How to Make Bridal Bouquets & Corsages
A wedding can be stressful for new brides and grooms, and flowers can be one of the causes of those feelings. Fresh bouquets and corsages can wither or die in weather extremes, so arranging your bouquet shortly before the wedding is ideal. For brides who do not want to worry about dying flowers, the trend of using silk flowers is rising. Silk flowers also offer another perk for prospective brides: They are often cheaper than using real ones.
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Instructions
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Wedding Bouquet
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Speak with a florist about your flower options. If the wedding is going to be held in a warm season, or in a warm location, ask about flowers that are appropriate for the conditions. Baby's breath, daisies, roses and sunflowers are just a few flower options to use in warm climates. Ask about your options with artificial flowers, as well.
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Gently remove leaves from real flowers, if you are using them. Bunch together flowers, rearranging flowers to create the desired shape. For the common "dome" shaped bouquet, arrange four flowers into a square shape. Slowly add flowers around that square to create a dome.
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Place waterproof tape just beneath the petals of the flowers to secure the bunch. If you are using silk flowers, you can use other types of tape instead. Wind ribbon around the tape, and push corsage pins through the ribbon and into the flowers to secure the ribbon.
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Wrap another color of ribbon just beneath the petals of the flowers and tie it into a bow. Use scissors to trim the bottoms of the bouquet until they are even.
Wedding Corsages
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Select one flower to be the main flower in the corsage, and then a few others to complement the flower. Corsages should have an odd number of flowers. Place a piece of wide satin ribbon flat on a table. Ensure that the ribbon is long enough to fit comfortably about your wrist first.
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Squirt several drops of floral glue into a bowl. Trim off flower stems and dip the flowers gently into the pool of glue. Only use as much glue as you need to gently stick each flower onto the ribbon. Place the most important flower in the center. Continue dipping each flower into the glue, spreading the flowers outward from the center.
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Dip filler items--such as leaves or baby's breath--into the glue, and gently place it among the flowers. Allow at least 10 minutes for the glue to dry. Wrap the ribbon about your wrist, making sure that flowers are facing up and tie it into place.
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References
- Photo Credit Bouquet image by Kimprebble from Fotolia.com
