City Life City Garden 2012 (3) : Mini Vintage Garden Looks

Vintage vintage vintage!!! Yep, this is no vintage look by photoshop, this garden did use some vintage items, such as plastic crates (2A) and wood crates (2B) as plant containers, no paint used, just put them as it is, and put the potted plants inside.

Still hang your plants the normal way? Try to hang them (2C) perpendicular to the wall, of course not every plants can suit this style, but these bromeliads sure look good. Their varied size and color make the walls less monotonous. Also notice how the lamps put inside the bird cages, cute!!!

And this is my favorite!!!! This rocking horse (2E) is so cute, usually rocking horse is painted with vivid colors but this one had soft tones, so no childish feel in this garden. Absolutely loved this one!!! Also the toy truck (2D) used as plant container, if your kids had one of these kinds and don’t use them anymore, you might want to use them like this before you throw them away, reuse and save the environment!!!!

Hope this vintage theme mini garden can be an inspiration to you guys, but don’t haste in making your decision, since there are still 2 more gardens inspiration for you!!! In our next post, we’ll present you the rustic English garden theme. See you soon!!

2012 Christmas Flower Decoration : A Bit of Nature

Our next Christmas décor ideas are still from the IPBI demo. It’s time to decorate your foyer, or your entrance…

This Christmas flower decoration will look grand on top of your cabinet, or your fireplace mantel, if you have one. A bit of branches will be needed, and it’s hard to find this kind of medium sized branches if you live in the city like me unless you chop it off the neighbor garden (not advisable!!). But this can be a good excuse for a picnic at the mountain… don’t forget to pick up some pinecones too while you’re there.

No, this is not a camping fireplace, but 3 branches put together like one, and secure with ropes.  The securing part might be the hardest part, if your kids happened to be in scout ask their help! I myself was in scout long long time ago and had forgotten with all the knot  n …*sigh*…

Mrs. Yani, one of the designers of this flower arrangement said, ‘make it as closely as possible like a deer’. ‘The original idea came from a deer that was walking around’, she continued.

Besides the branches we will also need lots of shiny silver and white Christmas balls ornament, ‘ijuk’ rope to tie the branches and no, those yummy looking red ones are not cranberries, we’re in the tropics, remember…. These are actually palm fruit seeds, secure them one by one with floral wire to be attached later. You must do it carefully but quite fast, since the more often and longer  you touch, the more mushy they become (not firm anymore) and certainly it would not attractive  to be used as accessories to attract the attention from the side of color.

And here’s the materials used such as medium size of branches, aspidistra leaves, pinecones (the big one is from Aussie, while the smaller ones are from local tree but I think it’s simply because of the difference type of trees only) and roses of sexy red.

Mrs. Yuyu and Mrs. Yulianti were performing their demo. They were helped by Mrs. Wiwit.

And this is the step by step tutorial:

First, cut some roses quite short (about 10 – 15 cm long depending on how big you’d like to make) then arrange them just like you’re going to make a round bouquet. Make two, one is in the position of the head and the other is above the legs (of the deer – imagine!)

Then take some aspidistra leaves, fold some of them by using ‘lidi’ or you can use staples. Then placed them on the right and left side of the head. Do it once again but this time at the position of the ‘tail’ and around it, and let 2-3 leaves unfolded, natural as it is.

After that attach some ball ornaments slightly below the head, at the abdomen, at the back and one ball as a tail.

Finally, put some red palm seeds at the neck in front and a few on the sidelines of roses and aspidistra leaves to cover the empty space.  

After adding those baubles..Voila!!! here’s the arrangement look from the front side. Since this arrangement itself is quite big, so make it as a focal point and do not add too many ornaments near it.

From another point of view, just look at those baubles!!!

That’s it for today. But don’t worry, we still have more Christmas décor to be posted this year, so keep on checking our blog!!!!

World Peace Theme Advent Wreath 2012

Happyyyyyy!!!!! This Christmas Season started off well, our store started to receive the usual order of wreaths.

Already boxed and ready to be shipped!!! This order is from the chief of St. Elizabeth, Mrs. Fransisca, to be used in the pray of 1st – 4th Advent weeks in our region which is starting on Dec 2^nd , 2012. We got another order from our dear friend, Miss Flora yesterday evening. Thank you so much friends for trusting us in this holy event … We will post a tutorial on this Advent wreath, just wait and see J

2012 Christmas Dinner Decoration: Sparkling Silver

Ooooh, almost Christmas…. somewhat feel a bit melancholy this year, don’t know why, just that one year seems to fly so fast. Still remember those first Christmas post on flowerdeily a year ago. Surely hope our writing improve with time and you will read our posts on and on ...and don’t forget to support us by visiting our store J

Okay, enough daydreaming, it’s Christmas, guys! No time to dawdling since the early bird gets the best Christmas ideas, right? That’s also why IPBI DPC Bandung held another demo on Christmas decoration early this November, which means it’s time to share!!!!

The first in line is this sparkling silver theme table centerpiece which is very suitable for your elegant Christmas dinner. Made by Mr. Benny Natamadya (In case you forget him, just look at my previous post on his arrangements here), this arrangement boasts craft detail rather than expensive flowers.

The big candles (A) are made of 8 cm ordinary candles, dripped with candle wax to create the illusion of having being used. After that, spray some silver paint on it. My favorite is the addition of transparent bulbs (B) on top of them, very cute!! Almost looks like some bubbles come out from the candles.

Now the real candle to be lit during the meal is just tea-light candle put inside a wine glass. Then put some blue rocks inside for some glamour impact. These affordable colorful rocks can be found in your local florist or plant market.

Now on to the flowers, he’s using roses Mohana, Avalanche, Euro – fanta, papyrus, schefflera, pittosporum and ming fern to fill the empty space.

Here’s the look from above, as reference for you if you'd like to try by yourself.

And this is how it will look from eye level (Your guests’ eyes during dinnerJ). An affordable touch to create simple elegant Christmas table centerpiece. Well done, Mr. Benny!!!

City Life City Garden 2012 (2) : Shabby chic garden theme

As I mentioned in previous post, in this exhibition there’re also some garden exhibition by the local university students. Unfortunately I don’t know from which university they're, but my roommate said they might be from the landscape major…since this is just an installation, some of them might not be applicable in real outdoor garden, however, most of them are simple brilliant ideas that can be your garden inspiration!!! Of course we cannot post all of those exhibitions, only few that we think are simple and unique can be seen in this post and the series ahead…….

Ahem… the first garden installation was titled ‘Vivid of vintage’ by the creators, however … I don’t see any vintage look in this garden, since everything looks new… personally, I think this garden theme tends toward the shabby chic theme… you can see the patchwork pillows (1A) are the accent… with the surrounding consists of arranged boxes in natural and white color…

My favorite item in this garden is this hanging board (1B). It’s just simple board with cabinet knobs as the hangers, but the drawings and the additional items to be hanged made them more cute…. also notice how some of the boxes filled with gravels… looks very neat and completely different with the usual arrangements of just pour the gravel between the tiles.. for small gardens, this technique can be applied.

As the lighting fixtures, I think it’s brilliant to use rattan garden rake painted white ( 1C) and attached them to the wooden sticks. The ribbons might not be applicable outdoor but rattan can withstand the weather so you might want to try this at home.

Aside from being the plants container, some of the boxes can also be used as display for dried coconut shells, 'bintaro' seed, pinecones and branches, don’t forget to attach some chicken wire to prevent the falling. A good idea for those who don’t want the hassle of watering the plants everyday…

Overall, this mini garden can be an inspiration for your small gardens…both minimalist and modern style houses can enjoy this theme since it is simple and can fit into many designs…but…before you decide, you might want to look at our next post first, which will encompass the vintage theme, so keep on checking our blog!!!

Flower Today: Bee Hive Ginger Flower

This is another exotic tropical flowers besides heliconia and bird of paradise. This flower has uniqueness in appearance as well as varies color such as red, yellow and pink, so if you feel a bit bored with the same flowers or color for weeks or just would like to attract attention, use ginger flowers as focus. More over it is able to stand for more than a week, it's just perfect right?  But, because it has a rather big stem, make sure where you want to put it otherwise it will leave big hole on your floral foam if you pull it out. Ginger flower is also quite heavy so that not suggested for a car flower arrangement.

Ginger flowers in yellow color

City Life City Garden 2012 (1): The Garden inside…

Hi again everyone…It’s Little Flo here, long time no see u guys since I’m just arrived from my 5 months stay in Bangkok, Thailand… hee… hee…

It’s been a very fun experience there and since Thailand is well known for their agriculture products such as fruits and of course flowers and plants, I’m very lucky to had a chance to see some of them. Not just for me, but also for you since I’ll be sharing some of the flowers and gardens with all of you starting today!!!!!

Okay… this is the first flower exhibition I attended, it is held in a mall called Central Plaza Rama III, there are lots of central plaza in Bangkok, this one is on the Rama III road. I just want a little bit of sightseeing when suddenly whoa!! There’s this flower installation in front of the mall, hum… turns out there’s this exhibition called City Life City Garden going on inside… there’s a mini park inside the mall with some exotic plants, lots of garden installation by the local university students and don’t forget the business : flower and garden market in the basement, so let’s take a look, shall we?

So, this small garden actually located at one of the walkway bridge inside the mall. The grass is obviously just a green carpet, but the hanging and potted plants are real…not a bad idea to put some refreshment inside the mall…

Forget the boring gnome for your garden statues…. this gorilla figurine is far more exciting! And not to mention very tropical… you can see in the background the flower and garden market below… enticing the crowd to come downstairs… 

And now for the plants… some of them are just the usual suspects at the garden, but looking closely, some of them are obviously not in your ordinary garden. Just checked some of these rare ‘kantong semar’ varieties… never seen them before!!!

Want to check the rest of the expo, I went downstairs where a stage for some performance had been installed…. check out the giant butterfly… made us feel like dwarfs in a giant’s garden.

Looking closely at the details, the stage comprised of a large frame filled with a vertical garden, and a mini garden inside…. different way in Indonesia where they just put the plants side by side, here in Bangkok they arranged different types of plants with different heights to make the garden look more real, love them!!!

On my next stop, I checked out some cool and unique garden installation by the local university students, these can be your garden inspiration people! Be patient for our next post in this series : shabby chic garden theme !!

Bazaar at The Church of St. Peter Cathedral - Bandung

Guys … there is Bazaar at the church of St. Peter Cathedral this weekend. It is to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Cathedral St. Peter Church. Taking the theme of ‘Peduli – Bersekutu – Menginspirasi’, the bazaar is taking place at the left side area of the church and  at the front yard of ‘St. Joseph’ Elementary School (behind the church) and last from 16 – 18 November 2012. There are many products sold from clothes, snacks, drink and many kinds of culinary. Since this is a long weekend holiday so don’t forget to come, ya. Have fun there!!

The opening ceremony marked with cutting the ribbon and balloons straps was done by Pastor Markus and Leo at the left gate on Friday afternoon.  

Margriet Team also participated, especially in the opening ceremony yesterday evening. What was it? Tadaa….  A three-tier Birthday Cake made from Fresh Cut Flowers!!! It's placed on the main stage, ready to decorate it together with the other ornaments placed in front.

The four big standing flower arrangements were placed in the four corners of the stage. The sizes are between 1 - 1.2 m x 1.5 - 2 m (width x height).

The materials used are heliconia, cigar flowers, ginger flowers, lilies of ‘Pompadon’, white snapdragon, papyrus, rose Voodoo, Rose Aleandra, philodendron, ruscus, SOI, cordyline and sprengeri leaves.

The pastor from the beginning up to now, from riding bike to driving car (left image). The five pastors who serve at the Cathedral St. Peter Church now are (clockwise) Pastor Leo, Budi, Sutiman, Markus and Pastor Dedi (right image)

Pink-Fuschia Theme Wedding Church Décor (2)

Hi guys, here’s another wedding flower décor in Pink-Fushia theme. Some of you might say,’ again?’ and then muttered. Wait ... don't hastily be disappointed, guys, as this time Team Margriet used 3 different colors of lilies namely Sorbonne, Stargazer and Casa Blanca. The color gradation looks nice though not distinctly seen in far distance. However, it looks different than the usual of course and could be your consideration choose the wedding theme. Check it out.  

The flower arrangement in front of the altar.

The whole view taken from the front right side (image above), the flower arrangement in front of Mary statue and 7 candle stand (image right below) and the nice color gradation of the lilies Sorbonne, Stargazer and Casa Blanca (image left below).

The Rosary & Bible tray and the ring pillow.

By the way, the existence of the two candles on the tray were kinda weird because if it's meant as unity candle, it's supposed consists of one big and two small candles. More over, unity candle is usually lit when the marriage ceremony took place at mid, so it should be carefully prepared and placed separately, far from the objects flammable such as wrapping paper, ribbon etc. Should not use flammable material like wooden or bamboo for the unity candle container unless for decorative necessity only, just like the one above.

Anyway, the design of the ring pillow is cute and romantic, not to mention the doggy on it, really adorable and so are the rosary and the shiny gold-plated letters, the initial name of the bride and groom I guess. Unfortunately, we don't know the designers of those beautiful items.

Note:

Images were taken at the  church of St. Peter Cathedral, Bandung.

Church Décor: Team Margriet

Bible tray and ring pillow designer’s unknown. If you know, please let us know

Pink-Fuschia Theme Wedding Church Decor

As we mentioned on our last post that pink is the favourite color for brides, now we are posting this ‘Pink-Fuschia’ theme wedding church décor. Don’t get bored with this color, guys since you’re going to see it more often in Cathedral St. Peter church for the next few weeks, he... So, relax and enjoy!!

The view of the overall altar taken from the front left side 

The flower arrangement in front of the altar.

As you can see on the image above, lots of pink flowers were used. They're placed  in the center, on the left side, on the right side, on above and below. In a glance you’ll know exactly that it’s a Pink Theme Wedding Church Décor as it’s put everywhere, but does it look too much pink? Of course not, even look gorgeous!! The gradation of the color's perfect. Right, guys?

The materials used are Sorbonne lilies, ‘Avalance, Aule and Universe’ roses, gerberas, snapdragon, ‘Shamrock’ chrysant, baby’s breath, philodendron, dracaena and pandhora leaves.

The flower arrangement in front of the psalmist table, taken from the front, left side and right side.

 The flower arrangement in front of Mary statues and its mirror of Jesus statue

We usually make the same design for the chair and pew decoration, but not that time. The flower arrangement for the bride chair looked full and luxurious as it needed more roses than for the pew.

Note:

Pictures taken inside the church of Cathedral St. Peter, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

Church décor : Team Margriet