Playing Catch Up

Last year... yes yes, I am severely delayed....

where was I? thats right, last October we were lucky to do another tiffany blue and silver inspired wedding. And due to the bride's really busy schedule we never got to meet!!! So, I had to figure out what the bride liked or did not like just by emailing images and lots and lots of emails ;)

The flowers were white white white with a touch of emerald green which were mainly the lisianthus buds. We also used wax flowers, gerberas and silver gum nuts.
We used white pebbles spray painted with silver and silver bits to style the photo album and desert tables - they looked lovely against the tiffany blue ruffles on the table.

Recognise the boxes? ;) yup we had some left over from another wedding, and so we used them to hold the flowers... love the way these turned out.

Thankfully we pulled it off, and the bride and groom loved the final pieces. Hope you like them too ;)

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.

first corporate gig

yup - we don't only do weddings people ;)
we were very fortunate, thanks to our association with Wedding Acts to decorate the opening of a very large and prestigious law firm here in the Red Dot.
The location was the swanky new address in Anson Road, and it was held on the terrace which has a beautiful landscaped exterior to die for - lots of water features and up in the sky with a view of the business district - i wish all events could be in these locations - the breeze though was a little scary - seriously tables were swaying!!

anyway, the theme was to fit in with the logo, which was blue and white - so out came the hydrangeas again. And to add a touch of whimsy i used my little birds with peacock feathered tails in the cocktail table arrangements.
The taller arrangements were more modern, and the registration tables used chinese inspired blue and white bowls to keep within the theme.

The cocktail tables had little dark blue bows tied at the base - making them look like little white penguins all in a row. I had fun with this one more than any others cos it was up to me to come up with a simple design - and keeping it fresh and modern with clean lines.

photos by yourstruly

step right up - next sept 18th couple

The second couple for this auspicious day was M&S. M is Malaysian and I met her on my very first assignment with Shangri-la hotels. Those were the days when i worked for the hotels, and i used to drag anyone who would care to come along (usually M was the poor unsuspecting soul) to all the ballroom deco days to see what they were doing for the events happening at the hotel.

So when she called and asked, how could i say no... the only problem was because I work with a small number of people, i could not do as much as she wanted (ie the car etc etc etc). But it all worked out.

M met S on the internet, and it worked - he came to visit her in Malaysia, and was hooked on both! They both looked so happy and filled with joy that night it was a lovely sight to see.

So, their theme was mainly green and white, with a touch of pink - and the venue was Bangsar Seafood Garden and Restaurant. The garden was the main thing that we had to spruce up. I did the wedding accessories and the venue deco.

The bride wanted big bold lilies in her bouquet, and thats exactly what she got for her morning tea ceremony. I did not confuse the bouquet with anything else but some huge dark green foliage- unfortunately the photo does not do it enough justice...or at least so i say ;)

The corsages were lisianthus with christmas greens, and we even had mini corsages for the mini members of the wedding party ;)

As they had the tea ceremony in the morning, and then the dinner in the evening, and given her choice of flowers were lilies, i did not trust the flowers to last the day - so i made a smaller bouquet for the evening - still with lilies, but this time with a few lisianthus thrown in.

The staircase up to the garden area was decorated with tea light candles, and the bannister had little test tubes of flowers hanging on them - i used lisianthus and roses for this - and the origami birds from a previous wedding made their appearance here. When you got to the top of the staircase you were greeted by the huge lanterns with the tall reeds ala balinese style - I know i know you are thinking you have seen these before - well yes, i did re-use the arrangement from the first wedding, but made it slightly different with the ribbons, colours and the bird cages in the styling.

Unfortunately I did not manage photos of the bannister and the entrance, but got the rest - so i hope your imagination is running wild!

the aisle was decorated with the same idea as the morning pews, but with the benefit of time, we managed to add more foliage to the cups and finally achieved the look that I was happy with - my hardworking team really pulled together for these. Sadly some children thought it was fun to knock them over - thankfully only after the happy couple walked down the aisle - note to self - don't forget to secure the cups to the ground!!!

The signing in table borrowed from the birds hanging at the bannister and on the trees in the garden, and so included the bird cages with lilies and roses in them.

the table arrangements were simple and pretty - unfortunately they were removed by the time the second course was served - a lot of the reason why I usually discourage couples to have something on the table for a chinese dinner, cos it is a displacement of your precious budget.

This was a great experience and i was so pleased to be doing it for someone who was there when the seed was planted (excuse the pun) with my flower and deco stuff -

congrats M&S - I really hope you had a lovely day.

Photos courtesy of YouStudio and yours truly.

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

purple fever

Some work i recently did after learning some important lessons from an event i covered -
always always go with your first instinct and colour matching...

dont you just love the purples yellows and greens!