Select a few large, perfect blooms from your garden or flower vendor. Good choices are daffodils, roses, hyacinths, orchids or other equally attractive flowers. Cut and store them in a bucket of water until you're ready to begin making your corsage.
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Select some fresh greens. Fern, asparagus fern, coprosma, juniper or other nice-looking greens are appropriate.
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Hold one of the green cuttings and place a flower on the greens' leaf or stem, with the top of the bloom slightly lower than the top of the greens.
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Twist floral tape around the greens and flower to hold them together in a bundle.
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Wrap several short-stemmed flowers with floral wire to form an artificial stem: Pierce each calyx (the swollen base of the bud) with wire, thread the wire through the calyx so that the doubled pieces of wire are about 6 inches long, then twist the wire to form an artificial stem. Wrap the wire with floral tape, and twirl the ends of the covered wire into tendrils for a finished look.
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Add more greens and flowers to the corsage, with each layer slightly overlapping the other.
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Wrap the bundle of stems with floral tape when your corsage has the desired look (try not to make the corsage too large).
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Tie a small ribbon into a bow around the base of your finished corsage.
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Use a straight pin to fasten your corsage in place.
Tips & Warnings
Use one large flower surrounded by smaller blooms such as baby's breath or forget-me-nots.
You can make your corsage a day in advance and store it in the refrigerator overnight.
