White on White Wedding Church Décor with Phalaenopsis Sp

Still remember my sketch done by using Samsung Galaxy Note?

Due to the flood in Jakarta a week ago which almost all main roads were under water, the impact was some flowers we ordered in advance could not be sent. The supplier had already apologized and Margriet Team understood as it's a force majeure. However, a quick decision should be made because the four couples were waiting on Sat and Sunday and we didn't want to disappoint them. Substitute flowers should be sought immediately and finally local white phalaenopsis replaced the imported white dendrobium. The chief of Margriet got these beautiful flowers in a nursery house in Cihideung, Lembang, still as potted plants!!  Great, right? And we all agree as much as possible not to cut the flowers. That means we can plant them after the wedding's over and still be able to use them again next time. Good idea, ya...   Yeach, this small incident was just like 'blessing in disguise' to us and we're grateful for this. With creativity, unity and God's help, we all can surely overcome all problems we're facing, even picking good lesson. Right, guys?

As we mentioned above, we substituted fresh cut dendrobium flowers with local white yellow lip Phalaenopsis potted plants. Their beauty's unexpected, right?

This was the sketch we made with the Samsung Note GT-N7000’s memo application as the first design of the flower arrangement in front of Mary statue

And this was the implementation in the real wedding church decor, after some changing. Not much different, wasn’t it? 

We’re going to post the step by step tutorial for this elegant white half moon shaped flower arrangement, too. So, keep checking our post ya!!

The rows of chair and pew decoration along the aisle

The decor of the altar seen from the front

The theme was white with a little bit of green. And the materials used were white Phalaenopsis, lilies of Casablanca, roses of Avalance, hydrangea, white carnations and gypsophila. The foliage was philo sellum, anthurium leaves, ruscus and schefflera as filler, to place the empty place.

The altar look from the front left. Look at those beautiful white yellow lip Phalaenopsis. Exquisite!!

The chair & pew décor.

Here we used all white flowers ie poms, chrysant, carnation, daisy and roses of Avalance while the foliage was fern, ruscus and schefflera.

The décor of the brides chairs.

Still with all white flowers, but this time we used lilies of Casablanca, roses of Avalance, carnation and gypsophila. A simple elegant white design!

The Cross, Rosary & Bible tray, the ring pillow and the marriage ceremony book

The flower arrangement in front of the psalmist table

The one in front of Jesus statue

Wuih… hopefully this complete white theme church décor will fulfill the desire of those who’re looking for and really fond of white theme.

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Church décor by Margriet Team

The designers of the Cross, Rosary & Bible tray and the ring pillow were unknown

Purple Pink Elegant Wedding Décor (Part 2)

Still with our Margriet friend’s daughter marriage. Now, the flower arrangements at the bride’s chairs. The model is oval and they’re bigger than the usual ones we make. And the flowers used are pink carnations, lilies Stargazer, roses of Queen Mary, Universe, Avalanche, purple fiji, hot pink gerbera and baby’s breath.

The flower arrangement in front of the psalmist table. It has a waterfall style or looks like  cascade model.  Since it is placed at the front which is the nearest place to the congregation, so it should be able to be seen well from different point of view ie from the left or right side of the congregation seats. And this one is just perfect.

This is the flower arrangement in front of the Jesus statue which is the mirror to the Mary.  The model is vegetatif  modified with waterfall style at the bottom. Look at the two big anthurium leaves on top, they look like wanna to protect the flowers beneath them. And the usage of sprengeri leaves and hot pink gerbera dangling down make it looks natural and flows just like waterfall.

The unity candle flower arrangement.  Hopefully it can unite their love forever. Amen.

The last image was the flower arrangement at the seven candle stand and the décor of the rosary, cross and Bible tray.

It's up for today, and if you're still hunting for ideas you can view more on our glamorous wedding church decor !.

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Church décor : Margriet team

Purple Pink Elegant Wedding Church Décor (Part 1)

Back to our favourite wedding church décor post. This time it’s special for us, since it’s a wedding décor for one of our Margriet friends. Her lovely daughter, Thata, got married so most of Margriet team worked hard to help her decorate the church.

The color pallete for this décor is purple, fuschia, soft pink, green and white

Around 20 standing flowers arrangements for the aisle had to be made, not to mention the unity candle arrangement placed beside the altar, the cross, bible & rosary tray and the usual flowers arrangements made inside the church such as the one in front of the altar, the psalmist table, Mary & Jesus statues and some small arrangements ie. 7 candle stand, bouquet & candle offerings to Mary, table centerpiece for the guest etc. so Margriet team worked continuously for 2 days…..

Here’s the close up look on the flower arrangements in front of the altar. For this, we use lilies Stargazer & Alur, roses of Esperance, Dolce, Queen Mary, Universe, purple fiji, pink gerbera, pink snapdragon, baby’s breath etc…. hmm quite a lot ya.

And here’s the standing flower arrangements along the church aisle … so colorful and all around full of flowers. Gorgeous, right?

To be continued in part 2

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Church décor : Margriet team

Wedding Church Décor: White Theme

We’re a little bit busy a few days ago and so was Margriet team. Last weekend, there were 4 couples who got wedding ceremony at St. Peter Cathedral Bandung on Saturday and one couple on Sunday.  Since the church is still being repainted and the sacristy room is covered with white cloth, so Margriet had to make 2 big flower arrangements to be placed at the back of the altar so that the background wouldn’t look empty. As usual we made flower arrangements for the altar, the psalmist table, the Mary & Jesus Statue, the 7 candle stand and 14 pieces of chair and pew decoration for Saturday, not to mention 4 bouquets & candle arrangements for the bride and grooms. But this time was more special, because we also prepared 20 pieces standing flower arrangements for the aisle on Sunday. So, you can imagine, how luxurious the church was last week. Though felt very exhausted after all of those activities, Margriet team was happy to have been fulfill the request of the bride & groom. 

No long-winded anymore, please enjoy the pictures below, hopefully they're useful and inspiring those who are going to be married in the near future. This time it's all white theme, only a little bit green here and there.

Overall look of the inside church of St. Peter Cathedral, Bdg (image above), the view from the balcony (middle image) and from the left front side. Look at the row of standing flower arrangements placed at the aisle. Fantastic, right?

 The altar viewed from the left front side (image above) and the up-close look (image below)

The material used were casablanca, snapdragon, roses, gerberas, angel anthurium, spray carnation, chrysant - salju, peacock, baby’s breath and imported lisianthus only for the altar. They are all white, only a little bit of green color such as hydrangea, shamrock and amaranthus, and of course the foliage ie philodendron,  ruscus, green dracaena, green cordyline and leather leaves. The roses we needed were mostly white such as roses of Avalance (pure white) and Ilios (white with a bit of green on the edge of their petals), but we also bought two bunches of Mohana and Voodoo Roses, the previous is yellow and the last one is orange, to make 2 bouquets at the request of two of the bride

The flower arrangement placed on the right & left side of the Mary statue, on the 7 candle stand (image above) and the up-close look (image below)

An up-close look of the flower arrangement at the aisle

Ok, that’s it for the moment. We’re going to meet you again with another lux wedding church décor as there will be 4 couples at this weekend too. See ya!!

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Images taken on Oct 6 – 7^th, 2012 inside the St. Peter Cathedral Church of Bdg

Church Décor by Team Margriet

Wedding Church Décor: A White and Pink Theme

We’re baaack!!! As promised, here’s another wedding flower décor done in white-pink theme. These one's a bit posh and certainly more expensive. You might remember the flower arrangements pictured above from my last post. Yes, this is how their up close look with a white tulle ribbon added underneath. A total of 20 flowers stands were lining on the church aisle that day (11-11-2011). As you can see we used quite a number of flower types such as lily Sorbone, Universe roses, Belavitae roses, Avalance roses, spray carnation, hydrangea, chrysants, local baby's breath, ruscus and ivy.

From the church’s entrance, here are how all the flowers stands look like lining up on the church aisle all the way to the bridal chair (see picture below). Yes, lots of flowers really brighten up the aisle and not to mention exuding lots of sweet scent from the flowers. But don’t forget these flower arrangements cost more than usual, hee..hee..

If you turn around, this is how the row of the flower arrangements look like from the front aisle. And the picture below showed how all of the flower arrangements look from upfront. More than usual, since there were 2 air conditioners put inside the church that day, we made extra two flower arrangements in front of them.

As you can see, here’s a more close up view of the front and side part of the flower arrangements in front of the main altar. Just look at those imported baby's breath hanging down beautifully.

Now the flower arrangement number 2 is the one in front of the Jesus statue, the mirrored version with the one in front of the Mary statue. These cute flower arrangements are in triangle form, with white snapdragon on top and amaranthus hanging underneath.  Look at the pictures below them to see a more close up detail on the flower arrangements and the other one at the seven fingers candelabra.

The flower arrangement number 5, is the one which attached to the wedding chairs also use more various flowers than the usual. It almost looked like a hand bouquet, right? Personally, I really love the colour combination. For this arrangement, we used anthurium, Sorbone lilies, Universe roses, Belavitae roses, Avalance roses, snapdragon, spray carnation, leather leaf, ruscus.

And the pictures below are the detail of the flower arrangements in front of the air conditioners and the psalmist altar… Lovely.

So, what do you think? We really hope this can be another inspiration for you who wants a white and pink theme wedding. For another colour theme, we'll post another time, real soon.

Church Decor by Margriet's Team

Wedding date 11-11-2011

Tips on Memorable Wedding Date

Weddings as a happy occasion usually held on good day, this term can have lots of meanings but lately a beautiful wedding date or in Indonesian “tanggal pernikahan cantik” does not necessarily mean a result of a complex calculated birth days or to avoid unlucky days, but simply a memorable numbers. Like the wedding of Indonesian celebrity, Irfan hakim, which held on 07-07-2007 all with seven on it, this seven-theme extend to the dowry, which also had seven numbers in it. Last year we even had the chance to do a wedding church décor for a couple who married on 11-11-2011 at 11.11 AM, cool huh?

These memorable wedding date had been a phenomenon for quite a few years and might continue in the future. Of course, the same number on date month and year will end this year  at 12-12-2012 but lots of other combination can be made to make a memorable wedding date such as 11-12-2013 (11-12-13)  or 20-12-2012 for instance and many others. Since getting married on memorable date becomes a trend, it’s interesting to see if memorable wedding date is really a good idea after all…

The most reasons for picking out a wedding date with memorable number is to make the couple easily remembers their wedding date, so no more excuse for forgetting your anniversary date. The other reason is because it's a trend and since lots of people have to compete for booking venues and stuff on a memorable date, thus being able to get married on memorable day is considered an achievement.

Whatever your reason, we would like to share with you a few things to be considered if you’re trying to get a memorable number for your wedding date :

1.      Cost

Yep, the economy rules. The more people wants to get married on a certain date, the bigger chance for venue or ballroom owner as well as caterers to increase the price. Why? For venue it’s because they have more bargaining power when lots of people want to use a hall or ballroom. For caterers because more demand will increase the ingredient price, this of course will effect the end price.

As for wedding décor, especially the ones using fresh flowers, the price will increase 50 to 100%. If you’re on very tight budget, consider artificial flowers with basic design instead.

2.      Quality

Flowers are harvested annually according to season so the supply is basically constant. In case of high demand, to fulfill orders many planters substitute full bloom flowers with smaller buds or give lower grade flowers. We experienced this ourselves, for the same price, the quality of the flowers declined. This might also applied to food so you must consider this too.

3.      Time

When lots of people want to get married on the same date, the competition begins. Most venues, caterers and decorators must be booked a year maybe even two year in advance, so the wedding must be planned far way ahead. What will you do if on the date the church can be booked, decorator can be booked but the venues had already fully booked or the rental price had increased unreasonably?

4.      Schedule

On 11-11-2011 last year, we noticed significant traffic jam in Bandung area eventhough it’s not weekend. Reason? The wedding guests' vehicles J. In St Peter’s Cathedral itself held 5 weddings, (we haven’t counted weddings occurred that day in other churches and mosques all over Bandung) so lots of guest’s cars parked overflowed to Merdeka street, just like Christmas mass. So consider traffic in your schedule, you might get late to the church or reception venue because of it.

Also prepare in case you have to rush. Usually, after the wedding mass, the couple and family will have a photo session (with the pastor and by themselves) inside and outside the church. Afterward, most guests would like to  congratulate the couple before the crowd dispersed. Depending on guests numbers, this usually takes time between 30 minutes to one hour. On 11-11-2011, since there are 5 weddings held that day, after the mass the couple only had time around 5 minutes to take pictures inside the church, then the church committee announced the couple and guests to went outside before congratulating ritual so that guests for the next wedding can come in. When we step outside, whooaa!! There’s already crowd standing there waiting and rushing inside.

Lesson : on days when lots of wedding occurred in church, less leisurely time to take pictures and stuff… younger people might not overly concern with this, but older parents and relatives might get a bit miffed when they have to rush here and there.

Reception time must be well planned too. The couple who got married at 11.11 AM held their wedding reception at 12.30 PM. Hence the traffic and so on, the couple arrived at 01.00 PM to the reception.  A little past the lunch time, resulting in the guests already been hungry and a little grumpy. This might not happen if the mass occurred at lets say 10.00 AM or at least give enough lag time between the ceremony and the reception so that the guests can go home or find to eat by themselves. So, the memorable wedding hour had its consequences too. That's why, plan the reception time carefully. 

Pheww, quite a lot to be considered huh? I'm personally not to keen  on this memorable wedding date trend, since for the same budget you must put more effort and compromise on lots of things, unless you prepared to pay more. For me, I prefer a leisurely wedding in good quality. But don’t be deflated, this post are not intended to discourage you from choosing a memorable wedding date, just for consideration only. If you think the wedding date is well worth to be fought, then go for it!! Wedding is one in a lifetime anyrway.

These are few pictures of the day before the event 11-11-2011 during the arranging flowers' time. Lots of flower arrangements must be made by Margriet that day since one of the wedding was held for the family of the biggest supermarket chains in Bandung and few special requests have been made. Some of us worked from morning untill evening.

In the morning only the base of all the wedding flower stands had been covered with foliage, but at noon... Tadaaa!!!! all of them are done, pretty huh? These flower arrangements were for the main aisle. We’ll show you the detail next post!

This is what the main altar flower arrangement look like before it's finished.

 If you’re curious to what these wedding arrangements look like when they’re finished, don’t miss our next post, ok?

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Church Décor by Team Margriet

White Theme Imported-Flowers Wedding

Well, back again with wedding flower post, usually we post simple and affordable wedding flower, but today we will take a notch higher a bit.

Taadaa!!! Beautiful huh? Even from a distance you will see that this wedding flower is definitely not the simple affordable one. Lines of roses, tulips, lilies, phalaenopsis covered the entire front of the altar. Not stopping there, the flower lines then come drooping down to the bottom, and ended at horizontal lines. Not just at the right and left sides, the flower lines repeated at front and back to give a full appearance. Lots of white and obviously imported mini tulips occasionally emerged out from the lines to give it a slight 'wild' look. Gorgeous up to the max!!!!

The flowers used are mini tulips, lilies, roses, baby roses, phalaenopsis, snapdragon, hydrangea, baby's breath, amaranthus and the green foliage is bells of Ireland, kristusdoren or sprengeri, reptile split phillo and some small foliage as filler. The imported ones are the roses, tulips, phalaenopsis and baby's breath. Gosh,  they're expensive but breathtakingly beautiful, just looking at the many petals of the roses, no local variety roses are matched.

Before you start drooling, keep in mind that this arrangement comes with a hefty price tag. Why ? First, many types of flowers were used, most of them imported. Second  is the quantity, this draping type of flower   arrangements needs lots of flowers. Just look at the detail above. So, if you want to suggest this kind of wedding flower to your florist, prepare your heart and your wallet :)

Aside from the altar, the decorators not scrimping either with the side flower arrangements at the Mary and Jesus statues. The draping concept here achieved by adding amaranthus and kristusdoren leaves hanging at the bottom.

Front view of the psalmist altar flower arrangements, still the same concept but with tiny tulips emerging on top of it, very cute !!

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These pictures taken on 23 Oct 2010. The decorators unknown. If you know please inform us.