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Friday, December 21, 2012

Classic Wedding (Part 2: Hand Bouquet)

The best part of preparing for our brother's wedding was that I was allowed to experiment with things I've always wanted to do, but didn't really have time to do them. Hee. This time around, I was going crazy over hand-painted papers, so I thought I could give it a try with this wedding.


Remember my first paper bouquet? It was such a mess and took a lot of my time that I almost gave up on doing another. However, with the current trend of handmade bouquet going rounds, I ought to give it a try again, right?


The tutorial for the ranunculus flower can be found here (amazing tutorial with detailed explanation). I made the hydrangea using a tutorial from a Chinese book (which I didn't understand, and relied totally on the pictures). Instead of using the ready-made coloured papers, I prolonged my suffering by hand-cutting and hand-painting my own paper to get the desired colours. Messy techniques.


It took me almost a week to frantically finish everything, but I think I'm quite satisfied with the end result. Yes, it could be improved in terms of durability and colour choice, but for a last-minute work, not bad, right? :P


I'm not sure whether I'd be able to do the bouquet again, since the process was so taxing, and I almost got insomnia from all these.. but again, you'll never know. ;-)

9 comments:

  1. I think it turned out beautiful !!!!
    Paula

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  2. that is so beautifully done.

    My compliments. great job done.
    what a patience you had to make this. The bride will be very pleased.

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  3. I am TRULY glad you decided to do it again Miyyah! The effect is magical! You are so perfect at it! :)

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  4. I think its really really beautiful. You did a great job!!

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  5. Wow u really put a lot an effort in this hand flower....
    Great job!

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  6. This classic wedding bouquet is looking spectacular. Thanks for sharing photos. We will have a fairy wedding at the garden New York Event Venues. I have decided to use beautiful white and pink flower bouquet. I am sure it will look brilliant.

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