party dreams...

Talk about party dreaming...
I came across this link today as I was browsing and looking for inspiration - thats code for being a sticky beak and seeing what other people were up to on the space ;)

the party dress is such a cool and well put together space I just had to share it with you.

everyday I think about pretty things, and WILL for new clients to contact me so that i can help them create something new and interesting... and This link really makes me want to to will them even more ;)

So here it is sending a sonic willing message out to everyone....

enjoy being inspired ;)

Bicycle built for two

The Flourist finally got to do a wedding that featured decorating two of our favourite things...a bicycle and a mini cooper ;)

We booked this December wedding quite early on, though some of the details were only finalised closer to the date of the wedding. It was fantastic to be back in the swing of things again, after the short baby break.

The theme was purple and white, and the bride and groom wanted a country look for their wedding. So we used simple heart shaped frame with orchids for pew ends, and tall arrangements for the altar. With the colour theme, we used a lot of orchids for this wedding - from the accessories to the church decoration. The altar arrangements had to be tall to be seen - so we used the idea of a hand bouquet of orchids and adapted it for a vase arrangement. We tinted the water for the altar arrangements to make sure it was in theme...



The wedding was at a church on Tanglin Road, and had an interior decor with wood panelling and wooden pews with plush seats that went well with the country theme. Add to that a bicycle out the front to greet guests at the wedding - the country quirk was perfect. We had such a lot of fun decorating this wedding! For the bicycle we used purple brassica (the cabbage looking flower) and lots of little daisies - the idea was to have a just picked look for the bicycle. We then decked it with ribbon in case the bride and groom decided to use it as their get away vehicle ;)

The only departure from the purple country scene was of course the bridal car... but I love the mini cooper, and obviously so did the couple and it was their day - so who cares if the red clashed with the purple...we simple left out the purple for the car, and used white gerbera daisies and roses and lots of green to make the flowers pop.

It's the new year!!!

Happy 2012 everyone!
yes we have been very very quiet last year - and we have kept the reason very quiet which was naughty. the truth of it is we have been so deliciously pre-occupied with an addition ;)

lil K was born on 30 June 2011, and while we have done a few events since then, it has been crazy trying to keep up with a little human who changes on a daily basis, and DEMANDS more time than our clients! difficult to imagine, but true I promise you.

so, this year we promise to be more up to date in our updates, and if we are on a whirlwind of experiences we will be sure to let you in on the secret so you can rub your hands in delicious excitement too ;)

stay tuned for some updates of some pretty special weddings we did toward the end of 2011, and look forward to more weddings in 2012!

lets be marry everyone!!

Did you see us??

Now that The Flourist is a member of the ABC Singapore, we put out a joint ad in Style Weddings March issue ;)

I love the art work that went with it - Thanks to Jonathan Goh of ABC.

We are featured!!

Remember the Garden Asia themed shoot we did last year?

Well the article is finally edited and now online!!!

go check us out ;)

http://www.extraordinary.com.sg/feature_contents.asp?feature_subID=74&feature_sub_subID=159&mclick=1&layout=2

Tiffany blue to say I DO!

December was a crazy month - there were quite a few things going on with photo shoots and planning for other projects, and the usual rush to the end of the year.
In the midst of all the madness, the blue should have been the calm - and I guess in many ways it sort of was. thankfully for this wedding we had sufficient time to turn the ballroom into a masterpiece - the theme started off as a wintry wedding, and then suddenly morphed into a tiffany blue, white and silver number, with a touch of frost.

So, we had cherry blossom trees with babies breath tied on them to create a three dimensional effect of snowy boughs,  table centres had mock tiffany boxes all wrapped up with a simple white floral arrangement in the centre and tiffany blue chair sashes. The ballroom was set up such that the main table was elevated on a platform in the middle of the ballroom (idea courtesy of the wedding planner Wedding Acts Pte Ltd) and it was just a blue blue blue all the way - chair sashes, table overlay and a tall centre piece arrangement in the middle with blue and silver trimmings. 

we covered the base of the platform with some green and white foliage and flowers bringing a bit of the forest undergrowth inside!

and in a nod to the latest trends for weddings these days, the couple opted to have a candy table - blue and white candy, silver wrapped hersheys, blue candy canes, marshmallows and jelly beans. sadly with most people watching their sugar and no children about to take full advantage of the candy, a lot of this went to waste :( but the display looked lovely!

PSSST - handy tips
Now for those of you who are planning a tiffany blue wedding - a word to the wise... it is not an easy colour to source stuff, and it gets lost if it is an evening function with low lights - SO if you are happy with white light everywhere and sourcing for a good few months before your big day go right ahead. look for vendors who will rent you stuff cos it will be difficult to repeat the colour at an event at home - whereas red and white always works for all manner of merry-making.

Tis our last post for 2010 - we hope you have enjoyed the work as much as we have enjoyed sharing our  experiences with you -
come back for more posts in 2011.
till then HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Sneak Peek - photo shoot at GardenAsia

Hi everyone,

Just in case you had not heard, we are now the selected few vendors who have partnered with Extraordinary Weddings (Singapore), an online wedding website for all your wedding planning needs.
So to commemorate this new partnership, The Flourist was roped in for a quirky photo shoot out Kranji Way in a lovely green lung called GardenAsia.

While we wait for the official photos, I thought I would tempt you with some sneak peaks...
the theme was relaxed solemnization, a touch of vintage with bright cheery colours. The fun part was that we used very different flowers than the normal roses et al, which was a welcome change.

I just know you are loving it and are already planning for these colours for your big day! Go for it - this is a perfect example of less is more - the budget can be easily kept low for a set up like this, and is so effective - though I would recommend it for the cosy laid back touch of retro couples.

PSSST!!  by the way Extraordinary Weddings has a promotion for couples planning the knot, with a promotional card filled with discounts and goodies from selected vendors - pick yours up now!!