Weddings are a favorite and a specialty here at Boesen the Florist. We have consultants to help with every bit of the planning, from venues and caterers to flowers and DJs.
Not everyone wants to relinquish the control of this all-important day. Many couples are looking for ways to cut costs while still having the wedding of their dreams. One way to do that is DIY, or Do-It-Yourself flowers, where the wedding party designs and arranges the bouquets, boutonnieres and decorations.
Watch Jane, from our Ingersoll location, as she assembles an amazing bridal bouquet, or follow the tips below to create the perfect design for YOUR wedding!
- Once you’ve selected your color scheme, start looking for the flowers you want to use. To save money, select flowers that are in season. It’s also visually stunning to select different textures, bloom sizes, and color shades – even if you’re using one “color” for your bouquet, you can get different hues to add some variety.
- Once you’ve chosen your flowers, prepare them for the bouquet by stripping them of leaves. While it’s acceptable to keep some greenery on the stems, it’s best to remove it all for a cleaner, more polished look. Extra leaves in the middle of the stems can make the bundle too bulky and will most likely be covered.
- If using roses in your bouquet, still remove the leaves, but also the thorns and the outer petals on the blooms. Removing the outer petals will give the roses a fresher, more compact look as well as showing the cleanest, most vibrant color.
- As you start building your bouquet, try to distribute the different flowers evenly around the whole spray. You don’t want to have all of your roses bunched together in one spot, for example. Be sure to showcase the different shades and shapes from all angles.
- Once you have them placed the way you want them, trim the stems. It doesn’t matter what length the stems are – bouquets are equally incredible whether the stems are short or long – but they should all be the SAME length to make the bouquet neat and clean-looking.
- Use green floral tape to bind the bouquet together. You can get this tape at most craft stores or floral shops, and a little can go a long way. Once the flowers are secured, wrap some ribbon that matches your dress around the stalks, over the tape, securing the ribbon with pins. Be sure to stick the pins in with the tips buried up inside the bundle of stems, for safety.
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