How to make a Bridal or Wedding Bouquet

You will need:
-20 Stems of Natural or Silk flowers of choice
-4 to 6 Stems of Natural or Artificial Ivy of choice
-Scissors and 3 to 5 Rubber bands
-Ribbon of choice, Bouquet Jewelry and Pearl headed pins

Step #1 Handle

The most important step is deciding how long you want your bouquet handle to be. I will be making mine at 5 inches or 12.8 cm, BUT will be cutting my flowers and ivy at about 6 inches just to be sure.

Step #2 Ivy

Start buy cutting off extra length on Ivy Steams. Arrange them in your hand so they make a dome shape. This will be the basic shape of the bouquet. Secure the Ivy bouquet with rubber bands and place it aside.

Step #3 Flowers & Bouquet Jewelry

-Cut the flowers steams of the same size of your Ivy Steams and brake or cut off any leaves that protrude under your hand. Hold your Ivy bouquet and takeout rubber bands and start introducing flowers in and around the ivy by keeping the dome shape to the bouquet. Double check the shape once ALL flowers are added, insert jewelry into bouquet. Once you have desired shape. Hold together with rubber bands, making sure not to lose the shape.

Step #4 Ribbon

-There are several ways to tie the ribbon and highlight your Bouquet handle. Today I will be showing you a simple way. Take out the rubber band and hold the bouquet firmly but gently, an extra set of hands may come in handy but solo is fine!

I never cut my ribbon because I don't know how much I will be using! Wrap the bundle of stems with the tip of the ribbon allowing about 10 inches to tie just above where the hands hold the bouquet and just under flowers. Twist ribbon around making a single knot and make one more twist and knot tightly. If you have short ribbon left just leave it to be covered with the longer ribbon.
Start by wrapping the longer end ribbon around in the same direction, leaving the same gab spaces so it looks nice and neat.

Step #5 Pin and cutting the Ribbon

Push the pearl-ended pins though the ribbon directly into steam. Ensuring they sit in a nice NEAT row. If pins are longer than thickness of bouquet handle, be careful by not pinching your hand and try to angle them to make them fit inside handle, It is better if you start pining the pearl headpins just as you are wrapping it for more control.

Cut ribbon about 5 millimeters longer than desired length, fold extra tip into a seam and push a Pearl-ended pins to secure tip. Depending on thickness of ribbon you may want to add more Pearl-ended pins to each corner, middle or all the edge!

Step #6 Cut Stems

Cut all excess length stems to the same length. Adjust for the ideal shape.
The only other question is "Who will catch it?"


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