wedding progress: june

By 7/09/2011 , , ,


Aaaahh, too good to be true. In less than a week, I’ve managed to select few wedding vendors.  Yup, 3 weeks ago during my short break to Indonesia, I started the vendor surveys with my mother. We called and compared one vendor to another, asked for their latest price list. Wedding venue has been chosen in Balai Sudirman without any doubt, thank God. Later on, both mother and I explored Tebet area as there are many vendors located around there.

Sanggar Liza in Asem Baris was the first place we visited. I wanted to go there badly because they provide one stop service for make up, hair do, costume rental, and wedding ceremonial services in Sundanese. If I can save more time by getting all the services under one umbrella, why not? They offered us wide variety of wedding packages, starts from ‘pengajian’, ‘siraman’, ‘akad nikah dan resepsi’. A bit pricey, but still acceptable. Decided to take ‘akad nikah dan resepsi’ package in one day, and get ibu Liza as the make up artist. Done!

Next stop is Djoko Sasongko, still around Tebet. We’re welcomed by his assistant and discussed about the price etc. I was a bit shocked that we have to pay that much in order to get designer’s wedding kebaya. I never have any designer’s piece in my wardrobe, so my dismay was acceptable haha. After we left Djoko Sasongko with empty hands, I called Yasra Studio and Berkat Kebaya, asked for initial price. Unfortunately, these were ended up without getting any satisfying answers.

We only visited 2 vendors yet really tired. Jakarta's neverending summer always treats me 'so well'. Thus, we went to Starbucks at TIS square for a cup of iced latte. Me and my mom begun to realize that we’ve to deal with many things for the wedding, hufffff. That’s the consequence for not hiring wedding organizer, and I’ve no regret on it (hopefully). I was updating the survey findings on my macbook and, as usual, checking my facebook account. Myrna Myura, a young prominent fashion designer I’ve been added on facebook was currently on the news feed, uploading her latest creation of kebaya. Without thinking any further, I sent her a message asking for availability and price. Receiving her acceptance and ‘too-good-to-be-true’ price list were truly a joy. I believe she will be able to design kebaya that I’ve been dreamed of.  Yayness!

So, here comes the latest update of my wedding vendors:

- Venue: Panti Prajurit, Balai Sudirman
- Make up and Hair do (akad & resepsi): Sanggar Liza
- Kebaya (akad & resepsi): Myrna Myura
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The rests are hopefully to be completed after I finish my master study  by end of this year. Can’t hardly wait! : ) 

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Hi, my name is Thane, a Jakarta dweller, design enthusiast, cooking lover, traveler and DIY mommy.

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4 comments

  1. thejourneyofasillygirlJuly 11, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    Oh, yes dear.. There'll be bunch of wedding thingies to be settled and *uhuk* argued about ;D
    When is your D-day? I guess it'd be hard to arrange your wed while you're abroad, but goodluck anyway!
    Tos dulu samaan pake Myrna :D

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  2. ThaneJuly 11, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    lol, penentuan tanggal aja udah bikin kepala dan hati nyut2an apalagi proses selanjutnya ya, haha. insya allah mid 2012, hopefully i still got enough time. yang penting udah mesen venue dan tentunya udah janjian myrna, jadi tenang deh. ;) *tos

    kamu kapan ketemuan perdana sama myrna?

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  3. thejourneyofasillygirlJuly 12, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    aku ketemu myrna januari kemaren kayanya. dari desember udah nge-take, takut gak kebagian, hihiii ;D

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  4. ThaneJuly 12, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    hihi, strategi kita sama. x)

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