IPBI DPC Bandung Held a Street Flower Demo

Flowers at a wedding venue? That’s usual…

Flowers on your dining table? Already seen often…

Flowers on bicycle? Huh..??

Yep, no kidding, those are real flower arrangements, on a bike!!!

How did that flower arrangement get on the bike? The story went back on a text message a couple days ago, announcing that there will be an IPBI flower event on CFD  (Car Free Day) Dago this 21st, celebrating Kartini Day. For me personally, CFD is no longer that attractive cause it’s getting more and more like Gasibu on a weekend now, however on a flower event, Flowerdeily will be there!!!!

So… this flower event is a collaboration between IPBI and NGN, or Nu Gareulis Ngagowes …(love this name J !!!...) and since this is a cycling community combined with flower arranging demo, the result is flower on bicycle. Here Mrs. Winny explaining  the name of the flower (lilium of Casablanca) and its color available in the market.

Just flower on bike? Noooo…the demo continued on a table centerpiece demo.

Back on the bike theme, you can also put flower on your hat too (in case flowers on your bike is not your interest).

There’s more...this time a demo on flower bouquet by Miss Renny and Mrs. Winny.

Reni’s making the round hand bouquet which consisting of pink roses, each of them wrapped with cellophane first.

You can say she’s a pro since less than 30 minutes the rose bouquet already wrapped by pink plaid of burlap. What a beautiful round bouquet! Good job.

Back on Mrs. Winny, she’s making her signature cascade shaped bouquet with two tone wrapping paper, she made a similar bouquet on a flower demo at Hero supermarket before but this time she’s using scorpion orchids (arachnis ‘Maggie Oie’) and roses.

And the lucky one who received the beautiful flower bouquet is the chief of NGN.

Wanna join or know more about Nu Gareulis Ngagowes? Visit their twitter or FB page!!

Notes

Images taken on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Car Free Day Dago – Cikapayang, Bandung.

Wedding Hand Bouquet Competition by IPBI @ Landmark Bandung

Heya guys!!! Lenten Season is over so we’re all gearing up towards the wedding season again J…. As a start, here’s a wedding hand bouquet competition  one week ago in which yours truly also participated ..eheheh…yup, after my first competition it’s time for a new challenge…*fighting!!!*

This competition was organized by IPBI Bandung which managed to round a total of 16 contestants, however 1 contestant didn’t show up. Half an hour before started up, me and litl’ Flo had arrived at Landmark Building. Quite a heavy baggage since we brought the tools and also water bucket, not knowing that the committee provided water buckets at the site…

This was before start up pic, you might think that we’re lazing around, however this was because this competition used mysterious materials. They didn’t tell us which type of flowers were going to be used and we also could not bring anything other than tools. All flowers, holders and accessories were provided at the site so we waaiited….patiently…...

And Tadaaa…. 5 minutes before starting, the flowers and accessories finally arrived. This time we had to make one wedding hand bouquet using: roses, anthurium, carnation, baby breath, ruscus, aspidistra and ming fern or asparagus umbellatus *hosh hosh* and for the accessories we were given: satin ribbon, floral wire, copper wire and some red beads. That’s it guys, so let us begin!!!

We only had one hour so everyone was rush…rush…

Some took their time…

Some worked in lightning pace…

And for me, I took my time :) …

Not just for challenge, a competition also means networking and this time I was fortunate to make 2 new acquaintances, one is Ivani (number 2 is her creation) and Eny (the one on the right is hers). Nice to meet you guys!!

One hour flew fast and suddenly it’s a judging time!!! They said judging would be based on creativity, proportion, composition, mechanical and of course, cleanliness….Here are all the contestants' creations…All of them were great!!! This time it's a quite tough competition

After a judging time it’s waiting time…it took 3 hours until the announcement *aaargh* and featured here is the 3rd winner, contestant number 15.

Contestant number 13 as the 2nd winner and number 14 as 'Harapan 1' winner

And here it is…the 1^st winner is by contestant number 12…which is yours truly!!!!…*woohoo*

The side view of my winning creation…Honestly I didn’t expect it at all since I even forgot to open my baby breath package till the last 5 minutes (too panicked) but the MC said my number on the stage and suddenly my friends hugging me…Thanks guys and also many thanks to IPBI Bandung, too!!!! 

For all of you my readers, I hope this post can be useful in case you’re looking for a wedding hand bouquet right now…Ciao!!!

Almost forgot....here's the trophy :))

American Style Flower Arranging (part 6): Bridal Bouquet

Hand bouquet commonly held horizontally by Indonesian brides, but held vertically by American, just like holding an ice cone. It usually gives the consequences of different in making, in using techniques,  in design, in concept and of course in look as the final result. For those who are looking for something different, unusual, new, or beyond your daily look, this one is perfect for you guys. We personally like this bridal bouquet. The design is unique, so bravo for the floral designer, Mr. Andy Djati Utomo, S.Sn, AIFD, CFD.

From the image above, you can see that not only the basic American Floral Design Techniques such as basing, grouping and terracing techniques were used here but also binding, framing, and sheltering as well. Perfect example, isn’t it?

Wanna try to make the beautiful American style bouquet just like the one above? Here’s the step by step how to make it:

1.          First of all, Mr. Andy Djati Utomo showed how the American brides to hold the bouquet - vertically, just like holding an ice-cream cone.

2.               Take 3 pieces of woven leaves of lily paris, then place them in a group at the front. Arrange the length of them that do not look monotonous . Take some ivy leaves. If they're not thick enough and don't dangling beautifully, then tie two ivy leaves with floral wire from the top up to the end so that you are now able to form it as you wish.

3.            Take 2 stems of green anthurium. As we need rather high, so attach floral wire to the stem, then secured it with floral tape. Place them by using terracing technique to balance the lily paris leaves.

Take 3 stems of pink gerbera. Cut them short enough then place them as focus in the center by using terracing technique.

Take 4 stems of two tone color of calla lily (white & maroon) then place them a bit on the right side of lily paris leaves by using layering technique.

Take 2 stems of futoy, insert the wire into the stem then by using framing technique, place them to the opposite side of the calla lilies to give balancing of the right and left side of the flowers arrangement.

Then place the other flowers rest such as caspea, statice, purple roses and red celocia. Also do not forget to fill the foam seen with ruscus leaf.

4.         One more, don’t let the holder looks plain, so this is how to make ‘under the holder’ looks different. It’s done by Mr. Johanes Priyono, the assistant of Mr. Andy.

5.                   Finished.

 This is how the bouquet look from the front

Since it was held vertically, therefore, the back of the bridal bouquet is usually vacant. So as not to contact with the body of the bride as well as her wedding gown because some types of flowers, such as lilies can leave stain (from its stigmas) that not able to be washed easily. So, please be careful if you do with bridal bouquet. Give extra attention to the flowers selection and to the work, for example, do not let any thorns still attached to the stems of the roses that can injure the bride's hands or tear the wedding gown. You don’t want to be sued or pay for compensation, do you?

Note:

Pictures taken at the workshop by Andy Djati Utomo, S.Sn, AIFD, CFD, on May 16^th, 2012 in Bandung, West Java.

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!!

Note:

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

Instructor: Mr. Harry Zulkarnaen

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)

Note:

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

Instructor: Mr. Harry Zulkarnaen

American Style Flower Arranging (part 4)

The American centerpiece in medium high

When viewed thoroughly, from any angles you see, it will form the 3 points in which if you draw an imaginary line among them it will become a triangle. So, this is the three-dimensional centerpiece that is very suitable to be placed on the table as home décor. 

Here’s the step by step tutorial how to make the American centerpiece

1.      Prepare the vase (rectangular shape), fill it with wet foam

Take 5 stems of gerbera, cut one of them with a height of 2x the width of the vase then place it upright in the middle of the foam. This will become the culmination of the centerpiece. Then place the four others surrounding it in group, each with different height. Arrange the gerberas facing all directions so that this centerpiece is beautifully viewed from the front, back and side.

2.      Take some caspea then place them on the right side

Take some red cordyline, place them opposite direction to the caspea by using terracing technique.

3.     Take 4 stems of hemalomena (a kind of anthurium but smaller), place them at the front (2 at the base and 2 rather high). Up to this stage, it has been looked like a three dimensional centerpiece.

Take some stems of snapdragon, place them between the red cordyline and the hemalomena and in the opposite also but shorter than the first ones.

4.     Add some statice. This flower is more purple than caspea but both of them are gorgeous and can be stand for days.

 As focus, use some purple roses, green carnations and red celocia. Place them on the three different sides at the center area by using basing technique and arrange them facing the different directions, too.

Finally, take 2 stems of futoy. Fill the stems with wire, then bend twice so that it become a triangular shape. Put the triangle near the green carnation area.

Finished

The american centerpiece viewed from the front

If in European style, the biggest material (whether flower or leaf) is usually placed at the bottom and the smaller at the upper, then in American style boldly laid big flower/leaf at the top. But overall, at first glance  some small flowers at the base look big because they are laid in grouping. So, actually it's only such a camouflage look! Have a nice try.

Note:

Pictures taken at the workshop by Andy Djati Utomo, S.Sn, AIFD, CFD, on May 16^th, 2012 in Bandung, West Java.

Workshop Ribbon (part 2) : A Basic Ribbon Bow

A basic ribbon bow. 

It’s easy to make this ribbon bow and the material is also simple and can be easily found at any floral accessories store. What you need are just polypropylene ribbon or famous as plastic ribbon and floral wire. And the only tool used is just scissors. You can choose any color as you wish. This time we used electric color.

How to make basic ribbon bow step by step:

Step 1. Prepare a 2 cm width of polypropylene ribbon.

Step 2. Cut the ribbon about 1.5 - 2 m long. then create loops by using your fingers. If you would like to make small bow, use the four fingers except thumb. But if you want to make bigger bow, use your thumb & small finger. This is what it will look when you’ve finished making loops.

Step 3. Fold into 2

Step 4. Hold it tightly so that not easily changed position. Then cut on both edge but be careful do not cut it off. Remain one third in the middle.

Step 5. Secure with floral wire no.26 (a thin & soft wire but strong enough to tie). It should look like this.

Step 6. Pull a loop with your fingers then turn 90° to the left or right. Once you rotate to the left then the next loop should also be turned in the same direction so that you’ll get the perfect result. Do exactly the same on the rest of the loops.

Step 7.  Shape it how you’d like, but make sure the right sides of ribbon (usually the shiny ones) were facing front. Cut the tails into a simple angle cut. Done

Note:

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

Instructor: Mr. Harry Zulkarnaen

American Style Flower Arranging (part 3)

Gingers on the flower arrangements? Oh, ooo no way ... how come? Here is it, a flower arrangement which uses gingers as accessories. And actually, it's a medium-height of flower arrangement.

The image is the view from above.

The material used are carnation, anthurium, bromelia, omprina, celosia or cock-comb while the foliage is silver grass or simelaria, curly futoy stems, anthurium leaves, lily paris leaves or lily grass , foxtail, red & green cordyline and ruscus. Gingers and woven rattan balls as accessories, skewers, wire, a kind of soft copper wire, but this time choose the shiny white colour or silver as supporting tool.

Here is the step by step tutorial if you’d like to make it.

1.       Prepare a long container or a rectangular vase, then filled with wet foam.

Take some curly futoy stems, give floral tape at the bottom, then tied with wire. Do not forget to insert 2 pieces of skewer for easily placing.

2.       Take 3 anthurium leaves, then place them by using terracing technique.

Take 2 woven rattan balls, put sisal inside then placed them as focus at the center of the flower arrangement. One at the front and the other one a little bit at the back.

Take 3 lily grass, woven them by using soft silver wire then tied the edges by using bunching technique and then give floral tape. This technique is to shorten the working time. Attach the other edge with skewer and then placed it on the oasis.

1.       Take 6 gingers, choose the smooth-wide ones and then place them in 3 different places (front, back and right side) by using skewers, each contains 2 gingers

Take 4 bromelia flowers, place them on the right and left side just like cresent form.

Take some foxtail leaves to cover the left side area, the more and more toward the center. If not like this, then the terracing technique is failed.

Take green cordyline leaves, again used the terracing technique.

2.       Take red cordyline leaves, used basing and terracing technique

Take 2 alokasia triangularis leaves or ‘tombak irian’, placed them high and in front of the green cordyline.

Put the simelaria and carnations in different groups, under the alokasia leaves

Place the red celosia between the ginger and curly futoy stems.

Add omprina to add depth so as not to be flat.

Take 2 green anthurium flowers, wired and then placed beside the front gingers.

Finally insert ruscus into the empty place so that the wet foam can be seen. Cut them short.

Done.

Up close look from the front side (image above) and from the back side (image below).

Note:

Pictures taken at the workshop by Andy Djati Utomo S.Sn, AIFD, CFD, on May 16^th, 2012 in Bandung, West Java.