Things You'll Need:
- 12 to 15 flowers with long stems
- Floral scissors or pruning sheers
- Twist ties (2 to 3)
- Accent greenery or decorative small flowers
- Satin ribbon (2 to 3 yards)
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Step 1
Lay out the stems of flowers that you are planning to use in the hand-tied bridal bouquet. All the flowers need to have stems that are 12 to 15 inches long. Take this time to trim all the thorns off stems such as roses. Cut each stem about an inch from the bottom at a sharp angle. Place each trimmed stem in a vase of cool water.
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Step 2
Select the flower that will be the center of your hand-tied bridal bouquet. Take this flower by the stem and look it over well, as it will be the center focal point of your bouquet. Place the flowers directly next to your center flower one by one making a circle around the center flower. As you add the flowers, weave or criss-cross the stems to keep forming a grip area to hold the bouquet.
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Step 3
Continue encircling the center flower adding flowers as you form a rounded sphere appearance to your hand-tied bridal bouquet. Take time to view the shape of the bouquet as you add each flower to make sure that you are keeping the shape you desire.
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Step 4
Add baby's breath or tiny accent greenery in and out of the flowers as you add them. The baby's breath or greenery needs to have stems or some length to them that can be woven into the handle grip area so the accents don't fall out of the bouquet when it is turned upside down.
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Step 5
Finish the look of your hand-tied bridal bouquets by giving an outer edge or frame to the bouquet if desired. You can do this with larger plant leaves such as camellia leaves, magnolia leaves and some ivy leaves.
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Step 6
Tie off or secure the stems of the flowers in the bridal bouquet with a floral twist tie. Tie this tightly to avoid having any of the flowers shift or slip from the place you have put them.
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Step 7
Wrap the entire handle grip area of where the flower stems are twist-tied together with ribbon. Start at the top portion of the handle grip area by placing the middle of the ribbon in that spot, wrapping around so that you have two even long ends. Wrap up and down the handle grip area, planning to end at the top, leaving enough ribbon to tie a small tight knot and then a delicate soft bow. Depending upon personal preference, leave the longer lengths of ribbon to flow or cut the ends short.
