With our blessings...

Last saturday was one of my best friend, angie's wedding and despite all the initial apprehension about the timing and preparations, turned out to be a really fantastic wedding. During the time while she was preparing for her big day, i saw in her, many little things which i myself have gone through. I guess there was a certain affinity to that and all the shared experiences (i.e. with our partners)that i really wanted to help make the wedding a memorable one for her and her hubby, Max. So, as a wedding present, I thought to decorate the church wedding.

It took a month or so of planning; from trying to find out what kind of flowers she would like, what colour combination and what type of decoration she would need. I have never ever done any floral decor before but i figured it would be a nice gift for the couple instead of them spending tons of money for only a few flowers if they were to get a real florist to do it. Of course, i did not quite anticipate the amount of hours involved but nothing that could not be tackled with a little planning (a schedule of when and what to do does got a long way), organization (what to buy, where to buy, how many) and good fortune (in terms of having great and talented friends & family).

With the help for fantastic colleagues such as Joanna, who accompanied me to get flowers and showed me where they were sold even cheaper than Far East (JiMei has 15% discount between 7-8pm from wed-fri!!). She also 'loan' me her house and taught me how to do a floral arrangement from scratch 2 nights before the wedding, staying up till past midnight with me to complete 3 floral arrangements needed for church. Then there was fei and puaysze who came by on the night before, staying till midnite to help me de-thorn bucketful of roses, making little bouquets for the pew decorations as well as arranging floral basket all by themselves for the reception.

Last but not least, there is my own hubby who took a cab all the way to Bishan to help me transport the 3 huge basket of flowers from Joanna's place when i called him after 11pm, as well as taking care of all the carrying and heaving of flowers up and down the staircase on the day of the wedding. Without all of them, I would not have been able to do it at all. I am thankful of all the help i have gotten from them, just as i am glad to have been able to help another. It felt really good, despite the week of deprived sleep from making seemingly endless ribbons and netting. In actual fact, the gift doesn't just come from me, but all these friends who has also contributed greatly in making it a reality.

Anyway, everyone was very please with the results, i sure hope Angie and Max felt the same way too. :) Hope that their marriage will be a blissful and happy one...