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Photos really don’t do this beautiful wedding justice. The top two are taken by the lovely Jonathon Ong and the bottom two are by Lindsey Myra I’m in one of those moods today where I’m trying to do a million things at once. Paperwork (eeew) pay people, return emails, cook dinner for my friend Tara (im going for a lentil Sheppard’s pie and a pear and pecan tarte tartin) I’ve had a coffee with a lovely bride and a quick stop at Gorman Surprise store and the nut shop. Fantasizing about getting all my tax stuff together for my accountant in the next few weeks and not the next couple of months. I have that weird feeling in my belly like the one you get when you have forgotten something or you have to complain to the guy at your favorite cafe when your coffee is not right. I feel like something big is about to happen. Those of you who don’t know me in real life may not know that my amazing BF is away at the moment circumnavigating the the globe playing pop music to the masses. Only three weeks left till he gets back and at last i will have my house husband back to do my washing and wash up my dishes. Living alone is amazing at first and then it starts to get weird and hard. Not having the distractions of a massive workload and a BF doting on you is pretty confronting. Doing your own washing is tough. Eating and cooking alone is for suckers. I can’t help but thinking in some kind of sick way that it’s making me a better person…or just a social retard.
Buck up.
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Someone shared this on Facebook – I love the baby’s breath poms.
Baby’s breath has always been one of the last things I think to order but this use of it makes me purrrr. So beautiful! Would you be so kind as to share the mechanics?
Hi Jill,
Thank you. These images have been very popular. The Gyp balls are simple to make, it is more or less bunches of gyp wired and put into an oasis sphere. It pays to hang the oasis ball from somewhere and start at the top working your way down. Pack the bunches in as tightly as possible and mist them thoroughly.
hope this helps.
Melanie
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ok, i am asbolutely obsessed with these!! but. can you try to explain the how to part as if i’m an idiot!? because i totally don’t get it! sorry! : /
would i be using a foam ball? what does gyp stand for??
ok, so over here Gyp is short for gypsophillia aka babies breath. You need to start with a soaked floral foam ball. Make little ‘bunches’ of gyp. Wire them with a double prong wire and stick them in to the foam ball starting at the top and working you way down. It is the same way you would make any floral ball or pomander. You will need a LOT of gyp i used about 10 or 15 full bunches of gyp for these that equals about 100-200 little ‘bunches’ of gyp to go into the foam ball. Not for the faint hearted! At this wedding we make 12 of these balls.
hope this helps!
melanie
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! that most definitely helps!:) really appreciate it! wish me luck haha!:)
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That swan vase is just divine. Where can we find something like it for our homes? Please share the love.
Dear miss c,
i bought this vase in new zealand from a company called studio ceramics..it is a replica of a vintage design made famous by the NZ ceramic company crown lynn in the 1950′s maybe.
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I definitely want to do these for a wedding I’m planning, but I have a couple questions.
What exactly is double prong wire? Where could I get a hold of some?
Thanks! Your ideas are great!
Kelley
HI Kelley,
thanks for you comment. A double prong wire is a technique used to wire the gypsophilia. Pretty difficult to explain in writing. Essentially you bend the wire into a staple down the stems of the gyp, wind the wire around the stems twice and then pull down to create two wires pointing down, in line with the stem.
hope this helps. Make sure you do some practice runs before you decide on these for you wedding. Not for the faint hearted!!
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Hi Cecilia
I’ve decided to take on this diy myself. I’ve got everything and have mastered the wire technique. I was giving it a practice go tonight with a 9cm oasis sphere. How small exactly did you make the ‘mini’ bunches of gyp? Did you trim pretty much to the last ‘branch’ at the top of the stem?
And secondly, does the stem bunch have to be stuck in the oasis, or do you just stick in the wire, and make sure you spray the gyp with a lot of water?
hi chloe,
the stems must go into the oasis…..with a 9cm oasis ball you want yr gyp to be around 5cm long. My balls were the 30cm ones so i made the bunches around 15- 20cm long.
Thanks that’s perfect! I’ll have another go again tomorrow night. Cheers ! and thanks for sharing.
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Just wanted to say thank you for your blog love it.
Dyan