Arts and crafts weekend

Nasi lemak & ayam goreng kampung breakfast @ mom's on Sunday

No... the nasi lemak wasn't part of the arts and crafts project I embarked on during the weekend, but it did provide the fuel my body needed to perform the multiple tasks!! :o)

I mentioned here before that my niece is getting married next month. We expect it to be a 3S wedding - Sweet, Simple & Superb wedding at home. A wedding to celebrate the union of man and woman, witnessed by family and friends. Nothing extravagant or lavishly spent kenduri kawin kat dewan besar kat hotel.

And so, most of the kerja kawin will be shouldered by family. Food, dulang hantaran, bilik pengantin, bunga telor semua buat sendiri, insya-Allah.

Weddings mesti ada flower girls, kan? And since my two girls termasuk dalam kategori umur budak perempuan yang sesuai untuk jadi flower girls, maka mereka pun termasuk dalam senarai pilihan with four others :o)

If your girl ever became a flower girl, you'd know that mak flower girl pun ada tugas-tugas khas, kan? i.e merias flower girl. So, I took up the job of making the headgear for these flower girls. Cita-cita besar -- nak buat sendiri!! So, off we went to SSF to get the ribbons, flowers, electric hot glue gun and plain velvet covered headbands from Semua House on Saturday afternoon. Nak buat sendiri sebab I told my niece -- ni kalau beli kat Party Princess pun mesti RM29.90... we can save some dough making it ourselves... (konon)

So, after Maghrib on Saturday until 11.30pm I stayed put on the floor making all six headgears. Took me almost four long hours to complete the job!! Sakit pinggang woiiii!! Patutlah Party Princess jual RM29.90!! haha

Next -- baju flower girls. My niece wanted the girls to wear baju kurung and I agreed as it was a more practical attire that can be re-used after the wedding. The last time they became flower girls at my cousin's wedding, my aunt tailor-made white dresses (which weren't exactly cheap) for them. Sadly, they only used it once. Sayang...

My niece tailor-made plain pink baju kurung for each girl and tugas mak flower girl is to do the beading on the neck. I cheated by getting beaded lace which I jahit tampal on the baju. But I tell you, even though it was merely jahit tampal, I had to re-jahit the beads on the lace on the baju as they were already slightly loose... takut nanti bila pakai the labuci and little pearls tercabut pulak!! And since I am such an amateur at this, I spent another three hours on my girls' baju!! phewhh...

Satu lagi bab -- wedding cake. During a family meeting to bahagi-bahagi tugas sometime last year, I volunteered to take care of the wedding cake. Of course, I wasn't going to make it myself. My sugar-highness & cake wizard Wiz was on my mind when I voluntereed. But nooo... my niece said let's have fun (?!??) and make it ourselves. Oh... ok!! haha... she said I could just do my simple cuppies and the simple swirls and she'd be happy (iye ke??) Anyways, I think we'll do a mini cake for the top tier and cupcakes on the second and third.

Sooo... that's what we're going to attempt to do. FYI, my niece is quite an excellent baker herself... she loves experimenting in the kitchen and her brownies and chicken pie are to die for!!

But we have a problem - we'd need a wedding cake tier. I tengok Wiz punya lawa je... and the plan was to rent from her. But my sugar-highness' cake tier - the one I want to rent dah worn out and Wiz kindly gave me tips to make one myself. Thanks, Wiz!!

Above is the end product - I wonder how the champagne glasses are going to stay put (perhaps use industrial-strength double-sided tape?)

Ah well, we have approximately four more weeks to figure that out!!