The one that got me going

Since I was pretty sure I would be out of a job in January of this year, I offered to help a good friend with some ideas and perhaps work her wedding in kuala lumpur.

It turned out to be THE mega wedding to kick off the year and

what luck that she decided to trust me for some of the stuff! I was asked to come up with an idea for the pews in the church, the car, and the dinner at home for close family and friends for the day after the wedding.

Her theme was pearly white, which was a lovely look, until it came to stringing the pearls into different lengths so we could use it for different things!!!

We did little pom pom balls for the pews in the church, hung from sheer white ribbon and complimented with pearly strands. these flower balls adorned every other pew, with simple sheer ribbon bows and pearl strands on the remaining pews. nothing like this had been done before at this church, so I was pretty chuffed. these did take a long time to do up though, thank goodness for the bride's international friends who lent a helping hand the day before the wedding!

The car was decorated very simply. I wanted to use the same flowers she was using for the rest of the event, so opted for white dendrobium orchids and the beautiful dark green monstera leaves and white ribbon (rather than the tulle which is so often the trend).

We decided to reuse the flowers from the beautiful setting of the bridal reception at the hotel the night before, and the church altar for the home reception the next day. the colour theme for the house reception was white and pink. so I used many of the arrangements as is for the stair case leading up to the house, with pink pearl strands draped on the flower stands. we pulled the remaining arrangements apart to create two large arrangements at the top of the stairs, and rearranged the rest into smaller arrangements for the tables. we used the beautiful pink rose candles that the bride had ordered as part of the arrangement, with little pink pearly wheel

accents in the table arrangements.

we had all the cousins and aunties in the house that afternoon pulling tables together and tying the flower balls from the pews to the tent posts and stringing pearls for the chair backs. with all their help we managed a fantastic effect! what an experience that was, and was great training and first job for me. It was only after this that I truly beleived that I could... possibly... maybe...?

perhaps... make this work!