It's finally over!

After more than a year, I am finally done with all my clay flower course projects! Finally finally finally!! That was like a good 20 projects!

Flash back.....

The last few months have been especially busy for me trying to complete the 'Themed Project" and "Tall Vase Arrangement Project". Both projects are to be assessed by the academy in Japan for my application to be an instructor. Submitted the final 3 roses to my instructor yesterday and they will be on their way to Japan for the final assessment as well. So fingers and toes *crossed*!

This is the tall vase arrangement project. Decided on an oriental themed tall vase arrangement bcos I am so in love with peonies :)) Glad the birds turned out pretty alright.

Thought really hard for the theme project. Did consider birthday, baby shower etc. But ended up with 'wedding', not quite surprising I guess hehe, after all I have been doing quite a bit of wedding stuff. Instead of the conventional ring pillow, I did the ring holder in the form of a frame. A nice keepsake after the wedding.

With the course done, I will have more time to blog, start working on my new website and play around with new craft. Bought a felt bear and figurine kit from Etsy some time back but haven't got a chance to work on them. So many things I want to do I need more time! 

DIY table centre piece

I just remembered in one of my earlier post on table number place card I promised to show the end product of the centre piece we did for Congren & Shermaine's wedding.

A cake and cookie pops pot with fresh flowers and place card :)

Vanilla House Creations

In one of my earlier posts I mentioned that all full decor projects will be managed under Vanilla House Creations. I am pleased to announce that our Facebook is finally up! Pictures of all our completed projects can be found there :) And Dawnut's Factory will still continue making unique craft creations for all occasions~~

Table number place card

Spent the weekend doing prep work for Congren & Shermaine's wedding on 29 July. During the recce at the restaurant, Congren asked the restaurant manager to have number place cards for all the tables to facilitate guests looking for their seats. Upon hearing that, we suggested for Congren to let us incorporate the place cards into the table centrepieces we are creating. Was playing around with fonts, card size and stuff; finally decided on this. I personally don't fancy those place cards provided by hotels and restaurants. You don't need fancy graphic design programs for a simple place card. Microsoft Word program can do the trick. By choosing the right font, printing paper.., you can get something simple and chic. Will post photos of our table centrepiece creation after the wedding :)

All done for Terence & Serene's Wedding!

Finally done! I am veryyy pleased and looking forward to the wedding this Saturday =)

Angbao Cylinders

Sign for the entrance

Sign for the snack corner

Flowerballs Galore!

Finally done with the flowerballs for Terence & Serene's fuschia oriental wedding theme. Gonna use them for cocktail table ties and other decor around the reception area.

Got my inspiration from the chinese silk wedding flowerballs while walking along Chinatown. But wanted something more modern and classy so went to do a search online to see what I could find. Found this interesting tutorial on oncewed. A pretty useful DIY idea for weddings. Piecing together is easy but lotsa fabric cutting to be done.

My 'helper' Mr P :)

I used fuschia organza and sewed the pieces together instead of gluing them on a chinese lantern or foam ball to give the flowerball a 'light' feel. Try it out with different types of cloth and colours to get a different effect.

One item off the checklist, now left with the angbao cylinders and signs to complete in 1.5wks. Oh gosh!

Wedding of the Year!

Less than a month to my favourite couple Terence & Serene's wedding :) Wedding of the year because I have been entrusted with quite a bit of the creative and decor stuff as well as the running of the dinner. I am very excited! Looking at the programme they have in stored, I know that it will definitely be an interesting night to remember.

This is the colour theme that the couple decided on.

And being kiasu, I got my outfit and accessories picked out 3 months before the wedding.

We met in September to brainstorm on the design theme for the decor. It didn't take us long before we decided on 'modern chic with a touch of oriental flavour'. Off we went one Saturday morning shopping for all the materials needed.

The rest will be Dawnut's imagination :) Check back to see our progress leading up to the BIG day on 26 Nov.