Liz and Shawn

Liz and Shawn are most chilled couple ever! So chilled that I was getting worried when closer to their wedding date, I asked, are you sure you're okay with the menu, the flowers, etc, etc? They said, we trust you Anna! And so, they had the best wedding ever! Their brief to us was simple, yellow is bright happy and so they chose it! They wanted something fun and not stuffy but still incorporating the traditional wedding banquet as a mark of respect to their parents.
Anna absolutely loves dogs...in fact a lot of Spellbound clients are dog lovers too! : )

Isn't this the most precious little one? So obedient as well!

It has a chair to herself.

The reception table was al fresco, framed by the huge bouganvilla tree...

it was gorgeous, nothing like a little add on from nature!

Liz's gorgeous gown with trains that looked like billowing clouds!

Candlelabras for every tables with bright happy napkins for all guests.

Spellbound loves white carpet and we think it complements

the whole look of white and yellow!

We super love calla lilies & tulips, especially the yellow ones,

and to add on to the scent, we had yellow freesias.

Chandeliers to provide lights!

Thanks to Daniel Beh for the lovely photos! Daniel is a very unassuming photographer who takes great shots!

Henry and Hui-Li

"Why is it that I have to climb 1000 mountains to get to
you and all you have to do is smile to get to me"...

that's the love quote that came into my mind when I met Henry and Hui-Li. I first met Henry solo at The Gallery, Grand Hyatt. His words to me conveyed how much he loved her and wanted the best for her... I thought, aww...Anna, that's why I do what I do...coz in this world, I still believe in true love : )

Isn't the gown gorgeous? I love the yards and yards of seeminly never ending ruffles...oh so romantic... love the way its photographed too...

Bridal bouquet consists of hydrangeas, roses, eustomsa and freesias for that delicate scent to accompany the lovely bride as she makes her first march in...

Henry's corsage! that we had an "h" pinned onto the pinwheel!

We printed and mounted the LOVE signboard onto hydrangea filled stands, tied pomanders onto the chairs for something whimsical yet ethereal for the solemnisation.

Pretty flower girls with lovely dresses!

We love how the page boy looked so pleased with our handmade flag! Yayy! Way to go! You know you have done well when little kids smiled coz you know there is no harder thing to do in this world is to make kids pretend they like something when they don't!

Awww.....


The reception area at The Gallery, we love how the Gallery is like a mini loft with high ceilings and long wooden tables. It gives us more space to do more things! Unusual for a cocktail area, we really do a lot of focus here...as Henry & Hui-Li agreed that the important thing is when the guests come into be wowed by it.

We tied pomanders and lanterns, filled the tables with high and low centerpieces with lotsa candles for glowing mood...
And not forgetting the candie bar! : ) Although Spellbound team loves to bake, we believe that we are not certified to do so, so we bought great yummy food and we styled them!

Our tiers filled with most delicious cupcakes and tarts...
Henry....

I so so absolutely love his love notes to Hui-Li....when they gave me the love notes, I had them scanned and then re design it so that they fit into frames with their pre wedding photography that we display onto the well wishes tables. I had them in three stages: Henry first lay eyes on Hui-Li (as below), dating (as above) and finally Henry and Hui-Li (last photo)...yes, there are structures to my seemingly randomness!

Their guests were such a fun bunch and they had so much fun! We cut and fold wheels and pin them onto the board for striking and unusual look as a backdrop. Our love affair with bling blings continues...we glued blings onto the painted alphabets...this is why Spellbound takes in very few weddings dear readers, because we hand make a lot of our stuff...and that is why we feel affinity with our clients because we really like our clients! Don't think we would spend so much time for clients that we don't like!

Henry and Hui-Li, thank you so very much for wrapping up our 2011! Spellbound is truly blessed, we are always blessed with lovely couples who make us believe, set the bar high up for us and blessed us with happiness and friendship! xoxo!

photographer: One Eye Click

videographer: Ichiro Films
gown : Silhouette

venue styling : Spellbound Weddings

Happy New Year!

Hieya Folks!

Happy New Year! Spellbound team wishes all of you a brilliant 2012!

We had a really busy Jan! And reflecting back, we think that we are very lucky that each year starts off with really great couples. Last year's couple Ian and Eejia recently welcome their baby boy Koen and this year we got to do Steven and Clara who boogied until 2.30am!

The year also started with Anna, Spellbound's founder being featured alongside her pals, Hannah of Heaven's Gift (in maroon) and Kim of Wedding Concierge (in yellow) in Icon Magazine. It was a super fun day!!
Disclamer: dearest readers, I don't look so polished in real life! and I smiled lotsa more!


In the same issue, one of our dearest couples, Matthew and Michelle were also featured. What a brilliant couple they are...I do missed telling Michelle to stop working so very hard...she was working right up to the day of her wedding! Matthew was of course so sweet, totally surprising Michelle and the guests by singing the 2nd march in song...way to go Matthew!

The colours of the wedding are red, red and more red!

The gorgeous wedding gown was done by the super talented energizer bunny, Vaughn Tan. He was super creative, super nice and super everything!

The maroon bouquet was tied by Anna and because Michelle had said that her only specific request about flowers is that she wanted peonies, Anna had pre booked 3 wholesalers for peonies, two didn't have, and one had maroon...super yayy!

Michelle's cheongsam was done by Ted's Collection and it looked lovely! We love the details behind her back and the embroideries looked outstanding against the whites. Don't you also love the details of the red umbrella against the skyline? Wansheng of Feldberyl Photography, you're great as usual!
Michelle and Matthew also had Yang of Subtance Films, Jacqueline Law for MUA and also Compass for entertainment...all of Spellbound's favourites!

Alan and Maria

Alan and Maria is one of the best looking couple we have! Add to their good looks, they are a wonderfully nice couple : ) I am so happy when we do happy weddings for happy clients.

I love doing bouquets, we have ranuculous, hydrangeas, roses and tied them with crystal bands ontop of satin ribbons.

The photo album table! Didn't know Fullerton has this table? They have it usually next to the wall and we requested that they move it forward. I like antique looking tables!

Feathers add a whimsical feel to the elegant wedding!

Aren't the birdies just so super adorable?? We placed it under the unity candle and they nested on the flowers!

Alan and Maria, we wish both of you the very best for the future and God Bless every journey that you take!

Chinese Dynasty Wedding

I love decisive clients, and Jolene and Joseph is one of them. They knew what they wanted, gave me about 3 months to execute and we did it! It was super challenging and we relish it!

The articles above appeared in Tatler Weddings, though with one error on the decor. Decor & conceptualisation were arranged by Spellbound! A typo which as Spellbound's nature, we let it passed!

The whole ambience was well captured on video. Click here if you like to view it!

Credits:

Cuttings from Tatler Magazine Spring/Summer 2011

Photographer: Warren Wee

Videographer: Substance Films

Wedding Planning and Decor: Spellbound weddings.

A Garden Church Wedding

When this lovely couple first told me that they had decided to do away with a wedding dinner and hold their celebration solely in their church, I thought it was a great idea!

Inspired by nature, the lovely lovely couple wanted to have trees inside the church! As the turn around time is rather short, we had 8 feet toparies installed with ivy leaves scalloped along the aisle. Sounds simple, but dear folks, it was massive undertaking! My army of staff had to put hundreds of ivy leaves onto the 3 feet topiaires casing and miles long scallops the night before the wedding! I do take my hats off to them! Meanwhile I was off barking at the set up crew of the tiffany chairs...they had to set 400 chairs in 1.5 hours! It was fun but totally stressful!

Lemon trees greeted the bridal car when it drives up the driveway...we had so much lemons left that we made lemon curd jams!

The couple are such food-natic! They had the best food for a church wedding, I swear! And Spellbound does a lot of church weddings too : ) What I love about them is that they really wanted the guests to have a sumptous and comfortable eating environment, hence the tiffany chairs, chinas and sparkling forks and spoons! If you peep at the photo above, you will see a lovely tree! Its their emblem!

I love the skyline on top of the lemon tree, it created a great light to shine onto the dessert table.

The tiers of cupcakes: they were gone before I could say "of with their heads" *wink*

Credits:
Photography: Gabriel Mendes

Catering: Les Amis, Jumbo Seafood,ISS Halal Catering,Soghurt Yoghurt, The Patissier (Wedding Cake & Groom's Cake), Antoinette (Cupcakes)
Decor & Wedding Planning: Spellbound Wedding
Gown: Tan Yoong
Live Band: The Olive Tree

Card & Logo design: Card-Blanche