Pretty pansy

Germinating baby succulents

Christmas Flowers ...

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...from Aunt M for our Christmas party

She is ever thoughtful and always great at remembering special occassions.
Feels like she's my personal Santa.

Thanks Aunt M!!

DIY wedding bouquet

 

With NiNi's wedding coming up, I went to the nearby flower farm along High Street Road to look for some flowers to make a trial wedding bouquet for her. Classy and beautiful flowers like peonies and hydrangeas are usually a lot of brides' choices but its expensive as its often imported from overseas.

The flower shop did not sell it anyways.

Hence, NiNi and I decided to settle on a bouquet that is simple, elegant and pretty yet not expensive.

My motto is always to keep it simpleish, pretty and cheap. Cheap that it's affordable but not to the point where it looks cheap.

I chose an arrangement of peach roses and baby pink carnations coupled with a few wax flowers to suit NiNi's pastel wedding theme. For 10 roses, it cost $8. For 2 batches of carnation was $8 ($4 each) and only $3 for the wax (lets out a strange smell similar to wax smell hence, its name) flowers.

So, all in all, I spent $19 and the below bouquet which is about RM60+. I reckon, it's pretty affordable and for my first attempt, I must say, the bouquet looks rather fetching. 

Below is just a simple explanation on how to go about making one's own DIY wedding bouquet. If you require more step by step instructions, just Youtube 'DIY wedding bouquets' and you'll find many  easy-to-follow clips. 

#1 Remove all leaves and thorns from stem

#2 Set a rose as the middle focus and placed carnations around it

#3 Next row, alternate one or two carnations for each rose placed in the arrangement and insert wax flowers as fillers in between gaps

#4 Once satisfied with overall flower arrangement, tie it up with a cord

#5 Don't forget to snip of the stems to a suitable length and wrap with satin ribbon

More wedding centrepice ideas

Oooh.. there are SO many more IDEAS for wedding table (reception) centrepieces.

At the end of it all, it really boils down to your likes and dislikes. What you are partial to. 

Is it rustic with a twist of vintage? Whimsical and romantic? Or green and eco friendly? Or perhaps, it's  themed or coloured theme concept? 

Have a look below and see what pulls at your heartstrings.

#1 One Wedding Wish never fails to inspire

#2 The romance of flowers

#3 Flowers are evergreen

#4 Green themed

#5 Simple and cute

#6 Oooh....

#7 Not really my fancy but I like the water element

#8 Violet purple

#9 Get creative and be healthy

#10 Blue themed

#11 Of water and sequins

#12 Simplicity of a water in aglass

#13 Add some personal touches

#14 Creativity knows no bounds

#15 Flower, candle and water with rocks

#16 Of shapes and sizes

#17 candles to light your path

#18 Purple themed

#19 Lace-oh-lace

DIY wedding centrepiece

Mr. C told me not to hijack Miss Cutesie's wedding plans and not to get ahead of myself. Especially if it's not in line with her wishes. She is after all, the bride-to-be. ;p

I just hope I can do a nice, beautiful and satisfying arrangement.

I guess I was excited (and she seemed to share my excitement, too unless she was just being polite) that I thought she was giving me free reign of table centerpiece arrangements. Guess I was mistaken. LOL.

Anyways, I told her that I am here to assist her in anyway she needs. It's going to be HER special day and she'll have a certain idea of what she wants or would love to have. She won't have time to run around to get things done on that day itself. And as a good friend, it is my role to assist her and not BE the bridezilla.

That being said, I still went ahead and tried my hand to see what I could come up with. 

Pink oh pink

Yesterday at lunch time, I drove to Knox City to check out some flowers from the Fruits and Vege shop. Looking towards pinkish sort of theme, I bought a few cheap flowers to experiment with. 

10 hot pink roses for $4. 2 stocks of light pink and purple ish (possibly fuschia) flowers for $3 and those tiny sort of flower for $4. Total damage was only $11. If it didn't turn out well, I can just use it to 'flowerfy' my house! :)

 

My lunch yesterday at Breadtop; buns and mocha

And the night saw me 'playing' with flowers. I guess if I Googled or Youtube more on table arrangements, something awesome and doable will come up. However, this was just me, trying my hand at whatever flowers I had and seeing what I could come up with.

It was a bit tough 'cos I realised I didn't have many things to compliment the flowers or add on to the sparse looking table top. I didn't set a theme except to think of pink and hence, it showed. As you can see from the below pictures, looks pretty empty.

I think getting loose flower petals to throw around the top of table top would add so much more soft, romantic feel covering the empty looking table. Did a mock table number with guest names' design.

#1 a vase of flower with two frames, one of table number and the other picture of the couple with two tealights

 

#2 Ferrero Rochere placed about (perhaps, stick heart shape papers atop mamogram with the couple's initials)

#3 Change of flower arrangements; roses with paper doily wrapped about vase

#4 How about a tree with ornament or adorned with lovey cutesie stuff with different sorts of flowers

MORE WEDDING TABLE CENTERPIECE IDEAS

Idea #1 Love for all seasons

I did think of a four seasons themed table centerpiece. Each table would be arranged accordingly to the season or any elements/objects that represents that season. So, say if it's winter theme, the table top would be filled with white feathers either with light blue or dark blue ones to represent snow and wintry look. There'll be a a few vases or glasses of flowers in it.

Spring table could be filled with colourful, vibrant colours to give the happy, cheery Spring has arrived feel. You get the gist of it.

Idea #2 Individual themed tables

I was trying to get an idea what the couple have in common or likes to do together but my friend sounded rather clueless. Lol. And this idea just popped into my mind and I thought it'll be interesting. 

'Cos my friend's fiancé's parents place have all sort of interesting ornaments. So, I said, 'why not make each table a theme of it's own?' Scatter flower petals around the table top and put a few cutesie ornaments ie teddy bears, or star wars character or any cartoon or adorable ornament as part of the centerpiece.

All in all, first and foremost, the bride-to-be has to set a theme first. Once that's done, then it'll be easier to get ideas and work around it. If not, it's pictures after pictures and 1001 ideas with the sky being the limit.

Might try out more ideas this weekend. We shall see...

Hoards of ideas for wedding table centrepiece !!

With Miss Cutesie's upcoming Registration of Marriage, I am once again embroiled in wedding planning of sorts. I get really excited researching and sourcing ideas and attempting to make it happen. Just like the time I was looking for ideas for Miss Lawyer's!

I reckon I didn't plan my wedding very well, leaving many things to the last minute, hence, there were not many DIYs or personal touches, much to my disappointment with self.

But that is water under the bridge. 

Now, with friends' wedding approaching one after the other, I can assist and offer my help. With that said, I find myself breeming with ideas for Hen Parties and wedding table centerpieces to favours and what not.

There are just SO many wedding table centrepieces to do for one's special lovey dovey day that it really is hard to choose a theme especially if one has NO idea what one wants. 

Initially I thought a bright, vibrant colour theme would suit a Spring Melbourne intimate wedding affair but if my hunch is right, I reckon Miss Cutesie is looking more for a pastel pinkish hue sort of theme.

I am trying to get my head around how it'll look against the dull red backdrop with severe black and white table clothe. Perhaps we can ask the restaurant to remove the black portion? Hmmm..

Anyways, I leave you with some really beautiful centerpiece ideas... tell me, which are your favourite and which you think would be something you'll like for your wedding or wouldn't ever dream of doing at all!

#1 Pink gerberas atop mirror (seems common here in Aussie) with two tealights

#2 Love the simple flower layout

#3 Aaah.. super pinky theme and feather anyone?

#4 wow.. hanging flowers in bottles concept. See what I mean about vibrant colours? 

#5 Ditch the flowers and go with candles! Though this one looks hot ish and erm... danger anyone?

#6 A simple pink style

#7 Be creative... add some fruits according to your theme.

#8 Tea lights centrepiece are beautiful for night receptions but might get a bit warm ish

#8 pink and green

#9 elegance and simplicity with baby's breath

#10 Who says veges aren't favourites? Quirky asparagus idea!

#11 One Wedding Wish has amazing wedding style concepts!

#12 Rustic centrepiece

#13 Oh-such-beautiful-flowers

#14 Flowers of all sorts and colours

#15 A mesh of pink, purple and blue still rocks!

#16 Sometimes simple is more

#17 White and peach

#18 Bye to Convention and Hello Creativity

#19 One Wedding Wish just have AMAZING flowers, I tell you!