Sunday, June 07, 2009

The Egg

i realised berkat is the correct term for favours in Malay but the term bunga telor has been used interchangeably to refer to berkat all these years! well its not that surprising because the EGG has been the traditional choice of wedding favours since forever in Malay culture. to explain the bunga (flower) part, there was also this tendency to artfully attach the egg by a tulle pouch to a flower usually made by a variety of materials. an example of what it looks like can be found here.

anyhow, to preserve tradition by sticking to eggs as your choice of wedding favours, we thought it's about time to give an update to this old time favourite.

coloring and imprinting your eggs with various patterns, in this case with marble-ing or speckle-ing effects or for a more fanciful option, imprinting lace patterns on the egg are such improvisations we are offering to the bunga telor.


comes in any 2 colour combinations

the egg could then be placed in a ceramic or glass vessel embellished with a ribbon and tag for example. of course its best to place them in clear vessels so that egg decoration would be easily visible.


pink laced egg in glass

Egg Favours
from S$1.80 onwards (price depending on how its packaged)

5 comments:

  1. i loooove the idea! I always thought that out of all the berkats, bunga telor was the most... hmm meaningful.. n traditional. Buying things from BIMLA is just like giving berkats because they are expected to give sth.

    anyhow, just wondering, how do u get those done? & do u actually do them? 'Cos I helped out with the traditional ones before, and they are quite a pain to do.. not to mention having to boil alottt of eggs

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  2. oh since we need to treat the eggs first and do the imprints, we rather use salted eggs than the usual chicken egg.

    and yes, i agree its still one of the best wedding favour options out there! i am not very fond of Bimla - too commercial.

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  3. salted eggs are YUMMY. yum yum yum. Haha.

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  4. Hi! Is this still available to order?

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  5. Hi! Is this still available to order?

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