Pretty things

As promised, we're bringing you the pretty knick-knacks you've always loved seeing in our previous works. If you've been inspired, here's your chance to have them and style it your way.


Some in-house Mariah & Sham designed pieces are in the pipeline too, and we'll reveal them in due time.

For now, enjoy the preview, while we race against time, trying to get our new official website up, for your viewing and shopping pleasure.

Stay beautiful peeps! :)

 

 

December Event Styling

Our last event for 2012 was an event styling 

for the wedding of a sweet couple Salihah and Mazlan. 

The bride wanted a picnic themed wedding

which would be oh-so-gorgeous had it been at a garden. 

But the weather wasn't permitting during that rainy season,

and so a semi-indoor venue was our next best bet.

So after much site assessment (and many ensuing discussions), we decided to style the event 

with a mix of calmness, romance, class and fun.

It was slated to display elements of a fun, relaxing and calming picnic style,

 yet appear romantic and classy enough for a wedding affair.

We got brave, mixing props like baskets, burlap, glass bottles, buntings and checkereds...

with gold stained frames (which we insisted on flying in from london), fine linen,
the uber classy napolean chairs (which TWC so kindly offered to loan us) and fine china.

Our fresh flora was a mix of classy blooms like peonies, bouvardias, freesias etc...

with casual fruits like lemons, green apples, grapes and strawberries.

Oh and dont mention it, of course we had jam and popcorn too! :)

Love this shot! :) Courtesy of CST Singapore

 

 

  

We dressed up every single guest table, with greatest attention to details, cos we believe a wedding is an intimate celebration to be enjoyed and cherished by all guests. And in this light, in the future, we hope to work with credible caterers who could align with this philosophy and work hand in hand with us to create a harmonized look throughout.

Every table was different.

 

To elicit that relaxed and calm style, we took a chance with a cozy white sofa which would otherwise never have made it to any wedding dais. The bride also wanted an unplatformed dais for a more intimate feel...where she and her groom could mingle with family and friends. This wasnt something new for us, cos we've been known to be avant garde about having 'daises' which blend in and assimilate with the whole event floor. Yet with all the simple and relaxed feel this dais could muster, we strove to work fine details into it to make it look substantial and wedding worthy. We're especially delighted that the couple and their family loved this idea of intimate wedding, steering away from the typical 'Raja Permaisuri sehari' (i.e King and Queen for the day) concept. It was challenging cos there was a fine line between creating a relaxed but classy wedding worthy look and an unsubstantial 'party' look. We were told we nailed it, and so we're encouraged to create more new concepts.

An overview of the event floor where dressed-up-guest tables, greeneries and dais were assimilated, hopefully for that natural flow and visual harmony

The couple's table...

  

An intimate and personal event floor. And the napolean chairs were a given. (TWC introduced the chiavaris into the Singapore wedding scene years ago. The chiavaris have since become too common and sometimes even subjected to visual disharmony. Now their napolean will add to a new flavour...)

At the end of the celebration, close relatives and friends were only too happy to get all the fresh flowers and fruits we've lovingly set aside for them

One of the hantaran gifts displayed at the event floor, before their solemnization. Design and arrangement by Mariah & Sham

Jam favors for our couple's family and friends. Designed, customised and produced by Mariah & Sham.

We lugged in the cart just to complete the whole look.

Table numbers designed by Mariah & Sham

Only the finest materials

 

Popcorn favors for the kids. Customised and produced by Mariah & Sham

More exquisite fresh flowers.

As always, kudos to our awesome team members! You guys rock! :)

We'd also like to thank our good friend Hairi for dropping by and lending us his muscles, as well as giving us moral support and encouragement, as always... :)

Syah & Jannah

We recently had the pleasure of styling the wedding
of a beautiful, classy, fun and gorgeous couple, Syah and Jannah.

For their intimate solemnization reception,
we strove to produce a sleek modern anglo-asiatic look
using only white, purple and green.

We studied the designated venue, and found, to our delight,
a simple and open function hall with beautiful french windows,
beautiful padded walls and sleek cornices.
Covering up the hall with too many props would shamefully conceal it's natural beauty.
So, typically Mariah & Sham, we worked our styling into the venue...
to hopefully elicit a look that is cosy, intimate and simple,
yet not simplistic and underdone.

 

To achieve this, we decided to use only minimal but quality props.
We used topiaries, tulips and orchids as flora.
These species are classy, sleek and luxuriant... able to carry their own weights.
In history, tulips for instance,
 were seen as a symbol of abundance and indulgence in the Ottoman empire.
They are also often the subject of poems and romance
 in many cultures spanning from Persia to France.
It is not difficult to fathom then, why they are exorbitant.
Exotic orchids, when used well, can be very classy and mesmerizing.
Topiaries, needless to say, are just simply gorgeous!

We used only fine tulle to dress the already gorgeous french windows.
This was matched with our own-made fresh topiaries and romantic fresh tulips.

Here, we used the elegant orchid - with it's sleek relenting branches and distinctive charming blooms - against a clean and pure backdrop of cream padded corniced walls.
The  lanterns were then deliberately placed to match the orchid buds.

The setup for a fresh and intimate reception.

 

For their solemnization, we worked on a slightly different look. 

Still minimalistic, yet slightly more parisian....

Given Jannah's good taste,  her house walls are already beautifully panelled.
So we decided to leave the walls as they were...
instead we placed the value of our trademark photography isle
on a laduree-inspired personalised monogram keepsake.
As simple as the setup may look, a lot of careful thought was put into it.
 We commissioned Haz Workz to produce the canvas monogram for us,
with the colours matching our soft-egg-blue vase,
our white furnishing and our classy gold standing lamp.
He did a marvelous job as usual.

And eventually, for their main dinner reception at the Furama City Centre Hotel,
we chose a modern classy botanical theme for them.
We had tall plants and more than fifty floral arrangements
placed throughout the contemporary looking grand ballroom...
 although admittedly, only few pictures of our arrangements were taken,
given the lack of time.

At this juncture, we would like to thank
our good friend Alfee Mohd for his gorgeous photography.
We simply love his beautiful artistic angles....

A contemporay french-botanical isle flanked by personalised laduree-inspired monograms,
 against a botanical backdrop of fresh flowers and giant pine trees.
We were so adamant on using our panels, we carried all 10ft of them up the stairs, five storeys high.
The heavy fountain and giant pine trees were something else altogether.
But no worries, dont feel bad for us.... we had fun doing it, given our fun and crazy crew. (Thanks guys!! :))

 

The Thank You card - which we produced in multi colours, to match our array of flora - placed on every guests's napkin

Embroidered monogram handkerchiefs we made for both bride and groom...for that personal touch, and of course, added details...

Finely picked fresh flora.
Lavender, hydrangeas, orchids, baby's breath, wild picks
and exorbitant blooms like tulips, amaryllis, bergenia, freesias and ranunculus just to show the least....

Thanks to Jannah & Syah and family, for their great trust and support.
 We hope they have loved every moment of that special day....

And for the lovebirds, may they be blessed with a beautiful life together always. Amin.

And to our crew, a million thanks for all the fun,
laughter, dedication, focus and memories. 

Now on to our next project ;)