Our Pre Wedding Photoshoot with idoidobali.com (IDO IDO BALI)

I have never dream of a overseas pre wedding shoot. When it was our turn, we took it in Bali.

I am really thankful that I found Ido Ido Bali that did our pre wedding shoot. I have to say that we had a enjoyable experience with Ido Ido Bali. They are very honest and flexible people. The most important is they listened to our requirements and there were no hidden charge. All the payment and what need to be paid stated clearly way before we pay the deposit. In fact, they did not give us any "surprise" which we were very thankful about. They did more than what they promised which impressed us the most.

Ido Ido Bali is a bridal shop in Bali. In fact, they are very close to the airport. It provides a one-stop service including professional prewedding photo tour,wedding candid photo shots, elegant decorations,bridal make-up and hairstyles, a large inventory of wedding gowns and groom suits, a wedding planner and exclusive album making.

The day before the shoot, we went down to the bridal shop to do our fitting. Then the next day, we went down to the bridal shop at 9am to start my makeup. Yes, they did the alteration of the gown within 1 day. In fact, you can bring your own gown for the photoshoot too. 

In the mid of doing my makeup and hair

And we are good to go

The whole process was a enjoyable one. We had 2 photographers that did our shoot. One is the main photographer and the other one is the trainee. Not only that we have 2 makeup artists that followed us the whole day to change my hair, touch up my makeup and also changing my gown to the beach dress. From location to location, transport was provided.   

Overall, we were very happy with their service and photography skill.

We took their package that priced at USD 1080 that included 2 gowns, 2 suits, all the raw and simple edited pictures (at least 200 copies). 

Here are some of our favorite pictures:

The friendly staff behind the scene

Phone :+62 361 750277

E-mail :info@idoidobali.com

Address :Jln. By Pass Ngurah Rai Komplek Puri Alit No. 1 Kuta-Bali, Indonesia

Operating Hours :10am-7pm Monday to Saturday (Bali Timezone : UTC/GMT+8)

Caratell made our Wedding Bands

Different couples, have different wants for a wedding and within the couple, there are different things that are important to each. And to Ron, the engagement ring, and the wedding bands are the few important things in the wedding for him. So many years in his mind, he always wanted a Mobius Strip design for the wedding bands. Mobius Strip means having a strip and do a single twist at one of the ends and then joins the 2 ends together. If you use a pencil and draw on the strip, it will still start and finish at the same place. With this, he wanted to made this idea into the design for the ring. It also means there is no start and no end in our marriage. I really like the idea. 

So we started going around the jewelry shops in Singapore and hopefully we can find one so we can get it off the rack. It will be cheaper. However, after searching for months we still couldn't find. 

We concluded that we needed to custom made it. 

Caratell is the shop that Ron went to do the engagement ring and they mentioned that they do customization/ designing of rings too. So they were one of the choices. However, we really want to shop around first and our idea was we might find better jeweler. Honestly, shopping around was the right choice because it made us decided on Caratell instead. 

In terms of customer service, they are one of the few good ones which Ron agreed. The thing we like about them was they listened to us.  Even the lady boss knows what exactly she is talking with good understanding of the material used in the ring. We really need somebody like them to understand how their service can help us. And not trying too hard to sell us their stuff. And i really want to thanks our designer, Serin. She is very down to earth and humble person. She listened to all our ideas on how we wanted to do. Whenever, we ask her about her views, she is honest and give us her best whenever she can. When the rings are ready for collection, she takes the initiative to take pictures and watsapp us. We really appreciate that alot. 

Today, we are very happy to be in Caratell to collect our wedding bands and both of us really like it alot. 

The whole process from drawing, fitting and collection of the rings took about 2 months. 

The left is the actual ring and the right is the mock up.

Top is the mock up and below is the actual ring.

Ron's ring: The left hand side is the mock up and the right hand side is the actual ring. They did one ring mock up so that we have an idea how would the ring look like.

 This is my mine. 

Proudly present our wedding bands and together with the engagement ring. We have to agree that they were nicely done.

*All photos here are taken by my Iphone 5. 

Caretall Pte Ltd

Address: United Square 101 Thomson Rd Unit 01-47/48/49,307591

Phone:6251 2292

Website: www.Caratell.com

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Food For Thought Presents A LITTLE WHIMSICAL WEDDING SHOWCASE

We went to the wedding show held by Food For Thought at Singapore Botanic Gardens on 17 May 2014 and paid $38 for entry + goodies bag + sampler wedding dinner platter. The goodies bag comes with some complimentary item by different stall vendors during the show. The best thing here is all the guests would entitled a 10% discount for the confirmation of the event with Food For Thought. Since we have decided to hold our ROM with them, it was a good chance to get the discount.

They closed up one of the area to hold their event so that their business could carry on.

 The wedding Sample Dinner Platter Menu.

The decoration was setup by MED KARLEK - https://www.facebook.com/mkarlek

I was quite amazed by the nice decoration on each table.

Here comes the Starters
- Creamy Mix Mushroom Soup Shooters with Butter Croutons (I like the soup particularly)
- Mini Spinach and cheese Quiches (Ron likes this)
- Honey Roasted Beetroot Salad with orange segement, Lychees and Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette

Mains and Sides
- Tarragon Roasted Chicken with Roasted Autumn Vegetables
- Lemon Dill Baked Salmon with spicy Aglio Olio Grilled Capsicum Orecchiette

Because Ron is on vegetarian diet for the whole month and i dont take beef so we requested them to give us beef. And in the end, they gave us more Orecchiette and Chicken. That was really very nice of them. We were so full after this and felt sorry that i couldnt finish the chicken.

Desserts
- Chantilly Cream Filled ButterScotch Profiteroles
- Chocolates Brownie Fudge Bites
- Caramel Banana Crumble Tarts

The desserts were equally good too.

Totally have no regrets coming to the show. -Smile-

Our wedding banquet will be at Concorde Hotel's ballroom

Oh yes, we have decided to hold our chinese wedding banquet at Concorde Hotel. Yesterday we went down to pay our deposit ($3K) with our Catering Manager, Zaiton Seah.  I have to say that Zaiton has been very nice and accommodating with my request here and there.
 

This photo is taken using my iphone5 camera. Its a square ballroom thats pillarless and also it can fit up to 40 tables. For our menu, it will be a 9 course dinner inclusive of a dessert buffet. Ron was very pleased with the fact that they do provide dessert buffet as part of their package.  

So far, we are quite happy with their service. We hope that we will carry on getting good service from them.