Make your own Bridal Bouquet
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Save money and make your own bridal bouquet. Why Make a Wedding Bouquet?
Flowers are just SO expensive these days. Whilst a beautiful creation
from a florist can look amazing, is it really worth spending all that money on
fresh wedding flowers that only remain as a memory in a photograph?
Follow the latest fashion in bridal bouquets and KISS! (Keep it super simple).
You don't need to be a floral designer to wrap some simple ribbon or grasses around a couple of
calla lilies or a few roses as modern wedding bouquets follow the principle of "less is more."
If you stick to using a single flower type, it is relatively easy
to make a wedding bouquet. Just follow our guidelines below.
How to Make Wedding Bouquets
First keep your bridal bouquet design simple and keep to one flower. Roses are good as they last
a long time and can take rough handling by an amateur flower arranger. -
Use around 30 stems for a small bouquet or up to 60 stems for a larger one, suitable for a taller person.
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Prepare flowers by removing unwanted foliage and damaged petals. Cut the flowers at an angle
underwater leaving the stems long until you have put your bouquet together.
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Start to make your own bridal bouquet by putting 4 or 5 flowers together in a round shape.
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Arrange the rest of the flowers around your dome shape using one hand to hold them in place and the
other to add a stem at a time.
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Tie the stems 8-9 cm below the flower heads using a rubber band or some tape. Make another tie
around 5 cm from the end of the stems. Place in water until ready to wrap with ribbon.
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Cut your stems to the desired length.
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Make a handle for your bouquet by taking a length of ribbon (approximately three times the length
of your stem), tuck in at the top below the flower heads
and wrap in a spiral down the stem. When you reach the bottom, repeat the process back up the stem
and tuck the end in at the top , securing it with a pin.
See our related pages for other bridal bouquet ideas.
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