- Choose available corsage flowers that reflect the style and color of the clothes you will be wearing and the occasion you will be attending. Two carnations or two open roses will create a nicely sized corsage, or for a more dainty corsage, try three rosebuds. More or fewer flowers can be used, depending on the formality of the event where the corsage will be worn. Popular background bases for corsages are fern leaves or rose leaves. To add a soft finished appearance, use a small bunch of babies breath.
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Cut each of the flower stems you are using for your corsage approximately 4 inches long. This will make them easier to work with. Cut a 5-inch piece of floral wire for each stem. Hold a wire beside a flower stem and insert the end up into the bottom the flower blossom. Wind the remaining wire end around the stem twice with the rest of the wire held against the stem. This will prevent the blossom from wilting and flopping over. Repeat for the rest of the flowers you are using. Hold the stems together and stagger them, so the flowers lay in a pleasing arrangement. Place a small bunch of babies breath behind the flower arrangement and a small fern leaf or rose leaves behind the babies breath for the base of the arrangement.
Hold all the stems together and wrap floral tape around the stems where they meet the arrangement and continue for 2 inches. Floral tape is tacky when stretched and will stick to itself when wound around the stem. Cut off the extra stem length and wire, then tear off the floral tape at its end. - Cut a 12-inch length of 1/4 inch wide ribbon, in a color that complements your outfit or corsage flowers. Tie the ribbon into a bow around the taped stem, just below the flowers. Trim the ends of the ribbon at an angle. Use a corsage pin to attach the corsage to clothing.
