DIY continues... *^.^* yes! yes! This time is my Wedding Doorgifts/Favours - Cute Wooden Clips package with Hand-tied Chinese Knots!!

Before me and Chenseng made the final decision(from a list of ideas/doorgifts that we can think of) on these wooden clips... we were so into this TOWEL CAKE thing as our doorgifts *^.^* It's very cute, pretty and very popular in Taiwan~! Here's some samples we research from the net:

So CUTE and PRETTY, rite? *^.^* So many design and patterns and ways to diy this towel cake. We SO want to diy it for our guest of honour.... BUT *yes... here comes the problem =( After we went and ask around the price of different kinds of towel or handkerchief - from shopping mall, supermarket, towel suppler to pasar malam stall ALSO we ask for the price....hum... over budget =( Even they willing to sell in bulks, still one towel/handky is more than RM1. Say we need 400-500 piece for my guests (for my Seremban and KL side reception in total) that would be >RM400!! These havn't include the small cherry or replace with ribbons or small flowers, the cupcake cover, plastic to package them...WOW!! And when we went sourcing for the small cherry (or the green apples in the sample picture) They are NOT CHEAP~!! RM0.80 at least! =''(

Our 'very nice' ideas were vanish when it come to budget *kaching $$$ So, alternatives - was those small CRYSTAL ornaments. We went ask AROUND (u name it from almost all the warehouses or shops at Petaling Street) we ask one-by-one that weekend morning till night *So dusty and tired after that =o( Another failure...oevr budget and source not up to our requirement.

Chenseng's auntie suggest we give out ChopSticks. Hum... is quite common and can easily source and is cheap too! If we can get it from China is EVEN cheaper!! But Chenseng said is too common and almost every wedding we went is giving out chopsticks. Here's some sample I found from the net also: different design on how to pack the chinese chopsticks.

Well...since Chenseng dun like this idea so much... we continue search HARDER! Where ever we go shopping or walking through shops, our eyes open 'big-big' (hihihi...)

SO! On the 26 Oct08, Sunday (I forget what public holiday iziit) Me, Chenseng and mommy daddy went to Melaka to collect our DragonFruit RedWine *^.^* Here, I want to say a SUPER BIG THANKYOU to my best friend - Ms Tan Pei Fung and her mother-in-law Julia for selling me the very delicious DragonFruit RedWine for my wedding dinner. It's so delicious and tasty that most of my friends and family who tasted it wanna buy it...But, too bad, according to Julia, the supplier of the dragonfruit redwine is not producing it anymore and is doin aloevera business now =( SOOoooo sayang-neh =( Maybe is the production cost is high and one bottle is RM55-60...so is not cheap! BUT!! I still feel very greatful and thankful from the help from PeiFung and Julia - THANKYOU *^.^*!!

Yes! After collected our redwine, we decided to tour around Melaka. Such a big change in Melaka Town! There's the Pahlawan Shopping Mall, the Menara Taming Sari Melaka (YES! All four of us q-up and went up the ride to view the very beautiful Melaka town 360 degree SKY HIGH!! Just like a tourist *^.^*) After dinner at Johny's Steamboat in Pahlawan Shopping Mall, we went to the Jonker's Street's Pasar Malam~!! So MANY Peopleeee~!!

NOW! My wedding doorgift story continue: Yup! I found my cute wooden clip as my wedding doorgift THERE! at Melaka's Jonker's Street *^.^* A shop named ARNAZO that sells alot of local made/china made crafts, ornaments, cute-cute stuffs and gifts. Like I said earlier, where ever me and chenseng go and see, we will alwys remind ourselves - DOORGIFT..doorgift...doorgift... .... Chenseng found these cute little wooden clips and show me. I asked him what to do with it? The owner of the shop was very nice... He answered me: Can be bookmark, can clip memo, can clip greeting cards or even back to its orginal function - clip cloths (hihihi...) Well, the usage is not the main attraction to me...is those cute little animal pattern that caught my eyes !*^.^*! They are so colourful, small so easy to carry and easy to package them. So after talking to the owner of the shop - Mr Chai a.k.a Ah Pau, he is willing to give me wholesale price~!!! WOW!! reason why was we told him is for our wedding doorgifts as an appreciation to our honoured guest. He sense our good-heart so he also being a good-heart, he promise to give me the cheaper price. Me and Chenseng was soooooo happy!! I immediately ask him the detail on how he will mail me the products and payment method. Internet is amazing! HA! So, it a DEAL !!*^.^*!! Here's some pictures of the very cute and colourful wooden clips:
After I unpacked the wooden clips from the courier package, I separate the wooden clips and the slightly bigger memo clips and put them nicely, count them and ready to DIY package them.

We got our clear plastic packaging from Jalan Kenanga, Hang Tuah - Panma Worldwide Enterprise, specialist in plastic bags. I brought one sample of wooden clip so I can find the suitable platic bag saiz. The owner Mdm Tan was so friendly *^.^* She chitchat with us, recommand us so many different kinds of plastic packets, so that our wedding doorgifts looks nice! *so thoughtful*^.^*. She even taught us how to differentiate the quality of plastic bag. After all the chitchat, we decide on a rectangular size plastic packet so our wooden clip can fit nicely inside and seal it with my hand-tied chinese knot.

Here... Oscar moment again: I want to THANK my Beloved collegues - Serean Lau Siaw Woon and Chew Bee Bee *^.^*v*^.^* To BeeBee: Thankyou! You are willing to learn how to tie the chinese knot and helped me tied almost more than hundred knots and package them*^.^* To Serean Lau: Thankyou! You are so productive by package more than 30 wooden clips with the chinese knots WITHIN ONE NIGHT~!! WOW!! THANKYOU, my friends **^.^** Here's PART of the 500 chinese knots me, mommy and beebee did:

Weeks... Days... Hours... Minutes... Seconds... of our hardworking hand-tied chinese knotssss

Some close-up shoots of the BLUE and RED hand-tied Chinese Knots... Looks simple but SERIOUSLY need technique and skills and time to made these knot~~ Then tie them to sealed/secure the wooden clips inside the plastic packet we bought.

SO! This is my doorgifts' story.

A sneak preview on how I did my wedding doorgifts/favours:

My face stress-nya~!!
I was busy diy-ing our wedding doorgifts *stress while Chenseng (in the background) watching TV!!
- candid recorded by Alex (Kathy's brother) -

Yes, YES! My dear friends and family, we are in THE magazine~!! FEMALE BRIDES MALAYSIA!! *We are so excited and happy *^.^*

Here are some preview from the magazine. Go to page 168, you'll find all 3 Brizillas' Blogs... Grace&Alex, Kathy&Steven and Sue&Justin

Go grab a copy of Female Brides Malaysia Dec 2008 Now! Or read more from here (just a click away *^.^*!) *PDF link will update soon

Here's MORE pictures of me and Chenseng Behind the Scenes... fooling around in the photo studio (coz the stylist want us to 'act' instead of pose-pose like taking pre-wedding pictures. She want Chenseng to hold the laptop (away from me) and I have to manja-manja pujuk him, so he can let me blog!! *Well...to tell you the truth, before I got my Apple Laptop, me and Chenseng used to take turns to use his Toshiba laptop...=( so susah u know!! hum....Coz when I suddently got my inspirations and the semangat to blog, he is doing his work =(... So I have to wait till he finish his work only my turn to use. Sometimes he'll get soft hearted and pity me coz I have to use pen to wrtie down on paper... *like wirtting English essay! So he'll stop his work for awhile to catch some breath THEN! I'll type type typee typeee... blog blog blog... untill he fall asleep already *muahahaha =P BUT now, NO MORE *^.^* I can blog and type and edit WHENEVER I can~~*hihihi Thanks to him *^.^*

So! Here's some funny pictures (or more like failure pictures of our behind the scenes) during our photoshoots at BluInc Studio:

*hahaha...Look at our expressions... so funny^.^
It was ALOT of FUN doing all the shoots!

Thanks to FEMALE BRIDES M'SIA, WanLee, Shirlee and AlvinLiew *^.^*

5 Jan 09, 14:31

mom: Dear Chen Seng &Yi Yi by watching the reception slides, everyone can feel & should share your love & happiness. You`re the most sporty & happiest groom & bride I ever saw. Great ! Great!

5 Jan 09, 14:39mom: Life,too,should be happy like this. Always remember to love & respect each other Be brave &happy to face hardship while travelling life long journey. Good Luck & Love.

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Dear Mommy and Daddy,

I was SUPER happy on my wedding day that morning... so happy that I didn't even have any worries in my mind.

Looking me myself 'transform' into a beautiful bride infront of the mirror... I was so excited and happy *^.^* I always have confident... and that confident was taught by you and daddy since we (me and ahLit) was a small kid. Confident, humble, patien, optimistic, hardworking...I can name ALL the moral values here and I can say proudly, you and daddy taugh me well... very well indeed!

Friends, families, collegues and other people around me, who had praise/compliment about my good attitude, I thank them very much. But deep in my heart, I always THANK to you – Mommy and Daddy! You both have pass All your good values to me: being an artistic person, being able to do and think DIY-ly, so proud to be a lefthanded (like daddy ^.^), likes teaching, am a patien person, always think of others first, etc... I will continue learn and practise all this everyday.

I always tell my friends: If I have half my mom's talents arr... that will be so great! She knew almost every bit of EVERYthing!! Then I told Chenseng: If you can be half like my dad arr... that will be SUPER great!! *hahaahah.... (Chenseng is sweating o.O||...But I BELIEVE in him... He Will Be A Better Man~~!!)

Mommy and Daddy, although I don't really tell or show directly how much I miss and love u... I ALWAYS DO~!! A simple example: Every weekend, when me and Chenseng teach our children art class... All the moments from the past like: preparing for art competitions then waiting for result then won, calligraphy contest then won, piano lessons then exam with flying result, singing lessons then exam, swimming , badminton for fun and healthy, playground, flying kite, bicycle.... All my childhood moments with you and daddy came across my mind. And ALL THAT memories will motivate me to become a better person in real life (and also triggers my creativities during the art class...hihih*^,^*)

I dunno how much I can keep goin, coz there are TOO MANY feelings and emotions I wanna write about and share with you... but I for this moment, me - Kathy Foo Hui Yi, at the age of 28 this year 2009 would like to tell the world:

Thank You, Mommy - Mdm Chong Fong yen!
Thank You, Daddy - Mr Foo Yong Chek!
WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!

I wish both mommy and daddy:
As loving as forever
Smile more and
Stay Healthy Forever!!!

Me and Chenseng will try our BEST to be a better husband and wife~!! Thankyou.

Finally is out~!!

Me n Chenseng were interviewed by Female Brides few months back and now is out *^.^*
More "Behind The Scenes" coming up...!!

Dear Friends,
Now our BIG day had past happily and smoothly *^.^* MORE friends are getting maried THIS 2009 year!! I'm so HAPPY for them~!!

I am SO HONOURED to be able to share my experiences and knowledge to you, my friends about ur wedding preparations:

To ChengKiat and HuahSze, Keep me in the loop of your pre-wedding photoshoots yah! I will do my best to help on the styling/poses and 'negociation' part *^.^*

To WanLee, Dun worry so much about ur wedding gown... I will try my best and help you look for the ONE wedding dress you will fall-in-love to...*hihihi...DIYDIYDIY

To Daphne aka baby, How r you now? How's your ROM? Tell me the storiess *^.^*excited neh!!

To Penny and Charles, How's your honeymoon at Australia?! I wanna know!!! *kepoh-kepoh

To All many many Brides-to-be, Feel free to email and ask me question...see whether I can do some help *^.^*!!

To All Bride-To-Be that been asking me questions/opinions/suggestions,
HOW ARE YOU ALL DOIN!? **^.^** Update me if I can still do any help lor~~

Wish: ALL THE BEST and THE BEST goes to you guys *^.^*!