especially watch out for the mother-in-laws. Mother-in-laws are not heartless. They just need to be handled with extra care and love… that’s all. These adjustments that every couple must make can either take a while or a whole life time! Hence, have a lot of patience and tolerance for everyone in the new setup. Sadly, more so for muslim brides. (more…)

The preparation for Nazliah’s Big Day started about a week or two, soon after her engagement on the 2nd February 2008. Her theme was 1920 England and her choice of colours were lilac, peach and cream. It was pretty daunting at first, as the engagement were simply superb. (Just scroll down and look for a title “An Elegantly Simple Engagement”.) In our minds, her big day must be equally as good or even better than her engagement, with some budget constraint. Planning and designing her day was exciting, as we have always wanted to do this particular theme with a twist.

Firstly, we got her suits tailored by the same person who did her engagement suit. Secondly, we booked the makeup artists who were, fortunately, available for the dates required. Now, booking for Henna Artist who makes home visits on the other hand was a nightmare. Somehow, it seemed that these ladies planned to have their babies at the same time! They were either in their late stage of pregnancy or in confinement period. After many unfruitful phone calls to almost everyone that we know and at the brink of giving up, Nabila was our savior. She was free, not pregnant and not in confinement period for the required dates. Phew! (more…)

It is a busy time of the year for weddings … school holidays. The moment the school closes its gates and children are back into their extremely laid-back mode, the wedding season begins.

What I love most about weddings and planning for couples is their wish to materialise their intense love they have for each other before God. Their shy eyes carry meaningful private messages to each other… even across a crowded room. How very cliche… but true. One other thing which never fails is, my eyes will well up with happy tears during solemnization ceremonies. No matter how hard I try to hold back, it… just… fills up! Strange… mind over matter does not seem to work.

Anyway, reality seems to set in before the newly married couples are ready to fend them off. They come in many different forms. Lo and behold, they have to work out them out together and adjust themselves… basically a lot of give and take, patience, respect and many more.

Now, what makes a happy marriage? (more…)

Wow! It has been a while since i first wrote here… Been busy with work and classes and all.. YES… i know that should not be the reason for not writing :(  We will try our very best to keep a constant report here so that we can share our thoughts, our works and knowledge on particularly the subject of WEDDING as often as possible kay…
Anyway… just an update, we have a few events lined up for year 2008. I guess after all the waiting, after all the client go-sees and all the hardwork it finally paid off. But not to get us off the hook that easily though, we still have lots of hardworking to do, to prove that we are worth-it down to every single penny spent! Hahaha…

Hence, we shall keep you guys posted on the upcoming events.. the 1st being a Punjabi’s Sangeet Event that we will be managing on 24th January 2008. What is “Sangeet” you asked… Hmm..thats something you should see for yourself to understand. Therefore, keep us in view for pictures and stories of the event… :) 

Each couple is unique in their own ways and we try to reflect this uniqueness in their events. One of our clients loved the number seven and the colour green. When one mentions the number seven, many of us would imagine seven individual items grouped together. Nothing more. The Wikipedia in their website, http://en.wikipedia.org, gives a generous and detailed explanation on the number seven. The number seven on the other hand, was aptly reflected during our client’s wedding day. They were in “seventh heaven” that day!

We toyed with several ideas based on this number and finally came out with a theme suitable for their wedding events, both for Akad Nikah and Wedding Receptions. It was based on Edmund Spenser’s allegory, Faerie Queene. What has this allegorical work got to do with the number seven? Ah… that’s another story of its own. Anyway, the theme was a magical fairy land with number seven in prominence - we even had ladybirds on trees. Did you know that ladybirds have 7 spots?
THE IDEA/THEME

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Often I have been asked, why do we need wedding planners? Why must we spend more money when we can do it ourselves? Why do I need to waste my money? Why should we let other people meddle with our family event? Why is it necessary to do so? Why, why, why and why? I’ve heard so many whys so many concerns and so many explanations given by different people in the industry.

But to me, I think the answer to above is only one.. it is not because you have more money to spend, not because you cant do it yourself, not because you want to waste money, not because you need other people to make sure your family is under control and surely not because you want to show off to people that you have the capability to hire a planner. Nope none of the above… but the one and only reason why people need to hire a wedding planner is simply because of ..TIME..

In this modern age where everybody is having a busy daily schedule, to plan for a perfect wedding, to get everybody organize, to make sure that everything falls into place on the wedding day without missing out on anything at all by yourself and most importantly to ENJOY the big day without any worries at the back of your head is almost impossible.

Yes you would be able to do it.. No denying in that.. but you can’t run away with thinking of all the details and worrying if anything goes wrong when you are at the altar.. That, I personally know is not a nice feeling to have on your wedding day. Especially on that particular life changing moment that happens just once and just for that few seconds in your life..

Will it be worth it the few RM saved with having the thoughts of whether the wedding cake is ready or is there enough food for your guests, during your walk down to the altar? Wouldn’t it be nicer and more meaningful if you channel all your energy and feelings towards being a husband/wife during those few magical moments and think of all the wonderful things in life waiting for you in your future together? Gazing at each others eyes and loving every moment that’s passing by you at that particular moment… instead of thinking of the horrible things that might happen during the wedding?

For all these reasons and all the above is why you need a wedding planner. Simply because of the limited time you have and the feeling you would remember for the rest of your life during that few most important and life changing moments in your life…Moments you will cherish, moments you will savor and moments you want to remember..

Shouldn’t it be better if the TIME you have use it wisely and enjoy the whole wedding process so that there will only be good and wonderful memories instead of blank thoughts of it.. because the planning itself has consumed you?