Blissful Outdoor Wedding Show (BOWS) 15-17 Oct 2010

This entry is "hot-off-the-press"!  

We've had the wonderful privilege of working with Diary & Design Wedding (wedding planner) to decorate Four Seasons Catering's display booth at BOWS 2010 over this weekend.

The theme was Vintage Garden, an encore performance of Hellen's wedding, sticking to the same colours of tiffany blue, coral and cream. However, this time its all concentrated into a 10ft by 10ft booth.




Main Centrepiece
I love the vintage vase that goes so well with the old-school, traditional, big and full style arrangement.




Small Table Arrangement
This arrangement sits so well with the wooden sign which i painted myself. Customised signages anyone?




Small Table Arrangement
The vintage vase is perched on top of a floral fabric covered box, which i made.
I love this fabric design...its totally Laura Ashley.



Loose flower arrangements can be just as beautiful in a casual and unpretentious way.

Fresh Flower Ring Pillow embellished with Lace
The wedding bands sit in the middle of it, secured with the thin blue ribbons.



Buffet Line Centrepiece
Keeping to the coral and cream colours, with wild flowers for a rustic look.
The glass vessel is also wrapped in lace - because details matter.




Buffet Line Centrepieces




Dining Table Arrangements
Loose flowers in a variety of vintage glasses and bottles.
It may seem 'random' but it is not...every single vessel was thoughtfully selected and decorated to suit the theme.



Fabric Hearts
Had some left over country style fabric and sewed them into these little hearts.
One of my favourite past time...sewing hearts.

I just have to show off the "twin towers"
The two vintage bottles that i simply adore. Found them at Cash Convertor. "One man's trash is another man's treasure".
I also love the retro glass (reminds me of the70s) which was given a vintage twist with a string of pearls.



Chair Tie-Back





The Entire Booth
NB: Items on the display table were contributed by Flower Couture, Diary & Design Wedding & Four Season Catering.


Did we have fun? You bet!!
Once again, the fact that i derive so much joy out of this affirms that 
I was born to be an event decorator. What joy!



Vintage Garden Wedding @ Fort Canning

"I love it when a plan comes together"

- Hannibal Smith (The A-Team)

And that's what happened at Hellen and Winston's Vintage Garden Wedding at Fort Canning Park.

I'm featuring this wedding because it is one of the more creative weddings i've come across in Singapore. Kudos to the creative bride who is a designer herself and a fellow crafter. Meeting Hellen is like meeting a kindred spirit. View her awesome wedding blog and be inspired!

The following two pictures were her blueprint (no pun intended) for the wedding, with a unique colour theme of tiffany blue, coral and cream. Very unusual for weddings in Singapore. Hellen wanted a casual, fun and vintage feel to her decorations, with different vessels and bottles containing casually put together flowers.

The most challenging part of the preparation was Hellen's colour theme. The cloth colour was tad tricky, as it was not sky blue, nor was it sea-green, but it was tiffany blue for the pews and table runners. Nevertheless, i found the exact colour (phew...). And Coral is such a difficult colour, even more so than Fuchia. Its not pink, neither is it orange, its just Coral! Again, by the grace of God (seriously), i found the coral coloured roses and gerberas with coral centred (although most people would just label it as pink centred gerberas). Finding the exact colour shade was like striking lottery - i was estatic!

Sometimes its easier to work with brides who have a strong vision of what they want to see on their wedding day. Even better if she had pictures to show me, like what Hellen did.  With her blueprint in had, it made it clearer for me to deliver exactly what she liked.

March-In Aisle Decoration

Chair Decoration

Chair Posy

Main Centrepiece
(incorporating rosettes made by the bride)

Birdcage Hong Bao Holder

Bridemaid's Posy
(which doubled up as a table centrepiece in picture below)

Dining Table Decoration
(Random vessels dressed up in vintage style)

Dining Area Decoration

For the vintage feel, i had fun sourcing for vintage looking cups, glasses and bottles. I had even more fun dressing them up with ribbons, pearls and lace. The details were definitely time consuming, but to me, details matter. Each item should look pretty on its own and when put together as a decoration theme, it will rock the house down!  

Prep for Vintage Garden Wedding

Its a week away from Hellen and Winston's vintage garden wedding at Fort Canning Park.

Been running through the necessary preparations as i'll be away at church camp from monday to thursday. Once i'm back, its go go go!

As i'm tying turquiose ribbons on the variety of candle holders, i experience a sense of peace and joy. People destress in many ways, some play X-box, some go shopping, some watch tv, some play sports, my escape has always been craft.

Its a mild obssession of mine. But i conclude that some good measure of obssession is necessary for success in anything.

Hellen's wedding is gonna be really fun and interesting. After all those months of liaising and mulling over the details, its finally here. Let's get the show on the road!