How to Wrap Flowers for Wedding Bouquets

If you're low on money and good with flowers, doing your own bouquets could be a great way to save money!

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Variety of flowers (buy cheap ones to practice with)
• Scissors to cut stems
• Ribbon
• Floral pins
• Floral tape
• Floral wire

1. Gather the flowers and greenery you want for the bouquets. Cut stems as necessary, and trim greenery to your taste. The cascade bouquet will have long stems flowing toward the base, whereas a clutch bouquet will be all compact.

2. Wrap floral wire around the stems, starting about and inch from the base and working upwards to about a half inch from the flower heads. Cover the wire with floral tape. Check the stems to make sure they are even before wrapping with ribbon.

3. Ribbon can be done several ways. The simplest is to take your ribbon, and wind down the bouquet in a straight fashion, pinning with the floral pins to secure in place, and tucking the ends. To make a fancier look, you can crisscross the ribbon and pin in the center of each cross. Make sure the pins are pushed in all the way and secure.

Tips & Warnings

• Store all finished bouquets in vases in a cooler or refrigerator; you will want them made no further than 24 hours in advance.
• Roses, carnations, and daisies all hardy flowers that can withstand long days, so if you're concerned about them holding up, choose these flowers.
• Check your local farmer's markets also for good deals, they often have fresh flowers at great prices.
• Be careful when using any scissors or pins, and always keep sharp things away from kids.