New! Wedding Car Decoration

Ok so just before i really sign off for the week, here's just another small announcement.

We're itching to do wedding car decoration, complete with its "Just Married" signage. The ideas are floating around in our head, so you can't ask us for the catalog yet. But then again, if you trust us enough and would love to be surprised with something chic, classy and utterly gorgeous (and especially if you're getting a vintage car for your wedding!), do drop us a mail soon.

We're booked up for other projects, but we're opening up only 2 slots in between (and at promotional price too), for this new project design.

So email us today at mariahnsham@hotmail.com

A new archive

Here're just some minor updates for our site.

Apart from the new topbar icons, our sidebar now bears our Archive of Fine Details.
Just a collection of our past works, designs, posters and even unpublished ideas.

Much time and effort have been invested into this part time family business / hobby, and we'd just love to share these works and ideas, right from their conceptualization to their production, with like-minded individuals sharing the same passion and panache for design, styling and all moments beautiful.

See ya next week (after the kids finish their exams yea!)
Meanwhile, take care and have a great week with family and friends ya all!

Style & Decor

Yes we've been busy, and we're still only giving glimpses...

Here's something else we have in the pipeline.
We'll announce our MARIAH & SHAM LIVING soft launch in due time, along with some other surprises :)

And to all parties who have contacted us for our Isles, thank you for your interests and kind words.
We're trying our best to accommodate everyone, but with probably a couple more slots left, we're booked right up till end 2011. But hey of course you can still try for a slot...just be sure to mention your event date :)

Six In Between

Sometimes one needs to bring the house down in order to dig the treasure hidden beneath and build a better house.We're at this stage of upheavel, rediscovering and upgrading now. Hence our silence these last couple of weeks. But hey, silence equates not to apathy and inactivity. Infact, the reverse is true. We've been extremely busy!

My house moving and searching, for one, have been riddled with plenty of challenges...maybe some things are finally falling into place, but I can vouch the journey is still quite long ahead.

Plenty of business plans and improvements are also being worked on...but we're keeping the publicity and marketing on hold until we're truly ready.

For now, we're just glad to announce that Mariah will be delivering her little princess really soon. Do pray for her and her baby's safe delivery. And so come June, there'll be 6 kids in between us. Naturally we're overjoyed, and we've psyched ourselves to remain positive and passionate about our families, biz and profession. But we know more than well the importance of being realistic...of knowing our priorities, strengths, limitations and contingencies...

Admittedly, Mariah & Sham is not just a business adventure for us. It's a passion. We started off this biz on our salaried incomes, and we saw things through with our own blood, sweat and tears...just the 3 of us - sis, myself and mum - with some spousal support perhaps, kids in tow (who can pretty much be our stress inducers as well as relievers!), full time jobs and plenty of courage, I hope. Case in point, we're taking matters seriously. Do not let our silence make you think otherwise cos even with six in between, we're still very much a Martha Stewart at heart.

Take care and best wishes...

Props and such...

Some of the props which may be entering Mariah & Sham's Isle inventory soon...


Beverage Dispenser


Petite stands

Silver stand

Backdrop decor

AKAN DATANG

Mariah & Sham's newly designed favor boxes and chinese-takeaway boxes with their matching cupcake wrappers.

Retailing soon at stores near you? Well, we're woking on it! So stay tuned...

Our Departments

When asked what our biz is all about, we're always at a lost for words.

Truth is, we do not have a single label defining us. Not that we are fickle, unfocused or anything. We are just open to possibilities. We are about All Things Beautiful.

In any case, we've decided to organize our services into the following departments. Let's see how this goes. If need be, we'll just add on more departments ;)

A glimpse

Last weekend, we decided to try a new set up right in Mariah's own dining room. It was just a mini set up....perhaps a glimpse into something bigger which we'll definitely embark on, once we're done with all the packing, moving and unpacking.

                        

                                             

          
 

    

                                                           
 

                                     

                                              

International Orders

Looks like our favors have gone offshore....and we sort of figured it's got a lot to do with the world getting smaller, what with the advent of IT and modern transportation and all.

International selling is a norm...but opening our doors to the international market wasn't in the cards, back when we first started anyway.

However, our business, like many online businesses, invited international enquiries and ordering requests -which we pretty much turned down.

Until we started deliberating...

Barring any warped sense of security, we may soon lose our international fans, should we not venture out of our own imaginary comfort zones, to reciprocate their enthusiasm. Afterall, they had communicated their appreciation for our work, and sent in repeated requests to order our favors.

Encouraged, we took on the orders and learned a thing or two, from our global biz escapades. And now, we're looking forward to more...

Consultation

Favors

Choose from a variety of non-generic Favors and Doorgifts suitable for weddings, parties and occassions.

Personalization available.

Dessert Isle

Enjoy a stand alone decorated Mariah & Sham dessert isle suitable for home gatherings, or for weddings and events.

Choose from a spread of Pastries, Dessert, Fruits, Chocolates & Sweet treats, Fondue, Snacks, Local Kuehs etc.

High Tea

Enjoy a beautiful buffet spread of Light food and Refreshments for adult / children tea parties.

Package includes Invites and Favors.

Gift packaging and delivery

-Newborn hampers

-Food hampers

-Floral bouquets

Floral Arrangements

- Wedding / Events centrepieces

- Wedding Bouquets

- Corsages and Boutonnieres

Designer Cakes & Cupcakes

Choose from a variety of customised Cakes and/or Cupcakes for gifts, parties, events and occassions.

Wedding Cake Centrepiece

Commission us to create a stand alone wedding cake Table Set-up, decorated to match your wedding cake.

Stationeries

Order your Invites, Placecards, Thank-you notes, Labels, Tags, Personalized Notebooks, Personalized / Customised Canvas Prints.

Events Decor

Contact us for an appointment and consultation.

Props and Decorative Items Rental

Rent our Chairs (coming soon...), Cake stands, Glassware, Silverware, Centrepieces, Columns etc.

Subject to date availability. Terms and Conditions apply.

New year resolution

We've been asked a couple of times, to do up decor and banquet for weddings, but we're still toying with that idea. We'd love to do just that, and we do have our resources...but up till now, we've just been taking orders for favors, gifts, cakes, high teas and floral arrangements.

Running a business, while being a mother of four and working as a full time pharmacist can be quite tricky sometimes. Mariah - my sis and biz partner, who is also a mother herself, and a full time social worker, can testify to this...and so can mum - our biz director and our biggest inspiration and mentor.

So far it's been manageable cos we've been lucky to be able to pursue this biz, which is our passion, with proper time management and good family support.

But all this while, to ensure quality in every single piece of work, we've been concentrating our resources and confining our orders to the likes of favors, gifts, cakes etc. Perhaps it's high time that we unfold more surprises. Many of our fans and friends have been encouraging us to go bigger scale...and so with that kind of support and confidence, we're treading into newer territories, come 2010.

Wishing all a blessed and fruitful 2010! May your dreams and prayers come true....

To our better halves, loving children and dad...thanx for all the help, support and encouragement.
To our big brother Nazif - on whose quiet trust and kind token, this biz was first built and made possible, thank you :)
To our sister-in-law Shabana...thanx for your moral support and appreciation.

And especially to all our fans and clients, thank you so very much for all the support, trust and encouragement. Keep in touch, and God bless.....

Love,
Mariah & Sham

High Tea

Of late, we've been swarmed by requests for high tea buffet...but this month being December, our diary is packed with wedding orders. We therefore apologize for not being able to accommodate last minute requests for the month. Nevertheless, if you're interested to book us for 2010, feel free to e-mail us, cos we've started reserving orders.

Anyway, to answer the many queries about our high tea set up, we offer this service by consultation. This is to ensure that no two high tea / dessert buffet set ups are the same. That is to say, we look forward to every project with the resolve to create something new and different...That's probably why our packages are very unstandardized. We have our basic packages, but for the more discerning customers, we can offer more new ideas for hosting that unforgettable reception. The sky's the limit!

And speaking of new things, we've added a chocolate fondue fountain into our inventory too. So our customers can now have a Chocolate Fondue Buffet as well. The spread will consist of the usual suspects like strawberries, grapes, biscuits, mini cakes and marshmellows, but restassured, it will be unique in set up and layout.

One may have this Chocolate Fondue Buffet incorporated into the High Tea Buffet, but if one wishes to have just the former on its own, that's perfectly fine as well...

And just for the guests to remember the High Tea experience by, we have created a new favor just for tea. Introducing the Time For Tea Collection....

One may have our tea bags with customised messages packed in a box, or our sugar crystal swivel sticks packed just as beautifully.

Or how about our lemon meringue cupcake in a vintage wrapper? Alas, these are just some examples. Again, the sky's the limit :)