3 Crosses between White Partition in Easter Flower Arrangement

The half-finished flower arrangement

Mrs. Tania was finishing her design.

This is how the front view look

The flower arrangements seen from 4 different views

These are how the basing, grouping and binding or tying techniques applied.

Note: The pictures taken at monthly meeting of IPBI DPC Bandung – March 22^nd, 2012.

Easter Bunny Flower Arrangement

Rabbits and eggs are usually being Easter ornaments. However this flower arrangement is somewhat different from similar ones. Let's look at these following pictures

Half-finished bunny flower arrangement made by Mrs. Hani. She used vase made of wood. The vase was surrounded by ‘rings’ made of young twigs which shaped like big rings, dried and then painted in silver.

Mrs. Hani was performing to finish the upper side of the flower arrangement.

Back and front view. The bunny hasn’t been seen yet. Where is the bunny? 

Here is the bunny. It was hidden on the left side of the side view. (upper image)

The bunny in close-up (image below)

The bunny flower arrangement in details. We can see all the materials used here. The colour combination is perfect and the marble egg looks exotic, too. But it's rather small that can’t be seen easily among those gorgeous flowers.

Note: The pictures taken at monthly meeting of IPBI DPC Bandung – March 22^nd, 2012

A Big Blue Egg for Easter Flower Arrangement

The back side of the half-finished flower arrangement made by Mr. Benny Natamadya.

The flower arrangement seen from the front

The flower arrangement seen from different point of view

Unique details

Note: The pictures taken at monthly gathering of IPBI DPC Bandung – March 22^nd, 2012

Surprise!!! Vegetable as Ornament for Easter Flower Arrangement

This time the demonstration was performed by Mrs. Natalia. We are used to calling her ‘Lia’ and so are the other members of 'Margriet' . Lia is an energetic young woman with many talents and very creative. As now, beyond expectations she used vegetables such as white and purple cabbage as ornaments on her flower arrangement. Surprising, ya?

At first, she had to make the box. It made of wood. You can used cheap wood such as 'albasiah' or salvage container wood. Fill the box with foam or oasis, then cover it with reptile split phylodendron. Now, ready to make the flower arrangement.

-        Split the white cabbage into 2 parts, then put each part on the box by using chopsticks. Don’t forget to give extra space between them. Do the same with the purple cabbage but this time don’t split and put it as whole cabbage. (image 1)

-       Then successively put roses of 'Amandini', 'Aleandra', and 'Avalanche' on the space between the white cabbage by using basing technique. (image 2)

-          After that place statice, hydrangea, baby roses and a strand of succulent (image 3)

-       Place the cymbidium orchids on the purple cabbage. Lia said that she had separated the cymbidium orchid to get the impression of more classy than the other flowers because besides this kind of orchid is not only beautiful but also expensive and moreover should be imported too. (image 4)

-        Then scatter seeds of mahogany fruit in front of the purple cabbage, place a big egg made of skin quail egg on it. And finally a thorn crown made of young twigs, dried and painted in silver, was placed above the flowers as a focus. (image 5 & 6)

The flower arrangement seen from above. Look at the strand of succulent, very similar to the Rosary, right?

Close-up of the flower arrangement. 

Note: The pictures taken at monthly gathering of IPBI DPC Bandung – March 22^nd, 2012

Funky Purple Cross as Ornament for Easter

The base made of iron. It also used a frame to hold the flower arrangement itself and as a place where the oasis hung. He used 3 oasis (the two were placed above, passing through the left and right side and the other one was placed at the base)

A half-finished flower arrangements made by Mr. Natamadya (top picture). Mr. Natamadya performed to finish the back view (middle picture). A funky purple Cross and thorn Wreath as finishing touch (the picture below)

The cross and the thorn wreath in close-up. They were made of styrofoam.

Detail at the back and front view. The flowers used are hydrangea, daisies, baby rose, chrysant, gerbera ‘oilila’, fresia, roses and lyciantus (imported). The foliage is ivy, ruscus, leather leaf, papyrus and philo sellum.

Mr. Natamadya used clustering or grouping technique in the center, basing and binding techniques at the base.

Note: The pictures taken at monthly gathering of IPBI DPC Bandung

A Unique Vase for Easter

A half-finished flower arrangement made by Mr. Hendra

He used sheath of yellow palm as a vase. The sheath was nailed into a piece of branch functioned as a pivot and also serves as a place to hook wire from the oasis. The most important thing is to be stable. While the base was made of pieces of small twig glued, wired, and nailed.

Mr. Hendra was finishing the flower arrangement.

This is what the finished-flower arrangement looks like. Beautiful, right?

The views from left and right side

The other material used is the twig of 'patah tulang' and rubber tree, seasal, and plastic eggs sprayed with silver colour. The flowers used are Amandini roses, fresia, hydrangea and dendrobium  orchids. The foliage used is ivy, sprengeri and cordyline leaves.

Note: The pictures taken at monthly gathering of IPBI DPC Bandung

IPBI Monthly Gathering: Flowers Arrangements for Easter

The Union of Indonesia Floral Designers (IPBI) DPC Bandung, in its monthly gathering had performed a demonstration of 'Flower Arrangement for Easter' by Mr. Benny Natamadya at 'Gedung Wanita', jl. LLRE Martadinata 84 on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10 - 12 am. It was attended by approximately 50 people from various backgrounds such as flowers entrepreneurs, florists, flowers hobbyist ... etc.

Mr. Natamadya brought his team, Mr. Hendra, Mrs. Hani, Mrs. Tania, Mrs. Natalia and Mr. Oei. They brought some semi-finished flower arrangements so that in about 2 hours they could demonstrate 6 items of 'Easter' theme. Very practical and time saving, isn't it?

Most of the flower arrangements being demonstrated refers to expressionist, a basic form which was developed into such a way that allows being other forms. According to Mr. Natamadya the idea came from spring in Europe. He said that it was commonly celebrated there and the colour was mostly yellow-orange-brown, or around the earth colour.

No more words winded, here it is the pictures.

 Mr. Oei acted as Master of Ceremony (above)

Mrs. Ling Ling, the chief of IPBI, gave a short speech (middle)

Mr. Hendra, Mrs. Hani and Natalia (below)

Some of the materials provided by sponsors

Summary in Indonesian / Ringkasan

Ikatan Perangkai Bunga Indonesia (IPBI) DPC Bandung, dalam pertemuan bulanan anggota di bulan Maret ini mengadakan Demo ‘Rangkaian Paskah’ oleh Bp Benny Natamadya di Gedung Wanita, jalan LLRE Martadinata 84 pada hari Kamis, 22 Maret 2012 pukul 10.00 – 12.00

Bp Benny membawa timnya yang terdiri dari Bp. Hendra, Oei, Ibu Hani, Tania dan Natalia. Mereka juga membawa 6 buah rangkaian setengah jadi. Ini ide menarik, jadi dalam waktu kurang dari 2 jam mereka bisa meyelesaikan 6 buah rangkaian.

Acara dibuka dengan sambutan singkat dari ketua IPBI DPC Bandung, Ibu Ling Ling, kemudian demo merangkai bunga dengan tema ‘Paskah’-pun dimulai. Diawali oleh pak Hendra, ibu Tania & Hani lalu dilanjutkan oleh pak Beni dan ibu Natalia.

Menurut pak Benny, mereka merangkai bunga dengan aliran ekspresionis, yakni bentuk2 dasar yang dikembangkan sedemikian rupa sehingga menjadi bentuk2 lain. Idenya dari Paskah yang di Eropa identik dengan musim semi. Warna yang digunakan juga warna-warna yang umum dirayakan di Eropa seperti ungu, hijau dan juga warna2 tanah spt kuning – orange – coklat.

Tak terasa hampir 2 jam berlalu dan acara demo-pun berakhir pukul 11.45 setelah sebelumnya di undi door prize bagi para pengunjung. Selamat ya bagi yang beruntung.

Sampai jumpa di pertemuan bulanan IPBI bulan April ya.

Wedding Decor: White Theme with Orchids!!

Hey everyone…still in Lent season so no wedding occurred this month *sigh* but no matter what, we will bring you more wedding church decor ideas! This time it’s the popular white theme again…we’ll be using lilies, roses, snapdragon, hydrangea, baby's breath and orchids!!!  I love orchids. 

Even from afar, those hanging orchids on the bottom makes the flower arrangements looks lovely. 

A closer look at the flower arrangements in front of the main altar

Flower arrangements at the Mary statue and the seven finger candle stand

And this is how the flower arrangements look in front of the psalmist altar

The orchids!!!

Church Floral Designers: Team Margriet

Garden Flowers as a Table Centerpiece (2)

This is another floral design that uses rattan basket as a vase and will be suitable for a table centerpiece or a 'get well' flower arrangements. Most of the material used is green foliage, but different in texture and colour tone. They are garden plants. 

Close-up of the different texture of the greeny. Kadaga leaf or asplenium, phillodendron hederaceum or cordatum and dotted cordyline.

The flowers are carnation, rose-apple's flowers and the last and biggest one is ... , truly I'm not sure what it is but it's likely a kind of lilies.

These pictures taken at St. Dorothea Talk Show in Bandung. The florist's unknown.

2 in 1 Natural Bird Nest Wedding Ring Pillow and Bible Tray

Our next item will still be a wedding ring nest, but this time they come in a package with the Bible tray. You see, we’ve heard and read all the time how people think that wedding accessories are just a temporary thing that will end up dusted in your storage loft once the wedding is done. So we tried to make a wedding ring nest that’s not too cheesy and can be used as home décor like our glamorous pink bird wedding ring nest and charming purple wedding ring nest.

On this 2 in 1 wedding ring nest and bible tray, both the two if put together will become a box that can be used as storage after the wedding is done. The box itself made of unpolished woven bamboo which can flow natural air...

On close-up, your wedding rings will be held by the natural fiber rope, watched by the birds of course… This time, we use multicoloured birds that looks similar with the real one so the whole nest and birds look natural.

This is how the tray will look with the Bible, cross and rosary in it, and the picture on the bottom shows how the tray and wedding ring nest look side by side.

After the wedding, the bamboo box can be used as a multipurpose storage for your stationaries or knick knacks. So you’re really not wasting any money on this wedding ring pillow.  If you’re interested, this lovely ring pillow and bible tray can be bought at our shop at www.floplus.com.

New Wedding Ring Pillow : The Charming Purple Wedding Ring Nest

And now we will introduce yet another wedding ring nest, this time with a bit of purple on it! Just look at the picture above, this is a wedding ring nest with a bird couple that will carry your wedding rings on their beaks, it’s so unique!! This time we made the birds more down to earth... I mean down to nest actually hahaha… if on the first wedding ring nest the birds perched on twigs, this time the birds sit on the nest.

A bit detail view from the front… except of the yellow carnation flowers, most of the materials are natural. We use real twigs and stems  for the nest, pine cones, grains of wheat, feathers and natural fiber. The orange and the tiny white swamp flowers are also natural materials.

This is how the ring nest looked from above

And here’s the close-up on the birds, a bit different from the pink bird nest, these purple bird couples looked at each other affectionately while carrying your wedding rings … so sweet…. This wedding ring nest is very affordable, not to mention very unique also. For pricing detail, just visit our shop at www.floplus.com

Introducing : A Glamorous Pink Wedding Ring Nest !!

Hey everyone!!! I’m so excited right now since we’re launching our new collection!!! Pheew, maybe some of you wonder why we didn’t blog much these last few days, well, it’s because we’re preparing a series of birds nest ring pillow and flower arrangements so not much time for blogging… In this collection,  our main inspiration is birds and their nests. We’re using birds miniatures in different shapes and colours, I really hope you’ll like it, so here we go :

Okay, our first collection is a glamorous ring nest in pink tone. There’s of course the nest , filled with a small bouquet of pink roses and pinecones. The couple of birds with their long tails perched on the twigs and each of them will carry your wedding ring individually… No ribbons needed, since all you have to do is slid your wedding rings on the hooks at the beaks.

This is the view from the side, no matter the side, they’re still cute. Even after the wedding, this bird nest will be a great decoration when put on your rack or console table…. and if you have a simple tall white ceramic vase, you can put the nest on it, then place it on the corner table ... voila it looks glamorous n luxurious.

On close-up, these lovely bird couples carried your wedding rings with their beaks, cute huh?

We enjoyed making this one so much, and if you are interested in this lovely ring nest, just head on to our shop to buy them !

Green Elegant Wedding Bouquet Idea

Not much talking, just want to show you this lovely green cascading bouquet...enjoy!