Bouquet Crush

How gorgeous is this bouquet from dWeddings? Yellow, green, and smears of white. Simple, romantic, and so sweet.

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Roses are not just red!

One of the good things that came up from the kitchen sink fiasco last week is that I found a square vase under the sink that I forgot I had.. All the roses were blooming so beautifully in the garden, so I thought I'll try making a multi-color arrangement to celebrate the earth day :)

Monday Centerpiece Series

And we're back with the 2nd ever Monday Centerpiece Series (or as I like to say it: Monterpiece).

Here's an awesome idea from Dog n' Bird Artful Wedding: a single bloom under an upside down wine glass, topped with a candle. Simple and creative. I like :)

Monday Centerpiece Series

Monday. Some of my Mondays are good. But some are bad. Some Mondays, I just need a really bad dose of Monday Blues cure. So, what's better than to start a Monday with looking at pretty centerpieces? I think I'm gonna start off the week with Monday centerpiece alternative from now on. So, make sure you tune in every Monday :)

Here's the first one for the series that I found on Southern Living. My goodness, what a difference a nice centerpiece brings to the dinner table. A good centerpiece can be a conversation starter at an awkward dinner table, an eye pleaser for a sore Monday, an appetite enhancer for a hangover, and mood booster for just about everything else...



I have a small garden at home. I have begonias, roses, gerber daisy, wildflowers, and other kinds of flowers that I don't know the name of. I like to bring them in when they bloom, but they don't always look good as a centerpiece because sometimes I'd only have one single rose that bloomed. What a great idea to stick the odd flowers into the colorful Oasis Rainbow Foam. I'm definitely gonna try to make them... someday. someday but soon! :)

Daisies

My flowers for the wedding was mostly soft coral pink / off white gerber daisies, hydrangea, and roses. Shortly after the wedding, we were gardening and we planted some coral daisies, almost exactly like the ones we had at our wedding.

With Mr. B's green thumbs tending the garden, we now have not one, but two gorgeous coral daisies blooming in the middle of Fall. I know it's not much, but I can't help smiling and thinking back about our wedding every time I look at them.

Dahlia

Inspired by Meg's post this week about Dahlias, I thought I'd share a picture of the lovely dahlia hairpin that I made for my bridesmaids.

It was actually really really easy to make them. Even on my first try, it only took me about 5 minutes to make one. The key is to making these lovelies is only one: glue gun. Just glue, glue, glue them all together, and let it dry. That's all.... Well, maybe not too much glue, but you know what I mean, right?

They look pretty, don't they? :) Since these were the first ones I ever made, the inside part that's glued to the prongs do not look very pretty, but... hey! As long as it works :)

Jacarandas

I love jacaranda trees.... even if they shed their blues.... even if they're sticky... i still like them.

When Mr. B and I started looking for our wedding venue, we fell in love with this place. Heritage Museum of Orange County..... especially because of the great big jacaranda tree at the background..... too bad the place was already booked for our date.



Isn't it just gorgeous? And totally vintage. Love it, love it, love it.

Progress

Mr. B has been so very helpful. In fact, he's doing more things on my to-do list than I am. Thank God for him.

Napkin flowers count to-date: 55! Woo hoo! another 110 to go :)

And.... overall, things are just going well so far. My dress is still in-the-making. My dressmaker lady called a few days ago saying that she's having a hard time finding the right fabric for the dress alterations... but.... I'm not too concerned. She'll figure it out, I'm sure. My beauty n exercise regime is really paying off. I don't look that much different, but I sure feel different inside ;)

And.... that's it. Plenty of things in my to-do list, but I'm sure I'll get through them. One thing at a time, I say.

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Chair Decoration DIY

Remember how I was thinking of having the hanging favor box on the chair instead of having the chair covers? Here are some different ideas for the decor:
1. Hang dried wheat on a bow on the back center of the table
2. Hang flowers

The above 2 options end up to be more expensive that I want it to be.... I need the decoration for each chair to be under a dollar. So.. as my creative side of the brain works better on Fridays, I came up with this idea from this image:

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So... to modify it a bit to serve our purpose as a hanging chair decoration, here is a step by step guide of how to make it:

1. Make a cone out of paper doilies (these 8" doilies papers are about 5cents each from http://www.wrapwithus.com/favors/3_762-fx.html or 2 cents if you can buy in bulk from here http://www.mypapershop.com/500237.html)

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2. Tie a ribbon around on the doilies so you can loop it into the back center of the chair.

3. Get a few bunches of baby's breath (you'll need about 3 stems of bb per cone, and it's around 10cents each stem if you buy in bulk.)

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And voila! You're done. (I think.) I haven't actually tried to make these, but.... yeah. I think it's easy enough to do, don't you? I'm gonna try to do it this weekend :)

Arch Decoration

So I went to the florist yesterday, and thought... what else can I get rid of to reduce the cost? As we go through the list, there's this one line (actually there were quite a few) that I think we can cut. Particularly: Decoration for the entry arch.

Granted.. the reception place is beautiful on its own. There is a vintage dreamy looking arch on the entry way. It makes the place looks like how I imagined it would be in the book "Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Anyhow, I was thinking that we could decorate it with:"

Option 1: Flowers

image by http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com

Option 2: Crystal Lights

image by http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2007/12/26/do-it-yourself-wedding-projects-14/

Or Option 3: Hanging "Wedding" Sign

image from: http://vintageglamblog.com/2009/02/14/honey-please-do/

Hmm.. am I getting too creative here? I guess I gotta figure out how tall the entry arch is before I start hanging things on it :D

Beautiful Rainy Day in OC

Today, the weather seem to mirror my mood... or is it the other way around? Well, I'm sad because Mr. B is still in the hospital, but today is Friday, so to lighten up my mood, I am going to dedicate today's post for pretty flowers... who can be sad when looking at such pretty things? :)

(from http://junebugweddings.com/)

And here's a picture of my new favorite flowers: dahlia. I am actually looking for a particular picture of a bouquet that I saw on the Ceremony Magazine (dec 08) that consists of white dahlias and orchids... I can't seem to find it anywhere... a little help, anyone? Maybe I will see if I can still buy that magazine at Barnes or something...

(from http://www.theknot.com/)

Have a wonderful weekend, y'all!

DIY # 2: Pom Pom Flowers

Who can resist these lovely arrangements of beauts by Martha Stewart? I think I'm gonna do the small pompom flowers for the napkins, just because. :)

I've tried making a couple of these cuties, and I must say it was pretty successful (after the 3rd try) hehe... Now, if only I can find the place to buy the tissue paper at wholesale price and with the exact color that I had in mind... it'll be sweeeetttt!