Flower Today:Yellow Phragmipedium

This kind of orchid is unique. It has a kind of ‘pocket’ on its lip which looks like slipper. That’s why it is called Lady Slipper or in Indonesia it’s famous as anggrek kantong or kasut. 

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Images were taken at the Orchid Asia Africa Expo, Bandung, West Java

Church Décor: Tropical White

Howdy, after a ten day off we all feel fresh and are ready with our work again.  Since most of Indonesian people are still in the holy feast of Idul Fitri, we start our posting with all white church décor, that as white as the hearts of Indonesian after finishing the whole month of fasting. 

The materials used for this moment were mostly white except the hydrangea and the foliage which could make the overall look not monotonous. The flowers were white roses, white snapdragon, white lilies, white calla lilies, and hydrangea while the foliage was philodendron, ivy, ruscus and leather leaf. The white rose and lilies look gorgeous, don’t they?

The altar viewed from the front (image above), and the close-up look of the altar (image above). Look at the white calla lilies which beautifully hanging down as well as the ivy. They gave the impression of natural look.

Actually the flower arrangement in front of the psalmist table looked a bit pale, that’s why the decorator used quite a lot of foliage to balance the white color. And it works, doesn’t it?

Like the flower arrangement in front of the psalmist, the one in front of Jesus statue was just the same, the green foliage gave the brighter appearance on the all white design.

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Church Décor: Team Margriet

A Mixed Tropical Color Centerpiece

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish every moslem the holy feast of Idul Fitri 1433H

 May the blessing, mercy and grace of the God Almighty always be with everyone on this earth.

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Workshop Ribbon (part 4): A Variation of Ribbon Bow

 This is another variation on the basic ribbon bow. It’s like a lotus flower. Unique, isn’t it?

Here it’s step by step to make a lotus flower ribbon bow.

Step 1 Make some loops then tied with wire (see again the basic ribbon post)

Step 2 Take a loop then cut it off in the middle.

Step 3 Take another loop. Again, cut it off but longer than the first one. Repeat this until the last loop. Make sure each time you cut, it's longer than the previous one.

Step 4 Cut the both ends so that it'll look curved

Step 5 By using one side of sharp scissors and your fingers, make an upward curved movement on each end so they stay curly.

            Shape it so that it'll look natural.

By this way you can also make another different look of flowers such as spider chrysant. Use a narrow ribbon or just divide the ribbon into 2 but you should make more loops ie doubled thicker. Try it!!

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Images taken at the IPBI DPC Bandung's Monthly Gathering on May 24^th, 2012.

Instructor: Mr. Harry Zulkarnaen

Wedding Church Décor: Simple White-Yellow

The pew and chairs decoration (image left). Up-close look (image right)

The overall view taken from the front door (image above). Flower arrangement in the altar (image below)

Up-close look of the altar (image above). The materials used were white lilies, gerberas, roses of Mohana and Avalance, white snapdragon, dracaena, philodendron, sprengeri, and cordyline. The overall view of the altar taken from the left side (image below)

The members of Margriet who responsible for the duty that week were working at the hall. (image above)

The flower arrangement in front of the Jesus and Mary statues (image below)

The flower design at the seven candle stand (image above - left). The flower arrangement in front of the psalmist table (image below)

Church décor: Team Margriet

Flower Today: A Unique and Rare Orchid

We don’t know the name of this orchid, as it’s the first time we saw it. Unfortunately we couldn’t find the name tag on its vase, as well as the seller. So, who knows one of you can tell us what name is.

The flower has 5 petals. The petals are quite thick and has dark brown color with yellow line on the edge and in the middle. Very contrast and unique!!!

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Image taken at the Orchid Asia Africa Expo, Bandung, West Java

Workshop Ribbon (part 3) : A Loopy Ribbon Bow

By giving a bit variation on a basic ribbon bow (see our old post on Ribbon Workshop – part 2, July 12th.), you can get another look of ribbon, just like this one - a loopy ribbon.  It looks nice on gift boxes, too.  

Here it’s step by step how to make the loopy ribbon just like the image above:

Step 1.            Make some loops then tied with wire (see again the basic ribbon post)

                        Just like as if you made a butterfly with 2 wings, the left and right wing/loop.

Step 2.            Ok, first do on the left wing/loop. Find the top of loop then cut a bit the right edge, be careful do not cut it off. (see the image below)

Step 3.            Do the same to the other side, but this time in the opposite direction or vice versa. Now we get the left loop just like the image above.

Step 4.            Repeat step 2&3 in the same way on the right loop. The final look of the loop should be like this. (image below)

                      At this point you just pull the loop one by one, starting from the middle to the outer loop/last loop. Shape it how you’d like.

This is what it will look if you've gathered 2 different color of loopy bows. (image above)

And this is when you gather 3 orange loopy bows. It looks full, just like a ball. Gorgeous, isn’t it?  It's also nice as a wedding décor. Simple and easy to make, as well as not expensive. (image below)

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Images taken at the IPBI DPC Bandung's Monthly Gathering on May 24^th, 2012West Java. 

Instructor: Mr. Harry Zulkarnaen

Church Décor: Tropical Red

The flower arrangement this time was a bit different. We didn’t use the usual iron flower stand but the wooden containers. Actually they're from packing crates that are not used anymore. They're placed in triple different level.

The altar viewed from the front

The close up look flower arrangement at the altar.

The materials used for altar were white lilies, casablanca, roses, gerbera, heliconia sp, hydrangea, baby's breath and the foliage was philo, dracaena and leather leaves.

The flower arrangement in front of psalmist altar. It was designed symmetrical. Beautiful, right? 

The flower arrangement in front of Jesus statue. For this arrangement the wooden containers used were only 2 (one placed as a base and the other placed above) and so was the flower arrangement in front of Mary statue which was its mirror.

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Church Décor: Team Margriet