The Engagement Day of Shilla J Lee

Sometime in October, a young lady came to us for her engagement was really soon. Some 8 items of Hantaran from her to her soon-to-be fiance' to be decorated. Here's 4 out of 8 items we did for her:-




For her Majls Bertunang, we prepared for her, this :-

Wedding of Ane Japar

Ane Japar before her make up. Majlis Persandingan falls on December 7th,2008 at her sister's house in STKRJ Kg Mumong, Kuala Belait, Yani came all the way from Bandar house, while Mas was there as early as 7am! Preparing stuffs. Two different occasions on the same day. Majlis Berbedak/Zikir and Majlis Persandingan. Not new to us. Yet we have to be there 2 hours early. Ane Japar ready for her Majlis Berbedak/ Berzikir.Ane Japar getting last touch up by Yani and Mas. Mas took care of all the brides tudong, veil and tiara, while Yani do their make up. She looks stunning. She took her magazine and showed us how she wished to look like on her big day .. and voila! She loves it and that what matters to us.

Garden Theme - Norita

Our presentations for Norita on her big day. The walkway and her nikah cushion was purposely set up for this picture taken only. We named this as Pelamin Nilam.

Beautiful & Wonderful

Miss Norita Bte Hashim. The hidden beauty.

The mother of the bride. We gave her a touch up on top of her natural beauty. Like mother like daughter, huh?

Mas, the iron lady. Thanks for all her help and hard work.

Norita di majlis malam berbedak.

The bride of Mr Hj Ghazali. Miss Norita Hashim. Beautiful even without her make up. This is her during her nikah. The latest fashion in town, the silver Tiara headband.

Pelamin Abadi for Hj Ghazali

Another design for Pelamin Abadi. You can check from older posts, a pelamin we rent to a guy from Sg Teraban. This time, also another guy, chose these rich colours for his big day.

Make up from AYBG, Photo by Ichinose

Traditional Brunei and Majlis Sanding

Our model for the day :- Syazlie

Ami & Yani Raya 2008 Family Photo

From left to right,
Muhd Qayyum Mukminin, Nur Qumaira Khalida, Yani ( Muhd Adam Issac - on her lap) and Ami.

Raya this year was not the same without Abg Shafique. He's having his Form 5 exam. He cant make it here, not even for a day or two. We just hope he can make it next year and so. Bapa is so missing him. Hopefully Shafique will succeed in his exam. We still dont know where he wants to continue his studies. Wherever it's going to be, we really hope that its still within easy reach ie; Singapore, KL??

More on Ami-Yani's family can be viewed at their own family blog.

Nazura and Medy's wedding dais

AS promised, the pelamin we created for Nazura and Medy. We called this Pelamin Alai Nilam. Its actually the baby of Pelamin Nilam Sari.

We have the new package now released. But as usual, the brides and the grooms can create their own package while we work on their allocated budget.

We are now busy preparing for November weddings. Loads of teachers are getting hooked. New designs of pelamins and new songkets are being prepared. We'll update soon.

What's new at Ami-Yani?

Its been a while since we updated this blog. Business were slow during the fasting month. We managed to do some other stuffs, like the sales of Jubah, bedsheets from Turki, korean crystal brooches and more.

A week after raya, we had one wedding. Nazura and Medy. A note from the newly weds :-

*** Thank you for the Wedding outfits, Pelamin and everything including the effort. The ceremony looks flawless... Most appreciated. ***

Sorry, no picture of them. Only their pelamin. But we cant attach the picture here, yet. Maybe later.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, Maaf Zahir Batin from management of Ami-Yani Bridal Gallery & Dressmakin.

Yani's big day today!

No, its not her wedding day. But its her BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy birthday, lady boss! We heard she was really thrilled after receiving loads and loads of birthday wishes from all over the places.

Her hp, office MSN, emails was busy the whole day. Receiving and replying. Our big boss sent her a bouquet of roses, pink roses plus 3 red ones.

Wats more, when her officemates made a surprise for her! Just rite after their meeting, they came in with a cake and loud songs (mcm kindergarten kids!!). We managed to get this picture.

Happy Birthday to you. May Allah blessed you always. All your dreams come true. And prosperity all year round.

The Bridal Gallery

We are proud to present, The Zirconian. Beautiful american diamond. Recently worn by Azimah Raub last sunday 10.08.08. Complimentary from AYBG for her sister's recent support. She looked stunning, doesnt she? However, she did not wear the Tiara. Only the necklace and the bracelet.

While nono, picture right below,(diney, i got her pic from u, sorry!) worn the entire set on her wedding day. Her make up was done by an indonesian make up artist.

Nono's pelamin by us.

Another from us, for a groom at Sg Teraban, Syamsul Kaderi.

AYBG Make up Artist

Hjh Zunaidah before (for her nikah day)

After

Umi Before

Umi After ( For Her indian custom)

Umi for her cake cutting and dinner nite

Noni got 3 persons to make her up. This ones by Nuning (you can get her at her salon Bumiputera KB)

Noni by AYBG

Caron (The gallery's temp-assistant) hehehe...

Suti for her make up trial ....

Almost after ... jeng jeng jeng... we have to stop here.. the outcome will be for her wedding day

Camera Guy

Shafique always loves taking pictures. He would take anything, anywhere. Sometimes we wonder if he's really into photographing. Whatever he plans to be, we'll always support him. For now, he really shows his inerests in photographing. I have lots of photographer friends. I've talked to them if they can help him with their tips.

Tunggu tah if he comes back for his school holidays. He's having his Form 5 exam this year. Can't do much right now.

Abg Shaf, if you are reading this, Bapa got his D80 already. You can keep your D40 to yourself. This two guys likes to fight who gets to keep the Camera. wink* wink* Psst.. we all misses u here...

Iron Lady of Ami-Yani

Let us introduce the person who has worked so hard to make it all happens. My husband's transfer to bandar wasnt expected to us. We were not ready for it either. But duty calls. One has to sacrificed. With his transfer, i was almost left alone dealing with the renovation work, the unpacking of our imported stuffs, decorating of the gallery. Preparing with the paper works, interviewing candidates and so forth.

Luckily my long time soulmate were always around. Masuriyanti Ibrahim. Can call her mas or yanti. She's working with the giant Oil Company. Busy with work, life and her two children, she managed to give her time to help me out at the gallery. We've worked through days and nights, cleaning, arranging, etc.

We both had to dismantle the rented pelamins and later put back up again. Screws, ladder and cable wires are no stanger to us. ;-) Well, that was then, now the gallery has it own Indonesian driver and worker. We can lay off a bit. Decorating will still be our main role.

Introductions ...

Ami-Yani is a combination of Suhaimi (Ami) and Suriani (Yani). The gallery was our inspiration and it was properly and strategically planned in order to serve comfortably for the Kb'ians. We wanted to make couple's dream wedding affordable.

We made a great combination and each of our strength made it all happens too. With my loving and supportive husband's taking care of the financial, myself mananging the gallery and my bestmate, Mas handles our staffs and marketing.

We initially started the business end of April after launching our soft opening with a Doa Selamat. It was difficult to find a suitable candidate to work for us. So, for a week the gallery was closed. A young vibrant girl named Nono started working. 2 weeks later along came my other staff, Fifie. For a month, our gallery was perfectly running smoothly with the help of these two young ladies.

By first week of June, Nono had to take her long leave to prepare for her own wedding. Ironically, these couple only rent their pelamins from our gallery. While their full wedding attire had to be custom-made. One of them is allergic to the Songket.

Another young lady named Diyana came onboard when Nono left us. A problem we had to deal employing the locals. ;-) So much with the unnecessary things to deal with, our Gallery went on and getting pretty hectic and busy almost every weekend.

Today comes August, a month of no rest. ;-)