April 11, 2008

Make Your Own Bridal Bouquet

Make Your Own Bridal Bouquet

How to make your own bridal bouquet. If you make your own bridal bouquet you get exactly what you want. The best way to get a bridal bouquet is to make your own bridal bouquet and we’re going to show you how.

Step By Step Guide to Make Your Own Bridal Bouquet

Basic Supplies for making bridal bouquet

  • Fresh Flowers
  • Bowl of Tap Water
  • Ribbon to tie around the bouquet 2″wide silk
  • Scissors
  • Pearl Sprays
  • Lace Trims
  • Artificial Flowers And Greenery
  • Tulle Ribbon
  1. Decide on some great ideas for the type of flowers you want to use for your bouquets. You can look around this site for some ideas or use a floral and bridal magazine. Pick out the flowers that will go with your wedding colors and any of your other floral arrangements. You can even use your favorite flowers or colors in the bouquet if you choose.
  2. One you have decided on the flowers you want for the bouquet you can consults a florist and order the flowers you have in mind or you can also choose some from your own garden. Make sure you order filler flowers as well as greenery.
  3. Be sure to purchase bouquet holders which usually come in white plastic, cone shaped and with a handle. Your holder should come with foam already inside the cone.
  4. Take your bouquet holder upside down laying on the surface of your bowl of water. Gently hold on to the handle and let the holder sink to the bottom of the bowl. By doing this the foam will be saturate. Then take the bouquet holder from the water and begin drying the outside.
  5. Then begin taking your flowers, the greenery, and other filler items and start at the bottom of the bouquet holder and work your way to the top.
  6. Hold your flowers and stemmed pieces up to the arrangement before cutting. Determine how much of the steam you would like above the foam, then cut at least 1 inch below that point. You should each each steam in a angle before inserting it in the foam. You can use a cascade effect by putting different length of greenery like fern at the bottom of the bouquet holder.
  7. You can then add your bow where the handle of your bouquet holder meets with the cone. Use a color that gos with the wedding colors and don’t forget to add the pearl spray.

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