Merry Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!!

Oooh, It’s been such a tiring month for all of us at flowerdeily. However, we also feel very happy and of course grateful to all our readers and clients, we cannot do it without you J …Besides our Christmas order we also helped Margriet team on the St Peter’s Cathedral Christmas décor, there were lots of time we felt we didn’t have enough time, not enough people to help and not enough budget but somehow everything went through just fine, that taught us to have bigger and bigger faith every year. No matter what, This Christmas we all feel blessed and happy!!! Hope you guys feel it too, Happy Holiday!!!!!!!

Tropical Theme Christmas 2012 Table Centerpiece

Back on flower arrangement for Christmas dinner, not many use the usual poinsettias and pinecones anymore, such as this table centerpiece, the designer Mrs. Hanny used anthurium, roses which are all tropical flowers.

This is how the flower centerpiece looked like from the guest’s view, the designer simply put 2 pillar & 2 taper candles on the right and left side and then place the the 'Avalanche' roses line up in the center, after that 3 anthuriums were placed around it and put 'Mohana' roses grouped to one side, then beautified the arrangement with the white, red and gold Christmas balls in different sizes. The last was cover the blank space with green foliage and pinecones. Unfortunately, the designer forgot to cover the area in front of the two pillar candles so that the floral foam was still seen there.

And this is how its look from the top.

Note:

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

Christmas Tree Décor 2012 in Silver Tone

Still from the IPBI Christmas demo, silver seems to be the favorite theme for this year’s Christmas, since our next Christmas tree idea which is from Mrs. Ling Ling also supports this color. The structure of the tree’s approximately 1.2 meter tall and adorned with artificial silver poinsettia flowers.

Tadaa!!! The Christmas tree itself was assembled together from assorted small sized salix twigs to form a minimalist tree and spray painted in black afterwards.

Side view of the Christmas tree, you can see details of white leaves hanging on the sides.

Details of the silver poinsettias

The leaves and the peonies in the middle

Tiny pearls in silver bullion wire looped all around the tree

And a few mini flower pom-pom hanging on the bottom

Note:

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

The flowers designer is Mrs. Ling Ling

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.

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!!!! 

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!!!

Step by Step Tutorial: How to Make Sparkling Christmas Garland

Just in case you want to make the sparkling garland in my previous post, here's the step by step tutorial.

For this garland arrangement, you will need :

1 artificial evergreen garland (60 cm diameter)

approx 10 yards of wired gold ribbon with 12 cm width

1 small trumpet

1 merry christmas sign

lots of christmas ornament such as bulbs, stars, miniatures etc. ( just used what you usually hang on your christmas tree)

First, set the garland on the wall, this will make the decorating process easier. Next make some loop from ribbon ( detail picture on the right) and attach it to the upper right side of the garland. Next attach the small trumpet, make sure it align with the ribbon and not placed upside down. Then put the merry christmas sign on top, right next to the ribbon.

Next collect all the gold colour bulbs, stars and bells. Attach each one with transparent plastic wire then arrange one another to form a hanging group of bulbs and bells. After that, simply attach the hanging bulbs at the bottom of the garland.

Lastly, attach other christmas miniatures such as angels, santa, stars, bulbs, choose especially the shiny ones, we want glamour here...

Done !! And here's the finished one looks like...Have fun trying :)

Flower today: Cabbage Flower

Guess what kind of flower this is?

Yep, it's cabbage flower. It's similar to the cabbage that we usually use to make clear vegetable soup, isn't it? Unless this one is more cute. Actually I first know this kind of flower last year, but I forgot to take the picture, so when last Christmas Mrs. Helena used cabbage flowers to decorate the altar in St. Peter Cathedral I didn't want to waste this opportunity to take some pictures, so here goes the pictures ...

Decoration of the altar. We can see the whole view from the front.

Decoration of the right side of the altar, where the psalmist reads the Bible.

Decoration of the angels, behind altar and beside the tabernacle.

The altar from different angle point of view.

Unexpected Events during this year's Christmas Eve

On the 24th at Christmas Eve mass, as predicted most of the sweet stuff except a few rambutans have been taken. Our coordinator, Mrs. Sri explained that just few minutes after the 06.00 PM mass ended, hordes of people started taking them, she only prevented them from taking the flowers, since we still had some sweet stuff as spare. Surprisingly most of them were adult , it was beyond our first prediction that it would probably be done by children. The sad thing was, when she tried to replace the sweet stuff, the spare sweets were missing from its place. This made her feel sad. So, this was the reason for the bare garland on the morning of the 25th like pictured below...

Sweets stuff aside, quite a lot of broken pots too, caused by people stepped on them....

By the way, all the rose had wilted, so we simply replaced them with the remaining potted plants...not as cute as before, but we gotta do with what we had..

So this is it guys, enough post about Christmas decor, next Christmas decor post will be next year!!!!

X'mas Wall Decor Step by Step: Rhombus Wall Decor inside St. Peter Cathedral

Hello again, this time we're going to talk about the wall decorations inside the church. This year we used a basic form made of dry twigs that formed a rhombus. This was going to be our task and Mrs. Diana as the coordinator. We also got help from Mrs. Lioe and Mrs. Trees. Thanks guys!!. And as usual, we had to make 5 floral arrangements just like this and 5 the reverse ones, so the total was 10 pieces. Two pieces will be hung on the column on the back (facing the altar), and 8 hung on the wall at the right and left side of the building. (4pieces for each side)

For this floral decor we'll need :

- 1 equilateral rhombus shape made of natural dry twigs as a base

- one third of oasis for dried floral

- some foliage such as evergreen or pines, ruscus and leather leaf (you can spray ruscus with gold paint)

- 5 artificial poinsettia flowers (1 big, 1 medium and 4 small size)

- 2 artificial pine cones (bigger and more shiny)

- 8 natural pine cones (dotted with white paint)

- some artificial red berries

- 3 shiny green decorative balls (2 tone color, dia. 5cm)

- a 10 cm golden wired ribbon

- some green floral wire

1: Put the basic rhombus shape twigs on an iron stand or something where you can work freely and easily.

2: Attach oasis on far left side by using wire

3: Arrange evergreen leaf by following left curves of the rhombus

4 : attach the largest poinsettia like shown (as a center point of view or as focus)

5 : attach 3 gold painted ruscus following the diamond curve

6 : attach 2 artificial pine cone between the ruscus in number 5

7 : attach medium sized poinsettia on top of poinsettia number 1

8-9-10 : attach 3 small size poinsettia following the bottom curve of the rhombus

11 : attach 2 gold painted ruscus following the bottom curve. Point of the farthest ruscus must exceed the poinsettia number 8

we're almost done now,

12 : Prepare 3 green christmas balls. Attach the end where there's hole with bamboo skewers, tied up with wire. Then attach the balls below poinsettia number 1

13 : make a big bow with gold net wired ribbon, attach it at the back left side of poinsettia number 1

14 : attach faux berries and a few pine-cones like shown, fill the remaining gaps with pine leaf.

Finished !!!!

This is how they look when attached to the church column, with one arrangement on the reverse side.

And this is the close up of the reverse arrangements. As you can see, everyone has their own touch, so no arrangement will look exactly alike....

Nativity Scene 2011 Tutorial part 3: Floral Decoration and Finishing Touch

The hut had been assembled, sweets garland hanging nicely, and now we came to the floral part.. yeaah!!!

For any Christmas decor, poinsettia is almost mandatory. Right here we used both red and white poinsettia plants in pots. Since we're using a lot of these, the local variation was used, which only cost IDR 10.000 per pot. These will be put in front and sides of the stage.

For the back sides, we used these silver grass pots...

These pots just need to be arranged, like you see above, below the sweets garland we put the red poinsettia first, then the white ones at the bottom ...

While arranging the pots, white sand was poured on the sides of the hut, filling out the empty gap. Between the pots, we poured medium sized white stones to fill the gaps. In the end most of these stones falling.

At first design, the floral decor consist only of life potted plant, which don't require much maintenance compared to flower arrangements. Alas, due to Christmas rush, there weren't enough poinsettia potted plants available, so we finally decided to use flower arrangements. For this arrangement, we just used flowers that had been purchased by our coordinator, of white roses and gerberas.

The foliage consists of ruscus, leather leaf, star asparagus leaf.

It's almost 07.00 PM when we finally finished everything... so tireeddd......