Things You'll Need:
- Bouquet holder for each bouquet you will make
- Bouquet stand or something to put the bouquet in to hold it while you arrange the flowers
- Flowers and greens,
- Wire cutters
- Scissors
- Floral tape
- Floral wire
- Accessories to add to the bouquet like ribbon, lace, tulle or beads
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
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Step 1
By the time you are ready to choose flowers your wedding attire should have already been chosen. If you can, take fabric samples shopping with you. This will help you find flowers that coordinate with and complement the colors of your wedding dress and the attendants' clothing. When selecting flowers, select an assortment of flower sizes and shapes. You don’t want just one type of flower. For example, a bouquet full of just roses may appear too blah. You want shapes that are different yet still complement each other. The same goes for color. Choose several shades of pink flowers that compliment each other and the attendants' dresses. If you have light pastel pink dresses, don't go for hot pink or fuchsia flowers; choose soft shades of pink. The same goes for the bride’s dress. If the bride is wearing white, stay away from ivory or cream flowers. Select white flowers for the bridal bouquet and in the attendant bouquets.
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Step 2
Purchase flowers. For the main flowers, get larger flowers like roses, rosebuds, carnations, and lilies. Purchase plenty; at least eight of each main flower per bouquet you are making. You don’t want to run out and it’s better to have too many. Extra flowers can be used for corsages, boutonnieres and the throw bouquet. Make sure to purchase greenery such as ivy and filler flowers such as baby’s breath, lily of the valley, or other small flowers such as miniature rose buds. The greenery and filler flowers are used to add background and fill in gaps and empty spaces between the main flowers so the bouquet will appear full.
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Step 3
To arrange the bouquet, first place the bouquet holder in the stand. Make sure it is on a level surface and the holder is straight. Envision what you want the bouquet to look like. Start by placing flowers against the holder and getting an idea of how you want to place them. Put different flowers next to each other and see how they look together. Determine how large you want the bouquet. For a good size round bouquet, the stems should be cut to around 6 inches or less. Start cutting the flower stems off the bushes. Start at 6 inches and if they need to be shorter, they can be adjusted. It is better to cut them too long than too short.
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Step 4
The first flowers to go in the arrangement are four of the main flower, such as four large rosebuds. Put them along the outer edges of the holder where they end up looking like an evenly spaced cross. You can also place greenery behind each of these first four flowers. Select one large focal flower and place it dead center in the middle of the holder. It should be right in the center of the cross.
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Step 5
Decide which flowers to use next. It's a good idea to work out from the center. Take four more main flowers and shape them around the center flower into a square. When you look at your arrangement from the side, it will look like you have three layers of flowers.
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Step 6
Go back to the first layer (the outer layer where you started with the cross of flowers). Fill in around the edge. Depending on how much space you have between flowers and the size of flowers you are going to use, you can either put one or two flowers between each of the first four. Now you have all of the main flowers in the bouquet. Tweak them to your liking.
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Step 7
From the front and side your bouquet should appear to be round. If not adjust the length of the flowers, push them in the holder farther or pull them out as needed to get the round appearance. Once that is done, you can fill in any gaps and empty spaces with greens and filler flowers until you have the desired appearance and fullness.
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Step 8
Once you are done with the bouquet, you can add any accessories you want to it. You could have some ribbon or beads around the holder, hanging down. You could also place ribbon, beads, tulle or lace into the bouquet around the flowers for extra fullness. When you are done. you should have a beautiful wedding bouquet.
