Michelle and Bernard are a classy couple with a taste for simple elegance. They asked us to create the ambiance for their wedding using a mainly blue and white palette. Without further ado, here are some beautiful photos captured by our dear friends from Jim Liaw Photography.
Michelle's bridal bouquet was simply elegant and classy, much like herself. The combination of white dahlias and blue hydreangea was made a notch more interesting with champagne roses. It looks so soft and feminine, and, wrapped with just a wide, champagne-coloured satin ribbon, was perfect for Michelle. For her handsome groom, an elegant white dahlia!
While Michelle's bridesmaids brought some sandalwood fans to pretty up the outdoor reception, we made pomanders from white chrysanthemums and hung them on the white chiavari chairs lining the aisle. To add more texture and interest to the pomanders, we used white dahlias with stems still attached, wild berries and nosa (the marble-sized, spherical things at the end of the dahlia stems).
As we all know, weather is one of the biggest concerns for any outdoor wedding. This wedding wasn't completely outdoors as guests were going to be seated under shade while the solemnization would take place under the sun, with lush greenery and a little bridge as the perfect backdrop.
Unfortunately, while Michelle was getting her hair and make-up done, it started to pour. And it didn't look like it was going to stop any time soon. Ever so calm and graceful, Michelle came downstairs in her bathrobe and hair curlers and decided to move the ceremony to the covered patio nearby. If you look at the photo above - the one with Michelle and Bernard walking down the aisle - you will notice all the guests seated on one side while a water feature takes the other side. We all agreed it was really unique and, as luck would have it, looked even better than the traditional setting where guests sat on both sides of the aisle. On top of that, Michelle and Bernard got to walk down a much longer aisle, right next to a beautiful water feature. Double win!
The intimate wedding reception dinner was held in Zamrud Room at The Club At The Saujana. It is a rather old space, finished in dark wood walls and floors and had dark blue carpets that we could not remove. As such, special attention and care was given to the furniture, linens, flowers and decor to create the modern ambiance for Michelle and Bernard.
How do you think we did on the ambiance? We put our white chiavari chairs on double duty at this wedding - as seating for the wedding ceremony, and later for the reception. The white chrysanthemum pomanders also made another appearance this evening. One of the biggest wastage in weddings is flowers, and we love them too much to throw away after just one use. We will always try and find ways to reuse flowers for the same wedding if our couple has more than one venue to decorate. For our lovely couple, we gave them a little surprise at the dinner - by creating little napkin holders for the bridal table, using silver wire and pretty little nosa. So easy to make, and looks simply elegant too :)
When the lights turned down and the glow from the candles warmed the ambiance, the reception became one romantic evening. Balls of baby's breath and blue hydrangea arranged at varying heights on long-stemmed holders, surrounded by lower vases of white roses, white dahlias and white eustoma looked simply magical amongst the candles and silver moss.
With a small colour palette of white and blue (with a little bit of green to tie everything together), and not a whole lot of flowers on the table, we used blooms that were heavy with texture and added visual interest to the arrangements (various glassware, moss, beads and candles). This is something that you can definitely try to recreate on your own! If you do, we'd love it if you shared it with us :)
