DIY Wedding Bouquet Ideas
Wedding bouquets are an important addition to the bride and her bridesmaids' appearance as they walk down the aisle. While florists can make bouquets, brides looking to put their own personal touch on their flowers and save some money can easily create their own homemade wedding bouquets.
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Simple Single Flower Bouquets
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Bright yellow flowers of the same type make a striking bouquet. A wedding bouquet made of a single type of flower has a simple elegance that is perfect for a variety of weddings. When making a single flower bouquet, brides should use hardy flowers, such as roses, which are sturdier and can take the wear and tear of an amateur florist. The bridal bouquet requires about 30 to 60 individual flowers, while each bridesmaid bouquet needs approximately 20 to 40. Choosing blooms of the same color has a dramatic appearance. For a bouquet with more depth, using flowers with subtle differences in color, such as whites, ivories and pale yellows, adds more texture and makes a more interesting bouquet.
Elegant Mixture of Flowers
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A mixture of green and white flowers has an elegant, natural look. Wedding bouquets that feature a mixture of flower types and colors create an elaborate, one-of-a-kind look that is perfect for brides looking for an elegant bouquet. The type of flowers used in the bouquet create very different looks, ensuring brides and grooms that they can design a bouquet that complements the rest of their wedding's decor. Flowers such as roses, calla lilies, peonies, orchids, dahlias and stephanotis have a sophisticated look that is well-suited for formal and semi-formal affairs. For a more informal look, use collections of tulips, sunflowers, irises, freesia and daisies.
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Single Stem
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A single flower has a dramatic appearance that is perfect for a bride looking for something different. Some brides long for a wedding bouquet that strays from the normal handful of roses or mixture of flowers. Carrying a single flower has a dramatic, breathtakingly beautiful look that is also distinctive. The bride can choose her favorite type of flower, or a bloom that matches the rest of the wedding's arrangements. Using an exotic orchid or oriental lily has an especially stunning look. The simple bouquet can be dressed up with a beautiful ribbon.
Dazzling Jewels and Other Additions
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Sprigs of bright red berries add color and texture to wedding bouquets. Once the flowers are put together, the bride and her bridesmaids may wish to jazz up their bouquets with some decorative touches. Inserting brightly colored berries, tiny accent flowers, pussy willow, or ferns adds variation to the bouquet and a special extra. The addition of glitter or sparkling jewels to the arrangement gives it some extra glitz and is especially fun for flashy, flirty weddings. Wrapping a ribbon around the stems of the flowers is a final touch that can give the bouquet a burst of color.
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