The Inspiring Traditional Bridal Bouquet

Ah… still not many activities for Margriet Team in the Lenten season, so let’s continue with the inspiring traditional bridal bouquet, a yellow bridal bouquet.

Tadaaa!!!!! This is also not a usual simple bridal bouquet. The creator, Mrs. Sylvi made this bouquet using a woven bamboo basket. It's a kind of bamboo container which is usually used for steaming ‘dimsum’ but painted in black.

Slightly different with the red theme bridal bouquet on our previous post, this bridal bouquet also used an Indonesian traditional hair accessory. She used a hairpin that shines brightly over the flowers. 

Close up look on the bouquet, this hand bouquet composed of oncidium, white caspea and roses of ‘Amandini’. 

The side look of the bouquet. 

Look at the strands of pearl beads protruding at sidelines of the oncidium. Nice, isn't it? And the black ribbon hanging down looks very contrast.

And don’t forget the back side. To cover the floral foam seen, she used Ming fern, gypsophila and golden ribbon.

Note:

Mrs. Sylvi is one of the finalist of the IPBI Cup 2012, the National Hand-bouquet Contest

Wedding Flower Ideas by Eunice Teo (4) : Simple Round Shaped Bridal Bouquet with Crystal

For those of you who are waiting for bridal bouquet ideas….here we go again…still from ‘A Demo with Eunice Teo, AIFD’. This time it’s a simple round shaped bridal bouquet consists only of white gladiolus and ruscus. However, simple can also be glamorous, with the addition of crystal….

Still wondering where’s the crystal? Here they are…on all the buds, a diamante pin was attached, so the center of the bridal bouquet sparkles !!!! A very neat work!!

And here’s how the bridal bouquet looked from the side. The hot blue ribbon on the handle will emphasize the whiteness of the flowers…nice!!

This series' not finished yet….so keep on checking……

Lily Fushia Wedding Bouquet

Now it’s time for a wedding bouquet and this time it’s a cascade Lily Fuschia Wedding Bouquet. Not many kinds of flowers used here, only lilies, roses and baby’s breath while the foliage is ivy, ruscus and cordyline. The flower designer is Mrs. Helena for Thata’s wedding on Dec 2, 2012. You can also view more ideas on fuschia color bridal bouquet here

She also used the middle part of the cordyline to make half circle on the bouquet that gives a different texture to the bouquet. Beautiful.

See also : Lilies Bridal Bouquet Ideas

Wedding Bouquet Trend 6 : Bold Lady

This bouquet might not look so different with our previous post about long style wedding bouquet, but this time it's done in bold color!!! Red, red, red……

First make a bouquet of red roses, keep the long stem. Then wrap with red ribbon like the one in the lily wedding bouquet post. Make a bow ribbon, and attach it also.

Again, use red floral wire to make the accent but this time it’s in heart shapes. Make a few then attach them on the flower by using special flower glue. No, this glue will not ruin the flower shape.

Since the flowers are red and the wire are red, add a few sparkles with flower pins in pearl color. Insert them into few of the roses …and done!!!! Like the previous lily wedding bouquet, this rose bouquet seems simple from afar but the detail will show up close.

A few more views of the bouquet. For red lovers out there, this can be an inspiration!!!

Yesssss!!!! We’ve fullfilled our promise everyone. So, what do you think? We've done it! Trend nowadays comprise of lots of styles, not just one, so we do hope one of the styles will appeal to you… or do you have other preference? Let us know, ok?

Floral designer by Mrs. Ling Ling

Pictures taken when monthly gathering of IPBI DPC Bdg, April 26^th, 2012.

Wedding Bouquet Trend 3 : A Bit Contradictive!

Why contradictive? Because the hand-tied which only used calla lilies is so simple on its own but with lots of attention to the detail.

This hand-tied is actually a work of a floral designer from Singapore named Damien. Mrs. Ling Ling purposefully bought it for the need  as a comparison of the hand tied techniques.

For the brides who don't know yet how to hold this long type wedding bouquet, just look at the image above. So, the hand-tied is carried sideways, not upfront as usual.

As usual, the demo began with a ready-made hand-tied of yellow calla lilies which had already secured with gold ribbon and some orange colored flower pins attached on it.(imagine the buttons on your shirt!). The next steps are roughly the same as our previous post on 'wire on flowers'. First, you mold the wire into spiral look (look like mosquito repellent), after that arrange it on the ready-made hand-tied, then secured it with glue.  Finally, to make the wire look three dimensional, the spiral was pushed forward.

The overall and detail image of the hand-tied. If you would like to make it on your own, this is also the simplest form, so we encourage you to try it!!!

Here’s the real close-up before and after; before, the calla lilies were put together by using wire then covered with gold ribbon. The pins then were attached on it. If you’re Chinese, usually need 8 pins (lucky number). And the right image shows how it looks after the copper wire attached. Ooomph, it makes the regular hand-tied become premium. 

This type of wedding bouquet trend is for you who likes details but doesn’t like to be showy. This hand-tied might look very simple from afar, but while you’re holding it and greet your guest, then they will see all the ribbons, pins and wire details. Surely you'll feel proud of it!!

Next stop: Wedding Hand-tied Bouquet Ideas number 4.  So, don't miss it!!

Note:

The original Wedding Hand-tied by Mr. Damien, modificated by  Mrs. Ling Ling

Images taken at IPBI DPC Bdg Monthly Gathering April 26, 2012.

Simple Cascade Shaped Wedding Bouquet (1)

Today's wedding bouquet inspiration use the all time favourite soft pink roses. Combined with a bit of reddish green anthurium, kermit,  kristusdoren or sprengeri and sprinkled with baby breath to make it less monotonous.

close-up view on the Queen Mary rose bouquet. It has cascade shape and when held, it will hang beautifully.

detail on the bridal candle...

Floral Designers: Team Margriet

Wedding Flower Bouquet: Rose Dolce

It's a quite different wedding bouquet as 'Margriet' floral designers rarely use dolce roses. This kind of rose has pink colour with rather darker tone on the tip of its petals.  Beautiful roses, aren't they?

Floral Designer: Team Margriet

Simple Round-Shaped Wedding Bouquet (1)

As you can see, this is a simple round-shaped wedding bouquet in pink theme.

It didn't use many flowers also, just roses, gerberas and asters. Very easy ,isn't it?

Note: Pictures taken at Cathedral St. Peter on 24 Sept 2011. Florist: Team Margriet

Wedding Flower Bouquet That Never Fails

Just look into Wedding Book no 49 today and found some gorgeous white theme wedding bouquet. White always been a safe choice, since it will certainly match with white wedding gown. However, an all white bouquet sometimes look rather boring, especially if only one kind of flowers is used, so the challenge is how to make them look not monotonous,

such as the all white peony bouquet pictured right above, using various peony size from buds to big blooms combined with contrast dark green leaves below to enhance the whiteness... or you can choose two colours, like the one pictured left above, keep in mind that very pale green really matched with white if put side by side. But my personal favourite is the one pictured left below with three kinds of flowers, however, this one needs more ability to make it and better be done by professional florist.

Another technique is to add accessories to the flower bouquet such as feathers or silver base as opposed to leaf colour. Or you can add pearls and swarovsky crystals like this salmon roses wedding bouquet.

I simply love the white anthurium as focal point with small strands of crystal beads circling it. If you want to see more bouquet inspiration, you can find them in this wedding book no 49.