Still Another Inspirations for Christmas Décor 2012

And now this is another Christmas flower decorations ideas, this is done by Mrs. Tania.  The only Christmas ornament we can see is the golden baubles, no poinsettia, 'cranberry like' fruit or other Christmas resemblance. In this arrangement, she’s more focus into the Christmas colors and the design.  As you can see in the picture above, the folded cordyline leaves can balance the length of the anthurium stems. Since the flower arrangement is quite big, so if your living room is not big enough, it's advisable if you put it at the corner table. It's much safer there, especially if you have quite lot of kids, nephews & nieces at home.

This is the details of the materials she used such as anthurium, roses, cordyline, phittosporum and gold color christmas balls.

Here’s an even more closer look on the roses christmas ball

After this, we’ll show you some christmas tree decorations ideas. Yup, enough on the table centerpiece, let’s begin with the trees!!!!

Note:

The images were taken at the IPBI DPC Bandung's Monthly Gathering on Nov 22nd, 2012.

Bridal Bouquet Parade (1) : The Beginning!

Looking at the title, y’all know already that this post series will be about bridal bouquet continuously J Yep, we’ll post lots of bridal bouquet pictures for your reference starting today!!! FYI, all those gorgeous bridal bouquets featured here are the creation of J Andy Djati Utomo S.Sn, AIFD, CFD since we’re reporting from his demo and workshop on October 25th, 2012 at Landmark Convention Hall, Jl. Braga 129 Bandung.

The workshop hall was still empty when I arrived, except two women in charge of the workshop. Best seat is important to get the best pics, right J? But before the exciting and exhausting workshop, we’re treated by morning tea and some snacks. The demo began at 9.17 a.m. and finished at 3 p.m.  In general, in this demo Mr. Andy made 6 bouquets and the two others by his assistants.

And here they are!!! The bouquet parade. We’ll post on them one by one. This time they’re numbered by the sequence of the post so you'd not wonder when your choice will be posted. Enough said, see ya on the next bridal bouquet post!!!!!

Our Christmas Joy : New Advent Wreath Order

Yaaayyy….just finished another Christmas wreath! This time made for our dearest friend Flora, thanks ya. We will post on the making process later, but first…..

Let’s ship this one first!!!! 

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!!!