Gorgeous Abayaat for Pre-Order

Assalamualaikum and good evening.

This is just a short entry. I am collecting orders for this two new abaya designs which I have bought 2 samples and found that both are in very good standard and quality.

This pre-order is open to all friends and readers from Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. I'm really sorry for not opening this chance to others. It's a bit difficult for me to manage the payment or money transaction from places outside of these 3 countries. Insyaallah that will be solved soon.

Ok, here are the abayaat:

Abaya C29 - RM200.00

C29 - close up

Another choice is:

Abaya C28 - RM200.00

C28 - close up

If anyone is interested to order, please email me at hanniaziz@yahoo.com before 20 Dec 2010. Thank you.

Pretty Abayaat from Aab

But they are too pricey for me. Very feminine and gorgeous designs.

Pretty Abayaat by hanniaziz on Polyvore.com

If anyone interested, you can visit their website here: Aab

SunnahStyle's Abayat Is Another Favourite of Mine

Assalamualaikum and Ramadhan Mubarak.

Just to share some news. I've just read that for this Ramadhan, SunnahStyle.com is having a sale and they have so many gorgeous butterfly abayat. Ever since I experienced this abaya, I wanna say that, you have to have these:

Satin Black Butterfly Abaya With Turquoise Trimming

Extra Large Shayla With Black Satin Trimming. Size: 90" x 45"

Silver Star Sleeves Butterfly Abaya

For more interesting offers, let's visit SunnahStyle.com

Shawl from lycra

Assalamualaikum and peace everyone.

Alhamdulillah... it's another beautiful day here in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. How's everyone today? Hopefully all of you are in good health and strong eeman to survive this day.

Shawl or known as 'selendang' in Malay is currently a huge trend among Muslimah in Malaysia. Here and there Muslim women can be seen wearing this type of hijab to cover their upper body. 

The shape of the shawl is usually rectangle, comes in different sizes, prints, materials and of courses prices. Most common shawls that are sold in the market either online or not are very sheer but still there are certain shawl makers have taken a good innovative move by producing shawls from more opaque materials such as lycra.

Actually I'm not very fond of lycra. Ever since the instant hijab became the national hijab trend, everywhere in Malaysia you can see women wearing them. They are so easy, like al-amira hijab.

Anyway, back to the lycra shawls, just now I saw many samples of the shawls inside a friend's facebook album. They were produced and marketed by Syazara Eneterprise. Let's have a look at some of their lycra shawls.

You can find more selections at Syazara Enterprise's website at this URL: http://www.mymesra2u.com

A little specification on the shawls:

• measurements: 64 inches long and 16 inches wide
• material: high quality 5 star lycra ( I don't know about the quality because I've never wear one)
• decorated with small swarovski stones randomly on the hijab
• price at RM40 a piece or USD13

 I think this shawls are only available online because I've never seen them around town. So... would anyone be interested?

Would you wear this?

Pretty shocking pink modern jilbab.

Would you wear this?.

Dress is from Najjah.com (actually I googled it and found it at another blog).

Butterfly Abaya + Niqab + Me: Review for Saharayusuf

Assalamualaikum dear friends, visitors, blogwalkers and readers.

As I've promised before that I'm sharing a photo of me wearing my new butterfly abaya which was bought from Saharayusuf's blogshop (find the link under ABAYA). Here I am! This picture was taken tonight before I went to my bookshop. Last week, I already worn this beautiful abaya also to go to my bookshop and someone followed me to ask where I buy it.

Sahara, you better get ready for more orders for this abaya. I am already thinking of helping you promoting it. I love the material. Really. It's a bit heavy especially when the cutting is like that but I feels good wearing it. It looks like a caftan too only that it's much bigger. And who says petite person like me can't wear a butterfly abaya?

Readers, do you think I look odd? Husband said, I look ok. My hectic mind is working, ticking. I might be emailing Sahara again soon. Ohhh... I like this abaya. But ONE THING you need to remember, this abaya is not very practical for office job or if you want to go 'kenduri-kendara' (attending wedding feast).

Another thing that I want to mention is the single layer niqab that I'm wearing. Also bought from Saharayusuf's blogshop. I've bought 2 pieces and Sahara, I tell you what, you really are good sis! Your skills in sewing the niqab is very neat, the material is soft, very breathable, very comfortable and I have been wearing it since the second day they arrived.

Do you think we can deal a business for both items? And... sorry, I have to alter a little bit of the lowest end for both sides of the abaya to make it easier for me to walk. One SUGGESTION, please change the button at the neckline because it's a bit difficult to attach or reattach especially when I'm in a hurry. Maybe you can use a plastic/metal buttons. I think it'd be more sturdy.

Apart from that, Alhamdulillah I like your workmanship. Very neat and the cutting is good. Satisfied. Thank you.

Be proud of who you are and what you do.

Alhamdulillah I'm proud to be a Muslim and I bow down to Allah the Only One God. I love this faith to death and I always pray that Allah will bless me as His humble servant and religious follower of the Prophet Muhammad, Rasulullah sallahu'alaihi wassalam. (saw).

And I'm proud to be a Muslim woman who is free to do what I like in order to help this Deen and of course with the consent to go out from my beloved and understanding husband. And this is what I love to do:

1. Doing book business and

2. Promoting and selling abayat.

Friends, here I am in front of my new bookshop. You will always be welcome there, insyaAllah. Please support me spiritually because I can maintain almost everything physically when my emotional well being is excellent.

Welcome to MariBaca Bookstore!

 

Love from KakChik.

Beautiful and Elegant Abayat

Pic above is from this blog.

All these pictures were snapped from our local muslimah's magazine, ANIS of the current issue. Inside this month issue, it features abayat from our Malaysian abaya supplier known as Jalinan Timur Enterprise located in Gombak, Selangor.

I've search for their blogsite and found that they have quite some interesting abayat, mostly imported from the Gulf countries such as Jordan, Syria, KSA and also UAE.

 

And they are looking for resellers. I might contact them for more info. This is interesting.

GREAT Deals at The Abaya Souq

Assalamualaikum dear readers & visitors.

Here's a GREAT deal for every abaya lovers out there. THE ABAYA SOUQ is having a SALE!!



Tune into their website and you'll get many wonderful choices and they don't just sell abaya but also other clothing for Muslimahs.

This is what the owner has to say,

"The offer is from 15th July until 20th July -- customers will get 10% discount of all purchases ordered and paid ON or BEFORE 20th July 2009. (normal shipping rate and rule applies).

On top of that, Malaysian customers will enjoy a flat rate of RM10 per abaya ordered (or if the order is other than abaya ie. hijab/shaylas or brooches, it will be RM10 per shipment).

They need to give a code: KAKCHIK upon check out.

And the 10% discount is not applicable to products already on promotion (Special Offers section)."

See... that is very tempting.

I have my eyes fix on this 2 abayaat:-


(drooling...) but I'm sure you will be mesmerized by the other choices too.

Anyone from anywhere can make her purchase because I can see that they are quoting the prices in USD (default) although you can change the currency using 6 other options.

Soooo.... make a visit to THE ABAYA SOUQ before it's too late.



p/s: Nani, I hope I've done something good with this post and may you always be an honest business lady. All the best! I'm thinking of ordering those 2, hmmm....

PLEASE COVER YOUR AURAH PROPERLY! THANK YOU.

Highlight 5: Abaya Couture

Assalamualaikum and welcome to the World of Beautiful Abayas.

My iman is once again being tested and my nafs need more coaxing to make me feel relax and can browse through all the choices, calmly. Yep, it's the seduction of gorgeous abayas.

A friend who's currently based in UK has open up an online Abaya shop named ABAYA COUTURE. Nice name for a shop selling abaya.

Below are some of the abayas that she sells. Please take a look and decide for yourself. You can simply click on the blogshop's name that I have highlighted above to visit her shop.

*Click on the pic for a bigger view.

Gorgeous! Flower details on the shayla and also at the end of the sleeves.

All abayas are from Qatar. The second one from right is what I want.


I like simple design like the second and third abaya.

Beautiful.... (both model & abaya, hehe)


Although she quotes her prices in GBP, I think it would be more than MYR100 and my limit is only MYR200 for an abaya. But I just love all of them... maybe I'm greedy, astaghfirullah... Insya-Allah I'll control my nafs and start saving more money so that I can indulge in collecting more abaya. For now, I already have enough.

I believe, sisters who live in UK would be happy to get the abayas from her. Give her a visit and I hope you will find one for you.

p/s: Thanks Fa for giving me this opportunity to feature your blogshop.

Highlight 4: Butik Sunlay

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to everyone.

Most of you must be having a promising weekend with your families. A friend and her family are on their way to Cameron Highland (oh, I wish I could go too) and another friend is here in Kota Bharu for a convention but will spare some time to meet me tomorrow. And I know there are lots of things that you wish to do this weekend. And one of our weekly itineraries would be SHOPPING. Ok, ok.... I know... I've been writing a lot about shopping, well you know... fashion is always related to shopping. Isn't it?

If you still remember I used to make special post or highlight of certain online blogshop. However, due to so many interesting things that have happened in my life so far, I tend to forget about that task. Maybe I've promised to do this highlight monthly, so please forgive me for forgetting.

As I browse through some of the blogshops that I list down in KakChik's Wardrobe, I was intimidated to make a review of BUTIK SUNLAY's blogshop. Part of the reasons are frequents inquiries from friends about undercaps and shawls. I think this online boutique has what they are looking for. Let's see what this boutique has in its store.


Click on the image to visit the shop.


1. They have a selection of PASHMINA. Anyone interested in wearing pashmina as hijab, can simply order them from Butik Sunlay. I've 'print screen'ed this picture from the blogshop.

2. UNDERCAPS - turkish, syirian, wardina's style and lace. (more details in their blogshop).

Above and below pics are turkish undercaps. Sample above shows how to wear it under your shawls/hijab.



Above pic - LACE undercaps (2 pics above credit to Butik Sunlay.)

3. HIJAB PIN - IMHO very simple yet elegant.

4. SHAWLS - they have so many choices, beautiful designs, patterns and colours. Below are a few samples.

I just love the 2-tone colour of the shawl above. If they have a bigger one, I think I would be interested to buy but most are rather short in width for me.

Aren't they looks pretty?

5. CLOTHS for making a dress - batik, chiffon, jacquard, satin etc. Just have a look in their shop. The prices seems reasonable and

FYI, I've never order anything yet from this blogshop but I sincerely think they are doing an honest business. This is what they got to say about their business:

This website is initiated to cater for MUSLIM WOMEN'S interest & enthusiasm on products offered by SunLay Boutique (since 9th Dec 2008).

Feel free to drop me a line or ring me, details as below :
SMS : 013-4887389 (Fara a.k.a Che'Ah)
Email : fara171@gmail.com

That's it then. My first blogshop review for this year. I WILL ONLY REVIEW blogshops that sells things that I'm interested in and of course suitable to add as our Islamic attire. Don't forget whatever you put on your body, it must be suitable with this : AURAH COMPLIANCE.

Wassalam.

Welcome to Kota Bharu, Kelantan!

Assalamualaikum dear readers.

It's another night when I can't focus on my revision. I blog hopping and feel so bored. Tonight Hubby should be giving an Islamic lecture at the 'kampung' mosque and he hasn't come home yet. 9.32pm. Ladies, I am bored. Hmm... maybe I just share with you about my State.

Please bear with me because I'm kind of lazy now and not a very good tourist guide. I've googled all the appropriate pictures and let's start the tour. This is not gonna be very well organized so, bear with me.

This is the simple map of Kelantan.

My home is in a kampung (village) called Pulau Melaka, located some where in the district of Kota Bharu (state capital).

This state is ruled by the opposition party known as Malaysian Pan Islamic Party (PAS). The Chief Minister of Kelantan is the pious and humble state leader, Tuan Guru Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (pic below). We love this person because he really cares about what he preaches and his people. Ever since he became the CM the State Government has gradually implement Islamic way of life in everything under it's power. Alhamdulillah.

The Wau or kite is one of the traditional past time games. This is the traditional kite of Kelantan known as Wau Bulan or the Moon Kite. hehehe maybe because the ruling party use the moon symbol in their flag.... sorry I'm just kidding. Nowadays it is only played once in a while but we also have yearly International Kite Festival.

Samples of food that you can taste in Kelantan. Every night market have these.

Batik is the well known clothes produced by Kelantanese. It is formally wore on Thursday in every government departments in Kelantan. This pictures are only a few samples.


Another Kelantanese favourite dessert, the Dodol or glutinuos cake made from coconut milk, brown sugar, glutinuos rice and water ( I'm not so sure about the exact ingredients - need to check with Ummi). Sticky and sweet.

The beautiful teenagers of the best Islamic girls school in the state, the Maahad Muhammadi Lil Banaat. This school has produced (I don't know the right word) so many brilliant Muslimah in academic and deen.

The age old vehicle, the trishaw or locally known as 'teksi'. Don't get confuse with the taxi @ cab in your country. We do have taxis here but this one is very historic. If you want to tour the city in a laid back kind of transport, I think you should try this teksi. Slow and steady.

This is another traditional Kelantanese food known as Nasi Tumpang. A smooth sticky rice combine with either sweet sour fried prawn and fried egg or prawn gravy with 'serunding' wrapped in a cone shape banana leaf. It's so delicious and fragrant.

serunding = basically beef/chicken/fish meat fried with coconut milk, spices and cooked until dried.

You can also visit the old castle of the Kelantanese Malay Sultanate. We called it Istana Jahar or Jahar Castle. Currently it has become the Kelantan Islamic Muzeum.

The Sultan's mosque known as Masjid Sultan Ismail Petra located in Kubang Kerian. It's very big and modern compared to Masjid Kampung Laut or Masjid Muhammadi, the state mosque.


Below is the oldest mosque in Kelantan. It is called Masjid Kampung Laut located in Nilam Puri.


One of the main tourist attraction in the city center is the Padang Bas near the state mosque. This is usually where buses bringing tourists to Kota Bharu will be parked while they tour the city.

A kind of billboard that you can see around the Islamic City of Kota Bharu. Women on the billboard should be well covered. Although the Government prefers advertisement without women models it's still give some exception.

A nice view of Kota Bharu - a blend of modern and traditional.


This is inside the famous biggest wet market in Kelantan. It was rename as Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah (Siti Khadijah Wet Market) to represent the 80% women peddlers in the market and as a remembrance to the late Saiyyidatina Khadijah radiallahu anha, a well known Islamic entreprenuer.


This is the State where Malaysian Pan Islamic Party (PAS) is ruling where Islam is the most important things. Even the State anthem is MEMBANGUN BERSAMA ISLAM which means developing with Islam. Below is the picture of Kelantanese Muslimah during the recent General Election.


There lots of things that I can share about Kota Bharu and Kelantan herself but my eyes are getting sleepy and I have to iron some clothes. So... tired.

Bye now!

p/s: more info on Kota Bharu can be found in google