How to make a
classic bouquet.
How to make a hand-wrapped bouquet
Two bouquets you make easily.
One made with a bouquet holder and the other is hand wrapped.
The first is a wonderful
bouquet of babys breath and three different kinds of roses. It can be used
for either the bride or the bridesmaid. After the wedding, stand it up in a vase
and enjoy it as a floral arrangement. Use fresh or silk flowers or combine both.
The links for flowers below
lead to the silk flowers.
Materials needed
bouquet holder with
handle
floral
foam (dry foam for silks and dried flowers-wet foam for fresh flowers)
4 sprays babies
breath (will cut up sprays of babies breath to get 12 stems)
9 white
rosebuds
3 rose
buds mauve, pink or watermelon pink
5 open
rose red/white brick two tone
3 yards ribbon
glue gun
(low temp)
white glue
or Styroglue
(if you are using a Styrofoam bouquet base)
Click on image to make it
larger with more detail.
To Make:
o Separate the babies breath
and cut it up into 3 sections each. Leave the stems about 3" long.
o Insert the babies breath around the holder just above the lace.
o Insert the rosebuds evenly around the holder. Save 4 rosebuds for the center,
in-between the flowers.
o Cut the stems to 3" long and add the flowers to the middle of the holder.
o Cut all stems to 3" long. Fill in the open places with babies breath and
insert the remaining single roses.
o Tie the ribbon around the base of the holder and secure it in back with hot
glue. Make a bow or just let it float.
You can hot glue more lace
around the edge to really fluff it up.
How to make a Hand-tied
Rose Wedding
Bouquet
1. Prepare your flowers. (See
working with fresh flowers and wiring techniques) If using fresh roses be sure
to strip off (1/2 of the stem )most of the leaves. Thorns will need to be
removed carefully so as not to damage the rose stems. If using silk
flowers remove the any lower leaves on the rose stems.
2. Prepare the baby's breath
and the ivy. Cut the ivy into sections on 8-12" each.
2. Start by holding a stem of
baby's breath, and 2 rose stems in your hand. Holding the stems
upright in your hand, gradually add more stems to the bouquet at a 45 degree
angle, turning the bouquet in your hand so that a spiral gradually
develops. Hold the stems firmly at the binding point while slowly adding
more flowers.
3. Insert your greenery (ivy,
leafed branches ) throughout the bouquet. It is the greenery that brings out the
flowers so place it carefully and sparingly around each bloom.
4. Once you are happy with the
overall size, shape and color of the bouquet tie the stems together at the top and
bottom with string, floral wire or
raffia. You can wrap it securely - this will be covered with the satin
ribbon. Then with sharp scissors or pruners trim the stems (if using silk
flowers use wire cutters) at the bottom so that they are all one
size.
5. Use the satin white ribbon
to tightly wrap the stems. Start at the base of the flowers, leave enough
ribbon to tie a knot later (about 3 inches), overlapping
each twist to conceal the raffia and the stems. You are winding from top to
bottom. When you reach the bottom, tuck
the ribbon over the base of the stems and then wind the ribbon back up the stems
(use a corsage pin to ribbon on the bottom in place-remove later). When you reach the starting point tie the ribbon in a
knot (with the beginning of the ribbon). Push the knot
into the top of the ribbon to conceal it. Use 3 pearl topped corsage pins to fasten the ribbon
securely to the stem.
Be sure to push the pins at a slant downward into the stems. This will also give the
bouquet a finished look.
6. Set bouquet in an empty vase
that has a narrow opening, until ready to use.
Materials needed
2 dozen sprays babies
breath, or gypsophila or
lilies of the valley
24 small yellow roses
12 large yellow roses
12
mauve roses
3 yards white satin ribbon
ivy
garland, vine, or branches
raffia
floral wire
pearl topped corsage pins
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