Shaping the Bowl for Making a Wedding Floral Centerpiece

Series Summary

Flower arrangements are an important mood setting element to any event, especially a wedding. The floral centerpiece is perhaps the most important floral arrangement at your reception, as it will be in close proximity to your wedding guests at the buffet table. Wedding budgets seem to climb out of control, and making your own homemade centerpieces is a great idea for cutting costs. It’s cheaper than hiring a florist, and you have total control in creating your own unique and elegant design.

In this series of free how-to videos, our expert gives you step-by-step instructions on how to make the perfect wedding centerpiece. You'll learn how to chose the best flowers, and get tips and techniques on shaping the bowl, cutting flower stems, using tape and floral wire, and much more that could save you hundreds of dollars. You'll have a beautiful wedding centerpiece that will look great in your wedding photos and impress your guests!

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Ruth DeHoyos and I'm here with Expert Village to show you how to do the perfect centerpiece for your bridal occasion. This is called oasis and it normally comes dry packed and it comes in a block form. You can practically use any size that you want or any container. Today I'm just using this doggy bowl that we call a doggy dish. It's just plastic. You can use ceramic, but if you're going to use crystal or sort of nicer container, I will not use the oasis. I would just take and use some other form of leverage for the arrangement. This is already pre-wet, presoaked. How to shape your bowl. Normally, you just take the block and cut it in half. It already has lines in it. It's prelined for you so you're just going to do like so and then slip it in here. "