How to Assemble a Corsage
A corsage is a small bouquet of flowers worn below a woman's shoulder pinned to her clothes or attached to an elastic band and worn on her wrist. Corsages are popular accessories for proms, homecoming celebrations, Mother's Day, birthdays, weddings and other special occasions. Depending on the flower and type you select, corsages are generally expensive. Therefore, an alternative to buying one is making it on your own. With a few supplies and detailed instructions, you can create your own corsage.
Things You'll Need
- Flowers
- Floral wire
- Floral tape
- Wire cutters
- Scissors
- Ribbon
- Floral pins or corsage elastic
Instructions
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An orchid corsage. Select three to five flowers for your corsage. Select flowers like roses, carnations and cymbidium orchids.
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Wrap the flower stem with floral tape. Wrap floral tape around the stem up to the flower to give it a more formal look. For reinforcement, insert a piece of wire in the base of each flower and bend the wire downward before wrapping the stem with the floral tape.
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Use ribbon and greenery to add filler to your corsage. Prepare other accessories such as greenery, ribbon accents or baby's breath as filler if you want a full corsage. To make a ribbon accent, slant your scissors and cut a 1-inch piece of ribbon. Pinch and twist the ribbon in the middle, wire the ribbon by clamping it over the pinch, and floral tape the wire for a stem.
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Wrap your stems with satin ribbon for a more formal look. Bundle the individually taped flowers and accessories together to assemble your corsage. Use your floral tape and tape the stems together. Use your wire cutter and trim the ends of the stems. Floral tape the end of the remaining stems. Wrap the end with satin ribbon.
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Wear a wrist corsage for special occasions. Attach your corsage to the platform on the corsage elastic band by tying the stem to the platform using a piece of ribbon or insert two floral pins in the back of the stem.
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