How to Make a Homemade Bridal Bouquet

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Make a Homemade Bridal Bouquet

Ask a bride if flowers are important at her wedding and the majority will say "yes". Flowers come in many sizes, shapes, and smells. Even if flowers are not bountiful throughout the wedding, a bride usually choose to carry a bouquet.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Step 1

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Start arranging your bouquet the day before, because you may be too busy on your wedding day, but if you have the time it is ok to make it on that day.
When making a bridal bouquet it is best to stick with hardy flowers. This is because they can handle, and stand up to constant movement while you carry them and throughout the ceremony.

Select flowers that will compliment you, your dress, and wedding theme.
Step 2

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To make a bouquet that is nine inches in diameter. You will need 40 to 65 stems of flowers. First fill a bucket with cool water. Remove each thorn and excess foliage from each individual flower stem.
Step 3

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Holding the stem of the flower underwater, cut off about two inches at an angle. Place the stem immediately in the bucket of water
Step 4

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When you have cleaned and removed thorns etc. from each flower stem. Take one stem at a time with one hand, and use the other hand to hold the flowers in place.
Step 5

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Assemble 4 or 5 flowers at even height in a square shape. Place a rubber band around the stems, these will be center of the bouquet. Next, arrange all the other flowers one by one around the center flowers.
Step 6

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When you have arranged all the flowers, secure the bouquet using a rubber band to hold all the flowers in place, where they all come together right under the flower heads. If you do not have a rubber band, use floral tape. Next, move your hand down and put another rubber band around the end of the stems, leave about 2 inches of the stem. Trim stems to the same length.
Step 7

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Take satin ribbon and start wrapping in a spiral down the flower stems. When you reach the bottom of the stems, do not stop. Start wrapping in a spiral back up the stems. Now at the top, cut the ribbon, tack behind the ribbon on the flower stems and secure with pearl or diamond stick pins.