Comments on: of diaper cakes and candy-filled socks http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/ true love waits Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:49:02 +0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hana http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4171 hana Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:52:56 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4171 yup, i think only a few shops currently offer gift registering right now, it hasn't caught on! i guess coz for weddings, it's still tradition to give money packets (we love that, don't we!). would be good for housewarmings though. when we moved, we sorta had a housewarming party where friends were requested to come with cushions since many didnt know what to get us anyway. i luv cushions! :) yah diah, apa kata u buat lagi satu sharleez? i 'bake' one for you! betol tak bedek. you want chocolate fudge in it oso can! :D yup, i think only a few shops currently offer gift registering right now, it hasn’t caught on!
i guess coz for weddings, it’s still tradition to give money packets (we love that, don’t we!).
would be good for housewarmings though.
when we moved, we sorta had a housewarming party where friends were requested to come with cushions since many didnt know what to get us anyway. i luv cushions! :)

yah diah, apa kata u buat lagi satu sharleez? i ‘bake’ one for you! betol tak bedek. you want chocolate fudge in it oso can! :D

]]> By: Shaz http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4170 Shaz Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:34:20 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4170 what a pretty pink baby shower. =) another american practice i'd like to see adopted here would be the concept of gift registeries. won't it be so much easier when shopping for bdays/ wedding/ housewarming/ anniversary gifts etc to just pick a store from a list of stores included in the party invite and ask the store manager what the host registered for? then you can pick a gift for your host that's within your budget. plus no one would ever again receive similar gifts, unwanted gifts, gifts of the wrong size/ colour/ specification or gifts she's not ever going to need. the element of 'surprise' will still be there i.e. as the party host, you'll never know who's going to buy you which item you've listed on the stores' gift registeries! what a pretty pink baby shower. =)

another american practice i’d like to see adopted here would be the concept of gift registeries. won’t it be so much easier when shopping for bdays/ wedding/ housewarming/ anniversary gifts etc to just pick a store from a list of stores included in the party invite and ask the store manager what the host registered for? then you can pick a gift for your host that’s within your budget. plus no one would ever again receive similar gifts, unwanted gifts, gifts of the wrong size/ colour/ specification or gifts she’s not ever going to need.

the element of ‘surprise’ will still be there i.e. as the party host, you’ll never know who’s going to buy you which item you’ve listed on the stores’ gift registeries!

]]> By: diah http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4169 diah Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:17:19 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4169 wah best yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. the diaper cake, esp! and reen, i recognize that top! your niece's top kan? ;p wah best yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. the diaper cake, esp!

and reen, i recognize that top! your niece’s top kan? ;p

]]> By: hana http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4172 hana Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:57:36 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4172 oh tu rambut gara-gara mid-life crisis... lol! thanks! wah aprima, got time to watch martha stewart in the mornings eh! cet! oh tu rambut gara-gara mid-life crisis… lol! thanks!

wah aprima, got time to watch martha stewart in the mornings eh! cet!

]]> By: Ayu http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4173 Ayu Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:46:56 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4173 Gosh!! The diaper cake is reli pretty!!! And Hana.. ur new hairdo rocks! Gosh!! The diaper cake is reli pretty!!!
And Hana.. ur new hairdo rocks!

]]> By: aprima http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4168 aprima Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:45:46 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4168 yea lah... the diaper cake was a very creative hand-made gift. misa, thanks for the link. the 'cakes' there look so lovely!! speaking of creativity, i just watched martha steward show this morning showing baby 'chrismas roast turkey' <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=22326d14552b4110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default" rel="nofollow">costume</a> hand-made by Isabelle. ...sungguhcreative.dot.com yea lah… the diaper cake was a very creative hand-made gift. misa, thanks for the link. the ‘cakes’ there look so lovely!!

speaking of creativity, i just watched martha steward show this morning showing baby ‘chrismas roast turkey’ costume hand-made by Isabelle. …sungguhcreative.dot.com

]]> By: hana http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4166 hana Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:27:57 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4166 yeah it is, and i'm inspired! i think the lady whose idea originated from (in america, where else) started it as a SAHM-based biz, and had it featured on SATC. wow. malay culture eh... boleh jugak, lenggang perut, urut urut, mandi bunga... lol! ok gak... yeah it is, and i’m inspired!
i think the lady whose idea originated from (in america, where else) started it as a SAHM-based biz, and had it featured on SATC. wow.
malay culture eh… boleh jugak, lenggang perut, urut urut, mandi bunga… lol! ok gak…

]]> By: misa http://izadnhana.com/blog/2007/12/17/of-diaper-cakes-and-candy-filled-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-4167 misa Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:59:55 +0000 http://blog.izadnhana.org/wordpress/?p=359#comment-4167 the diaper cake is lovely!!! diaper cakes is the in thing now...went to my collegues' baby showers, and everyone is doing this....this is a great website for baby diapers ideas: http://www.bloomersdiapercakes.com/ and so nice that everyone is doing handmade craftwork for shir, cos if i'm not mistaken, from what i know from my colleagues here, the newborn babies and the parents were presented with various types of HANDMADE gifts.... since baby shower is from the western culture...errr...lenggang perut will be the malay tradition? hihi! the diaper cake is lovely!!! diaper cakes is the in thing now…went to my collegues’ baby showers, and everyone is doing this….this is a great website for baby diapers ideas: http://www.bloomersdiapercakes.com/

and so nice that everyone is doing handmade craftwork for shir, cos if i’m not mistaken, from what i know from my colleagues here, the newborn babies and the parents were presented with various types of HANDMADE gifts….

since baby shower is from the western culture…errr…lenggang perut will be the malay tradition? hihi!

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