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.

and the bride wore lace

The Flourist did a wedding last weekend - it was to be the sweetest wedding so far.

The bride is Malaysian, and the groom a charming lad from Manchester (yes they do make them charming out there). Theirs was a courtship of 5 yrs (yes yes not quite as long as me and D)
and finally they set a date for June (which incidentally happened to be her best friend's wedding anniversary) - so cool right!!!
M looked absolutley moviestar-ish in her lovely lace wedding gown with the killer lace inspired heels, and R so dashing in his suit - certainly cleaned up good - not bad for a shopping trip that lasted about 20 mins!!!

As the bride lives in the UK, her bestfriend and I worked rather closely to arrange things for the wedding - from changing the layout of the ballroom set up, to drapery over the stage and deciding on the decorations.

The theme was white and green, but of course the bridesmaid had to get a teal dress - so i included pink in the wedding accessories (oooh but the teal dress was loverly! and she is allowed to lah after all she is a pretty little thing ;) )

I used lisianthus and eucalyptus leaves, cymbidium  and dendrobium orchids, and cyprus brooms - and the most interesting of all was the inclusion of the succulent cactus in the bouquet and the main table arrangements.
i was so pleased with the effects - esp after trawling sungai buluh garden shops for the right kind ;).

i created hanging decorations from hula hoops and paper - and hung baubles from them - they were so lovely slowly turning from the draft of the vents - lovely lovely lovely - next time I must do more I think - or at least make them a little longer perhaps.
thanks to my little helpers for climbing on the scaffolding to get these all hung up.
candles everywhere and low lighting - sooooo befitting the romance and love at this wedding.

congratulations mr and mrs H.

Again these are my lame photographic attempts just before I ran out the door before the guests arrived... professional ones as soon as i get it ;)

the bride's bouquet

the bride's maid bouquet

the groom's corsage with feather detail ;)

the other corsages

the pillars had banana leaves around them with cyprus broom and tuber roses

these were in the cocktail foyer

these were at the entrance to the ballroom while the circular designs were inside the ballroom hanging over the dance floor and tables

this was the main table arrangement

October wedding

Hi all
I know i know I have been lax in updating this - but was looking for inspiration and waiting for photos and then and then... forgot that I had not updated you!!!

Okay, so October 2009 was like the event of the year for my family - my sis in law was getting hitched - after a whirlwind courtship. G was lovely and they looked lovely together on a regular day - what more on the wedding day ha!

ok so of course she put me in charge of the deco - i dont think i would have let her rest if she did not! so really she did not have much of a choice. And because my outfit is not as big yet, I needed to rely on other providers for some of the items of the decoration.

The concept was to be very simple - we used gold white and green to complement the wedding card, and also so that it would match all the bridal outfits - of course the groom was always in theme as he wore a regal white and gold number the whole time ;)

I wanted to use the concept of birds to symbolise freedom and beauty, and used banana leaves in the table arrangements - which were kept simple and unfussy to aid the high table turn over at the dinner. I used the motif from the card to make paper birds to hang along the bannister, to include in the table arrangements. I also used glass birds on the trees that were placed at the foot of the stairs to the hall and also the hall foyer. I also got a large print out for the backdrop at the stairs. 

We used the same motif paper to make cones for the jasmine we offered to the ladies - traditional at an indian/ceylonese wedding.

On the bride's suggestion we used hanging palm fronds done specially by a specialist provider for the entire eating hall. These same suppliers created a palm leaf border for the jasmine at the entrance to the hall. In the eating hall outside we hung indian cloth lanterns to add to the marry-ment ;) The

While i designed the look, I had to work with one other wedding decorator who was used to larger weddings, to provide the stage and the frame for the backdrop to the wedding and also the floral arrangements and hanging jasmine at the entrance to the hall.

I wanted to step away from the traditional Ganesha statue and since we were already including the kolam of ganesha (from the card motif) we decided to use the Shiva and Parvati statues that were the bride's mothers. These statues usually sit in a little window in the house, and oversee everything in the family home, and it was so fitting that they too participated in this wedding.

To match the black statues, I used these black standing lady statues, which were borrowed from my grandmother's home!

The wedding dais was also designed by me, but completed by the wedding decorator that we worked with. It as a simple frame with greens and white roses, with a simple cream backdrop. 

the rest of the decoration was completed thanks to family who pitched in on the night before!

I was also in charge of the bridal car and also made up her bouquets - one for the wedding and one for the reception that was hosted by the groom's side - unfortunately this photo was only taken at the end of the night - which accounts for the nicks in the anthuriums :( - but it was a beautiful combination of anthuriums and cymbidiums the colour of light salmon inspired by the bride's outfit on the day (its the one on the left!).

All photos courtesy of Jon Pinto.

of buttons and bouquets

it is probably the hazards of being the new kid on the block - imagine the thought process - ''she was an accountant - and then now she is a florist??''

so sometimes I get asked to

do bits of the flowers rather than the entire event.

the little details are great! sometimes I get artistic license - other times the bride and groom (ok ok who are we kidding really...) the bride is pretty clear about what she wants.

these are a mixture of bouquets, wrist corsage and buttonholes for different weddings.

from romania to orissa with love

now this is the ultimate love story...

S is from Orissa, M with her wild curly red hair hails from romania.

they met in this little obscure township called cranfield in the UK, and before you knew it he was smitten!

they studied, loved and graduated, and he got a job offer here in singapore.

so they upped and moved everything out here, and decided that they were going to be married.

they did us the honour of asking us to be witnesses at their solemnisation ceremony, and I offered to help with the flowers for their little shindig.

they chose a beautiful spot by the sea, and it was a sunset ceremony, with new and old friends coming together to celebrate. the bride was really keen to push the island theme so we came up with coconut shells and pineapple table centres.

the bride decided against a bouquet, and opted for flowers in her hair, and around her wrist. the groom not to be outdone had a suitably grand corsage to match.

I also made their cake, which was a two tiered simple coconut cake, adorned with the same cymbidium orchids used in all the other arrangements.

It was great fun and a great experience - and the more I help out the more I am happy to have the smaller scale events as my niche - the budgets are smaller, but the personal touch is priceless!