Fashion Pick: Hooded

Weekend lalu saya jalan-jalan ke Bandung. Makan-makan, belanja-belanja, petik-petik stroberi... :D

Ga ada yang lebih nyaman untuk aktivitas santai seru seharian selain hoodie cardigan ini. Meski cardigan ini kurang polished dan mestinya bisa lebih diperbaiki lagi dari segi kualitas, si ungu ini termasuk salah satu favorit saya.

Hoodie cardigan: Casa Elana

Fashion Pick: Maroon Mood

Another quick fashion pick, this time I'm in a maroon mood. Thank you so much Qnada for this lovely shawl *smooch*

Shawl: Qnada

Inner: Square

Today's Outfit: The Garden

Pic source: Flowerpicturegallery

 To embrace love, my life, we soar

To grasp life, my love, we sometimes sore

But hearts are where all asleep

The garden is where a butterfly has sights to keep
- random words, me -

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Long sleeves - Uniqlo | Shawl & Belt - Cotton Ink |

Outerwear - Cala in pink by Kavi Indonesia

The Color Purple: My Brother's Wedding

This is a long post about my brother's wedding. :D
My brother got married last Sunday 10-10-10 at 10 am (the reception).. wow what a combo! :D

It was a traditional wedding. I love traditional weddings, with all the steps and rituals and everything they symbolize.. I was happy when I was the bride myself, and happy when attending one.

Dimulai dengan Pengajian dan Siraman di hari Sabtu-nya, kami nyaris patah hati karena.. banjiiir!! But the show must go on. Untungnya, air ga sampai masuk ke dalam rumah, cuma sampai halaman.. jadi seluruh acara masih bisa dilaksanakan. Terima kasih sekali buat para ibu2 pengajian dan tetangga2 yang bersedia "menyeberangi lautan" demi menghadiri acara :D

Sebagai saudara pengantin, me & hubby sibuk bgt sejak H-3.. tapi.. pas hari H di acara resepsinyaa sy hanya punya satu tugas; MAKAAAAN..!! :D Saat menjadi pengantin, kita adalah bagian dari acara, mungkin nyaris ga sempat makan. Saat menjadi tamu undangan, kita hanya menghadiri acara paling lama setengah jam, paling banyak satu piring buffet & satu jenis gubukan. Tapi klo jadi saudara kandung, we need to be there from start to finish, which means.. more time to eat! Itu pertama kalinya sy makan nyaris 10 jenis makanan-minuman dalam satu acara.. Batasannya cuma saat sy udah ga bisa jalan lg karena kekenyangan.. LOL

Selain upacara adat Jawa (Panggih) dan Batak (Mangulosi), acara yang paling sy sukai adalah Pedang Pora. I must say it was uber COOL..!!

Congratz to you both! Semoga menjadi keluarga sakinah, mawaddah wa rohmah.. Amiin..

Pengajian&Siraman - the groom

Venue: home

Caterer: Fressy Catering

Make-up & hijab-do for me&mom: Sanggar Roos

Decor siraman: K-Jogja

The Wedding

Venue: Dhanapala

Caterer: Akasya

Make up for the bride: Ana Laksmono (Anie)

Hijab-do for the bride: Mbak Ani

Make up & hijab-do for family: Sanggar Liza
Pemandu adat Jawa: Sanggar Liza

Decor: K-Jogja

Hias seserahan & Bride's room: Mahya

Invitation card: by Ant's

Photography: Made Teddy & The Campuhan

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The eastern sky that 101010 morning

(I've been hunting for this kind of epic sunrise for quite some time with no result, and it chose to appear that morning :D)

Mangulosi, Panggih & Pedang Pora

Decor

Sebagian pernaik-pernik dekorasi.. kamar pengantin, siraman pengantin pria, seserahan, foto display di gedung

Food

Puas bgt sama semua makanan, baik katering di rumah maupun di gedung.. termasuk makanan2 bawaan dr seserahan :D
Yg di gelas2 itu one of my favs that day, by the way..
too bad I only ate 3..! :p

Souvenirs

Suvenir siraman cowok: by me&mom.. berhubung siraman cowok jadi suvenirnya simpel bgt, but still cute! *muji2 hasil kreasi sendiri :p
Suvenir wedding; CD lagu dinyanyikan sendiri oleh the bride! Her voice is awesome! CD ini populer sekali sampai2 ada yang request minta lebihan.. :p

No guest more beautiful than the bride..

I love love my now sis-in-law looks in her wedding, the make-up & hijab-do were flawlessly super gorgeous!!

*** CONGRATZ TO THE NEWLY WED WENI&ANGLING..!!! ***

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During all the wedding steps; Proposal (Engagement) - Pengajian&Siraman - Akad&Reception, I had to change looks as well.. had to look different in each.. :D
Biarpun cuma sodara (atau justru karena sodara kandung?) soal penampilan cukup merepotkan juga.. :p

Proposal

Creme & brown hijab: unbranded / Underscarf: Shafira /
Make-up & hijab-do: Mbak Ani

Pengajian & Siraman

Pengajian: Tunic-pants: Ranti / Make-up & hijab-do: me :p
Siraman: Red hijab: Ranti / Make-up&hijab-do: Sanggar Roos

Wedding

Silver hijab: Ardelya Scarf  / Baby purple hijab: unbranded / Kebaya: Mode Boutique, Sunan Giri
Make-up & hijab-do: Sanggar Liza

Eid Mubarak: Blissful Days

I know it's like super late, but I still need to say this:

Eid Mubarak, everyone.. ♥
may you have blissful days in this fitr month

How was your Eid-ul Fitr holiday? Eid is about together with family, hope you had the most joyful moments. Hubby took his permit so I didn't go online much during the holiday.. The thing is, it is surely more fun spending time with him than with the internet.. :D

Since we didn't do the 'mudik' stuff, we spent time together in our Eid holiday by.. wandering around the neighborhood in the morning and afternoon.. :D By feet in the morning, and by motorcycle in the afternoon. We explored wider area in the afternoon. Every road we took, every place we saw were completely random. It was when I started making a photo album in my FB account called 2 MegaPixel on The Go, which basically just some pictures taken during our little journey. Why 2 MP? Obviously, because I took all pics with my cellphone.. :p

Here are some of them.. err.. I must say I'm a cloud chaser, so don't get bored with clouds :p

The same pic I use for the greeting card.. Not the mosque in my neighborhood actually.. this was from one of the afternoon journeys :D

The Reindeer - This reindeer-shaped cloud was right at the opposite of the above mosque

Jumper - I saw that thin cloud in the middle looked like someone jumping between clouds.. :D

Flash Forward - I called it that way merely because when I saw it, it reminded me of the tower in that Flash Forward tv drama.. LOL :p

Now that's, the mosque tower in my neighborhood.. :)

Hmpfh.. a little of my face won't hurt.. LOL

In one afternoon, we randomly decided to pray Ashar at Mesjid Sunda Kelapa - our wedding venue back to 2 years ago.. :D It was the first time after the wedding day we ever stepped into the mosque again.. :p

Well, I guess those pictures were enough to make my day, though they're seriously nothing compare to those pictures you'll have if you go mudik AND take them with 'real' camera, eh? :p (somebody please give me a Lumix..!! :D)

Enough rumbling! Now..

Eid look!
Vannara tunic - white square hijab with Kavi Indonesia corsage
(as seen in this post)

Owh, one more thing before I end this post..

HijabScarf is having 2 quizzes; Eid Photo & Eid Greeting. They will give 4 Eid Photo winners a Prudence necklace by Miss Marina, and 3 Eid Greeting winners 2 special cookies from Nuna's Koekjes! Woohoo..!

I'm participating in Eid Greeting with the greeting card above (please roll back to the first picture if you miss it.. :D).. Wish me luck! ;)

Fab n Fun Hijabis Gathering

Last week I had a great meet up with fabulous hijabis in town. When I said great it means GREAT; great in numbers (there were about 50 of us.. or more?), in prizes (goodie bags n door prizes), and in the intensity.. we were just immediately clicked as if we've known each other for long time! What I mean by fabulous, I mean F.A.B! The girls were all dressed up, I've never seen so many hijabis in their best hijab style and mix-n-match all gathered in the same room at the same time. I was like "WOOW..!?!"

So there we were, gathered at Urban Kitchen, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta.

Although we've known each other via Twitter, blogs or forum, most of us actually met face to face for the first time.. so the iftar was about breaking the ice, getting to know more, lots of laughs and hellos. There were so many of us, I regret that I didn't personally say hello to each of the girls.. :( But overall, it was a super fun evening!

I got a chance of meeting the gorgeous duo of Hijab Scarf; Fifi Alvianto and Hanna Faridl.. the young talented fashion designers Dian Pelangi and Ria Miranda.. and even the famous Irna Mutiara and Monika Djufry themselves! OH! Also met fellow bloggers; Fika, Ola, Ghaida, Wulandari, Puput, Nury.. and made new friends too!

And it didn't just stop there.. coz then I was picked as one of the best dresses and given a Shabby Chic dress! Alhamdulillah.. I have an Eid dress already now :D

It was a blast, let's meet up again next time, girls..! ;)

The hosts: Fifi - Ria - Hanna - Dian

Girls love "cheeesee..!"

The crowned best dresses.. it's crazy I'm in that picture :D

With Fika and mbak Irna Mutiara

Some from FemaleDaily forum,

we often spend time in topic Muslim Outfitter:

Ola, me, Fika, Nurul

With Ghaida.. I insisted to take picture with her, who knows her baby dust will sprinkle on me :D

With fellow bloggers Nury, nice meeting you, girl ;)

I always love pink and green..

having the two in one time is a blessing :D

- Inside the greeny bag -

Package by Wardah includes: Facial Foam, Sunscreen Gel, Olive Soft Scrub, Two Way Cake, and Lipstick

- Inside the pinky bag -

A black flowery dress by Shabby Chic - Ria Miranda

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This is the outfit that made me bring home a Ria Miranda dress

hijab - Cotton Ink krey shawl in burgundy / inner - Claro / dress - One and a half /

long-sleeve tee - unbranded / square hijab as cardigan - unbranded

A closer look on the hijab..
I was actually picked because of this hijab style :D
My favorite hoodie style, the simplest you could ever imagine.. which I have posted here, and also here where I wore this shawl in a slightly different style

Thanks to Fifi, Hanna, Dian and Ria for hosting the event, thanks to mbak Irna and mbak Monika for choosing me as one of the best dresses, thanks to Ria for the beautiful dress.. last but not least, thanks to Ola and Fika for taking lots of pics with me inside.. :D xoxo

Pictures courtesy of Hijab Scarf, Ola, Fika, Nury

Today's Hijab: Easy Breezy

Sometimes you just want to relax and enjoy the breeze
So loosen up with just a piece of hijab,
safety-pin it at the back of your neck, wrap it up to the front, and you're good to go

Unbranded square hijab in dusty pink

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I stopped by at Fika's blog when I found an online photo editor she used in her post. I've tried it in my last 2 posts. I must say it's pretty handy, you can see the difference after just one click editing..

Today's Hijab: Turquoise Sky

This is what I was wearing when I went to Brightspot Market last Thursday evening.

Undercap in black

Claro headdress in black and veil in turquoise

Today's Hijab: Little Riding Hood

This is from the previous post, when I reviewed L'Oreal Elseve Smooth Intense.

Never thought the color would match those orangie stuff perfectly :)

A loosie hoodie style which I'm recently in love with.

Worn as hijab:

Claro headdress, with undercap

Cotton Ink krey shawl in Burgundy

Today's Hijab: Blue is The Color

Blue is the color, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim

The picture was taken last Sunday evening May 9, 2010..
that was when Chelsea won the Barclay's Premiere League title! (^_^)

Worn as hijab: Cotton Ink shawl acid wash Lightblue