A wedding is the main day in a girl’s life, and one of the essential attributes of a bride’s wedding dress is a bouquet. Ordering a wedding bouquet from a florist is much easier, but a composition created with your own hands looks much more interesting. We offer several master classes on creating a bridal bouquet with your own hands.
From roses on a porta bouquet
Materials and tools:
- roses - 20 pieces;
- gypsophila - 2-3 branches;
- double-sided and single-sided tape;
- floral wire;
- satin ribbon - 70 centimeters;
- Portable bouquet holder with oasis;
- stationery knife, scissors.
Master Class:
- Clean and trim the stems to the length of the bouquet handle from base to end.
- Place double-sided tape on the handle and evenly distribute the chopped stems over it, secure at the top and bottom with wire.
- Cut and peel stems 1.5 centimeters larger than the previous row. Align and secure them with single-sided tape.
- Cover the upper part of the handle with double-sided tape and stick rose leaves on it in a checkerboard pattern, covering the gaps.
- Place a second layer of stems on the handle and secure with wire.
- Wrap a satin ribbon around the handle from the junction of the stems and leaves to the end, then back, from bottom to top, and tie a bow.
- Place the oasis in the water, being careful not to direct a strong stream of water at it and leave it to soak.
- Place the soaked oasis into the base of the handle and snap the top cover onto it.
- Trim the rose stems at a distance of 5-6 centimeters from the bud, peel the bark on the stems.
- Carefully insert the buds tightly into the oasis, starting from the center, forming a sphere.
- Cut off gypsophila branches at a distance of 10 centimeters from the flower.
- Insert gypsophila branches horizontally at the junction of buds and leaves, trying to hide the transition between them as much as possible.
- Place several gypsophila inflorescences between the buds.
- Add a few leaves for contrast if desired.
From tulips
Materials and tools:
- tulips - 25 pieces;
- a foam ball with a diameter of 10 centimeters;
- glue "Oasis" - 1 tube;
- wire - 20 centimeters;
- A4 paper - 4 sheets;
- a vase or glass with a diameter of 8 centimeters;
- wooden skewer;
- adhesive tape with rhinestones;
- glue gun;
- stationery knife.
Preliminary work:
Master Class:
From wild flowers
Materials and tools:
- various flowers;
- floral tape;
- scissors;
- satin ribbon;
- pin with bead.
Master Class:
- Clear the stems of leaves at a distance of 15 centimeters from the buds. Trim all stems to 30 centimeters.
- Several basic flowers are fastened together with tape just above the middle of the stem and to the end, not reaching 2 centimeters from the cut of the stem.
- Applying several flowers at a time, wrap the stems as indicated in point 2.
- Wrap the handle of the bouquet with a satin ribbon. Secure the tip with a pin or tie a bow.
From chrysanthemums
Materials and tools:
- white chrysanthemums - 3 pieces;
- white hydrangeas - 7 pieces;
- twine - 1 skein;
- brown floral wire - 1 skein;
- brown organza 5 centimeters wide - 1 skein;
- buttons;
- pruner
Master Class:
- Trim leaves from stems.
- Place 3 hydrangeas together, creating a triangle. Place 3 other flowers just below the previous ones, forming another triangle. Place the last hydrangea in the center slightly higher than the rest.
- Insert the stems of chrysanthemums into the bouquet loosely to each other.
- Secure the stems with wire.
- Remove excess length of stems using pruners.
- Wrap the stems from top to bottom with organza and secure with a button.
- Wrap the handle of the bouquet with twine and secure the ends.
From ranunculus and roses
Materials and tools:
- ranunculus - 15 pieces;
- roses - 15 pieces;
- matthiol - 3 pieces;
- eucalyptus - 3 branches;
- rhododendron - 3 branches;
- large vase - 2 pieces;
- wire;
- pruner;
- tape;
- decorative ribbon (satin, lace);
- pins with beads - 5 pieces.
Master Class:
Bouquet in the shape of a ball
Materials and tools:
- flowers (to choose from);
- oasis;
- ribbons and lace (color to choose);
- wire;
- bag or cling film;
- scissors.
Master Class:
- Wrap ribbon and lace around the wire and tie a bow, forming a garter.
- Twist the wire to form a loop with “horns”.
- Insert a wire into the center of the oasis, piercing the ball all the way through, and bend the protruding edges, on the other hand, inside the ball.
- Wrap the bow in a bag or cling film.
- Cut the flowers on the bias to the same length.
- Soak the oasis with water.
- Starting from the center, insert flowers into the oasis, combining them.
- Remove the bag from the bow.
From orchids
Materials and tools:
- orchids - 5 pieces;
- salal - 2-3 branches;
- ostrich feathers - 3 pieces;
- lace fabric;
- long floral flasks - 5 pieces;
- tape;
- coconut fiber;
- thin wire;
- skewers - 6 pieces;
- plastic floral ribbon to match the color of the lace;
- pruner;
- scissors;
- stapler
Master Class:
- Pour water into the flasks and close the lids.
- Wrap the flasks in coconut fiber and secure it with wire.
- Trim the stems of the orchids and insert them into the flasks.
- Cut ostrich feathers 6-7 centimeters long.
- Attach the feathers to the skewers with tape.
- Cut the plastic tape into 2 pieces of 50 centimeters each.
- Use wire to attach the feather pieces to the ends of the plastic tape.
- The bouquet is based on orchid flowers, place skewers with feathers just above the buds, on different sides, attach salal branches with tape.
- Use plastic tape to tie all the stems at a distance of 6-8 centimeters from the buds, trim the stems with pruning shears to a suitable length.
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From brooches (false bouquet)
Materials and tools:
- various brooches - 80 pieces;
- artificial flowers;
- tape;
- wire;
- satin ribbon;
- pins with beads;
- glue gun;
- pliers.
Master Class:
From satin ribbons
Materials and tools:
- dense fabric (canvas, canvas);
- satin ribbons of different colors;
- foam ball (diameter depends on the size of the desired bouquet;
- handle (can be made of foam);
- beads, beads, lace ribbons, artificial flowers;
- needle, scissors, compass, pencil;
- threads to match the color of satin ribbons;
- glue gun
Master Class:
From butterflies
Materials and tools:
- silicone butterfly stamp and ink;
- scrapbooking paper;
- cocktail straw;
- wire;
- glue gun;
- scissors;
- wire cutters;
- scotch;
- decorative elements (beads, rhinestones, sequins, organza, ribbon).
Master Class:
A bouquet of wildflowers, especially one made with your own hands, is the most sincere declaration of feelings to a dear person. Unlike roses, lilies or orchids, which literally scream about luxury and burst into hearts like a whirlwind, field daisies or bells modestly whisper about emotions in the soul.
Language of plants
The art of arranging bouquets originated in Japan in the 7th century. Each flower had its own sacred purpose: the chrysanthemum was considered a symbol of love in the east, cornflower symbolized purity of thoughts and the beauty of life, jasmine reminded of pleasant moments, iris was considered the personification of a man.
No less importance was attached to plants in Ancient Rus'. They were considered amulets and were widely used in medical practice. The wreath played a special role. Depending on the desires and intentions, the girls selected certain flowers for him. It could be a wreath of love, a wreath-amulet against the evil eye. The wreaths of girls, betrothed girls and married women were radically different from each other. People were born and died with flowers, started work and rested.
Interesting! In Ancient Rus' there was no tradition of making bouquets. Flowers were used only in wreaths or to cover the floors and benches in houses.
Wedding traditions
The tradition of making bouquets of wildflowers in our culture developed quite late, only in the 18th century. Before this, only wreaths were used in wedding ceremonies, or flowers were woven into the bride’s hair. Depending on the tradition of the tribe, the bride herself wove this wreath, sometimes it was done by the groom’s mother or a healer. The wreath at the wedding had a sacred meaning: it symbolized the purity of the girl and was a talisman against evil forces.
Plants have rich symbolism:
- Chamomile – purity and purity.
- Periwinkle is a strong amulet for life. Symbolizes youth, purity, eternity. It was woven for both the bride and the groom.
- Immortelle is an invariable attribute of the groom's jewelry.
- Hops are the second male flower. This is a symbol of prudence in family life.
- Bells are pure joy. They are able to drive away evil spirits.
- Viburnum is a symbol of a woman’s spiritual life. Each bride had to cross the “Kalinovy bridge”, as a kind of line between girlhood and marriage. Rowan has a similar meaning.
Ears of corn were often used in wedding ceremonies to symbolize wealth. But autumn paraphernalia was never used. Our ancestors generally believed that cut flowers, and especially fading ones, carry death and take away energy from a person. There were also forbidden plants:
- Buttercup is a symbol of infantility and illness.
- River water lily is a flower of swamp spirits.
- Marigolds carry grief.
- Dandelions are a symbol of simplicity. It is more suitable for little girls than for bridesmaids.
- Poppy is a symbol of sadness, sadness.
There have never been oak, spruce or pine branches in wedding paraphernalia. These are quite powerful plants that are used to send people off on their last journey.
The color of the buds was also of great importance. White and red are considered traditional wedding shades, blue and indigo are often used, and yellow is taboo for a bride’s bouquet or wreath.
Today you rarely see a girl in a wedding dress with a wreath on her head, but delicate bouquets of wildflowers are in trend. You don’t have to be a professional florist to make such a composition with your own hands.
Country style
Very popular lately, they most reflect the traditions of Russian weddings. For such compositions, choose flowers with dense heads. Chamomiles, cornflowers, bells and forget-me-nots go well together. They do not crumble or fade for a long time. To make the bouquet look fresh longer, it is decorated using a porta bouquet holder with water. Greens are used to add volume: coltsfoot or horse sorrel look great. Green leaves are arranged in a circle. They should not dominate, but be just a background. Low round bouquets are suitable for the bride. White satin ribbons and lace are used as decorative elements. But beads in the Country style are inappropriate.
In Provence style
Compositions based on lavender look original. Hydrangea, clover, and cereals go well with it. In the Provence style it is possible to include dried flowers. It could be delphinium, Echinacea, Lagurus. Sprigs of basil and mint will add a fresh aroma.
Usually these are bouquets of calm shades; there is a certain carelessness in their design. These compositions are more elongated in shape than round. Craft paper and twine are used for decoration. Ribbons are used in such bouquets.
Bouquet of love
With the help of flowers, you can confess your feelings to your loved one, or you can attract love to yourself, as girls in Rus' did before marriage. Chamomiles were considered the purest. Remember the long-standing tradition of tearing off petals in search of an answer to the question of love or not. If a guy gives a girl an armful of daisies, then he tells her about the sincerity of his feelings. It would be appropriate to receive such a bouquet more from a young man than from a mature man.
In addition to chamomile, a bouquet of love should contain flowering branches of apple and cherry trees. Instead of field plants, garden varieties can be used in the composition. They are sold in showrooms in the fall. Then a branch with bright red rowan or viburnum berries will be an excellent addition to chamomile.
Master classes
You can create simple and sophisticated bouquets yourself.
Cornflowers for the bride
To assemble a bouquet with your own hands, you need to prepare:
- Cornflowers and eustoma (10 branches each).
- Greenery for decoration.
- Satin and guipure ribbons in pastel shades.
- Floral glue, beads for decoration.
Sequence of work:
- The stems of cornflowers are cleared of lower leaves and side shoots, removing dried, unopened buds.
- Excess greenery is also removed on the eustoma. The length of the stems should be the same.
- The branches alternate with each other to give the bouquet a round shape.
- For freshness, add greens (this can be various leaves, for example, ferns, peonies).
- The base is tightly wrapped with tape, on top of which guipure is applied.
- The centers of cornflowers can be decorated with beads.
Wildflower bracelet
For it you will need:
- Wildflowers.
- Greenery for decoration.
- Floral sponge and glue.
- Dense round base (you can use a plastic lid).
- Ribbons, beads, rhinestones for decoration.
- Scissors.
- Scotch.
Sequence of work:
- Determine the diameter of the bracelet bouquet and cut out a plastic base from the lid. You should get a circle with ears into which you need to thread a ribbon to secure the finished composition on your hand.
- Take a sponge and form it into a ball, the size of which should be slightly smaller than the size of the base. Glue these two pieces together.
- Before actual work, the sponge must be thoroughly wetted. The flowers themselves should also be watered.
- Composition begins with the background. The stems of greenery are peeled, coated with glue and firmly inserted into the sponge.
- Next, flowers are inserted in a similar manner. For convenience, it is better to immediately determine the center of the bouquet, and then use small flowers to outline the shape.
- All voids are filled in a circle. Flowers are taken from large to small.
- A ribbon is threaded into the ears of the base for fixation and decoration. The composition can be decorated with beads or insect figures.
How to make a bouquet of wildflowers with ears of corn: video master class
There is probably no person in the world who does not like sweets. Some people like chocolates, others like grilled cakes or pralines. Therefore, recently such decorative and applied art as suite design, from the English “sweet”, translated as “sweet”, has become increasingly popular. One of the varieties of this handicraft is sweet floristry - creating flower bouquets with candy cores.
The creation of such crafts is inextricably linked with the creation of sweets, and they were born a very long time ago. People began making the very first candies in those distant times when no one even thought about sugar. The Egyptians used dates and figs as a sweet base, the Greeks and Romans used honey and barley molasses. In those versions of sweets they added nuts, poppy seeds, and sprinkled with sesame seeds. The term “candy” itself came into use, oddly enough, from pharmacists. They prepared candied fruits as a cough remedy. "Confectum" is translated from Latin as "cooked."
The form of sweets familiar to us in the form of a block appeared in the middle of the 17th century. In 1663, a sweet with nut and honey filling - praline - was made especially for the French ambassador to Germany.
In America, starting in 1800, the massive use of sugar beets began. Caramel is born. And milk chocolate, beloved by many, was born at the end of the 19th century.
In Europe, sweets based on beet sugar became available thanks to Napoleon. The Emperor loved sweets, but the supply of sugar from England was stopped due to the war. It was then that instructions were issued to find a substitute for the English product.
When sweets were rare, they were stored in beautiful boxes - bonbonnieres (from the French bonbon - candy). These were real works of art, made from precious metals or genuine leather. Such bonbonnieres were considered an expensive and extravagant gift.
But in the 19th century, the production of sweets became widespread, and storing them in boxes was inconvenient. Then, first, simple wrappers made of paraffin-soaked paper appear, and then the bright candy wrappers familiar to us.
Thanks to the popular custom of giving sweets on holidays or even for no reason, floristry was born. After all, beautifully decorated candies are much more pleasant to receive.
In this article we will offer you options for creating sweet bouquets of wild flowers.
Bouquet of poppies made from candies
In spring, fields covered with the first greenery are decorated with scarlet poppies. The master class below suggests making these bright and beautiful flowers with a sweet candy filling. This bouquet will be an excellent gift or simply an original and delicious home decoration.
Materials and tools:
- Candies (preferably round);
- Corrugated paper green, red and black;
- Flor wire approximately 50 cm;
- Artificial leaves;
- Floor tape;
- Scissors and tools for working with wire;
We start by cutting the paper into pieces. For one poppy you will need 4 red rectangles approximately 5 x 7 cm and 1 black rectangle approximately 5 x 13 cm. The size of the blanks is approximate, since everything will depend on the parameters of the candies themselves that you choose.
Cut out petals from red rectangles (see photo). We stretch the upper edges quite strongly with our fingers. They will become wavy. Now very carefully stretch the middle of the petals a little. They will become convex.
We cut one narrow edge of the black workpiece with a fringe to about half. These are future stamens. Now we twist the cut strips into ropes with our fingers.
If you choose candies with candy wrapper tails, then you need to glue them with a small piece of tape so that the candy becomes round.
Now we take the black blank and stretch the middle a little. We wrap the candy in it (see photo). Corrugated floral paper has sufficient density and will easily hold the candy without additional fixation.
We take a piece of floral wire and make a loop at one end, bending it about 2 cm. Insert this loop into the roll of black blank and twist the paper around the wire. The stamens can also be twisted. Use a thread or tape to secure the piece of candy to the wire.
We begin to glue the red petals. Apply a drop of glue to the base of two petals and glue them opposite each other. We glue the second pair in a checkerboard pattern relative to the first two.
We wrap the base with the flower petals with tape or a strip of green corrugated paper.
All that remains is to make the remaining poppies for a lush bouquet of wildflowers.
You can add chamomile to it. Beautiful bright and sunny flowers will contrast perfectly with red poppies.
Candy daisies
The materials and tools will be almost the same as in the last master class:
- Candies (preferably round);
- White and green corrugated paper;
- Gold foil (for the cores);
- Scotch tape and a thin rubber band (like bank tape);
- Wooden skewer for shish kebab;
- The pieces of floral wire are slightly longer than the skewer;
- Scissors and pliers;
- Glue;
- Thin satin ribbon and corrugated paper for wrapping the bouquet (optional).
First you need to make the core of the flower. Chamomile is yellow, so we wrap the candy in gold foil. If the candy wrapper itself is yellow, then you can leave it without additional wrapper.
We cut white paper into strips. Its length should be enough to wrap the candy three times, so you determine the size of the workpiece yourself. The width is also determined by the parameters of the core, but not less than 5 cm.
Now you need to wrap the resulting white flat candy. We intercept one end with tape or an elastic band, and bend the other, as shown in the photo.
On each layer we cut out chamomile petals. You can adjust their length during the process. Fluff the petals.
Now take the skewer. This will be the stem of one of the daisies and an additional stiffening rod for the rest of the bouquet. You can apply a little glue to one of the ends. We wrap the base of the chamomile on top with a strip of green corrugated paper.
All that remains is to make the rest of the daisies for the bouquet, put them together and put on a “skirt” made of corrugated paper. We tie a bow from a green ribbon and the bouquet is ready.
Another wildflower that will look great in a bouquet is a sunflower.
A long-standing legend says that the gods gave people a sunflower flower so that the bright sunlight would not leave them in the worst bad weather. Even when the whole sky is covered with clouds, sunflower flowers turn their bright heads behind the sun, which is hidden behind the clouds. This is a flower of warmth, joy and positivity.
Candy sunflower
Materials and tools:
- Candies (triangular “truffles” would be ideal);
- Corrugated paper in a sunny yellow shade;
- Tape;
- Glue;
- Scissors;
- Skewers or flor wire for stems;
- Threads;
- Polysilk (dark brown) and floral mesh (golden);
For those who have recently been involved in sweet floristry, you should definitely know about such a wonderful material as polysilk. This is a thin, light, pliable film that wrinkles easily and takes the desired shape. Has a rich glossy sheen.
We cut out a square from polysilic so that the candy fits into it. For convenience, you can use a candy wrapper as a pattern. Exactly the same blank needs to be made from floral mesh. For each core you will need one square of both types.
Now you need to wrap the candy first in a square of polysilic, secure tightly with a thread, and then in a floral mesh.
Now we prepare a strip of yellow corrugated paper. The length of the workpiece should allow you to wrap the candy in three layers. The width of the strip is approximately 8 cm.
Now we cut one of the wide sides into a “fence”. These are future petals. The cutting height is approximately 2.5 - 3 cm.
We wrap the candy with the blank. Try to fold the paper so that the petals are in a checkerboard pattern. The edge of the workpiece must be secured with glue. We wrap thread around the base of the candy to create a shape.
We straighten the petals and sharpen them with our fingers, like real flowers.
Now we insert a skewer or a piece of floral wire into the base of the flower (you get a roll of corrugated paper there). We secure the tape with tape and wrap it around the entire stem. Instead of tape, you can use a narrow strip of green corrugated paper, after smearing the skewer with glue.
Our sunflower is ready, all that remains is to make the rest of the flowers for the bouquet.
Another beautiful and delicate flower that complements a bouquet of wildflowers is cornflower. Sky blue small flowers go well with daisies, poppies and sunflowers. Such a bouquet will never leave anyone with a sweet tooth or flower lovers indifferent.
Candy cornflowers
Materials and tools:
- Sweets (round and preferably in a silver wrapper);
- Blue corrugated paper;
- Scissors (regular and curly);
- Skewers or pieces of wire for the stem;
- Threads;
- Tape tape or a strip of green corrugated paper for decorating the stem.
We cut out strips of corrugated paper on one wide side with curly scissors, or you can take regular manicure scissors and carefully cut out the teeth. The size of the strips will depend on the size of the candy. But the approximate parameters are 5 - 6 cm in height and 15 - 17 cm in width.
Cut the strip into three equal parts. On each we make two cuts so that we get three petals of equal width. We cut starting from the curly edge. This will be the top of the petals.
We round the corners of each of them a little. Using your fingers, gently stretch each of them a little to create a concave shape.
Now on each petal there are small cuts in the center.
We attach the first three petals and tightly wrap them with threads to the tail of the candy.
All that remains is to make a stem using a skewer and tape, as described in previous master classes, and the cornflower will be ready to join the bouquet of wildflowers.
Crocuses are another cute flower. Very tender and spring-like, they are perfect for a sweet bouquet.
Candy crocuses
Materials and tools:
- Corrugated paper (petals come in different colors, so the shade of the paper is up to your taste);
- Wooden or bamboo skewers;
- Candies (preferably round);
- Thin tape;
- Threads;
- Tape;
- Scissors;
- Hot glue and glue gun.
We cut the paper into strips 3 cm wide and 12 cm long. Since the width of a roll of corrugated paper is usually 50 cm, we will get four blanks from one three-centimeter strip.
For one flower you will need 3 petals. They turn out voluminous, and the flower is not overloaded and light.
We mark five centimeters at one end and twist the paper strip at the mark. This is the future tip of the petal.
We fold it in the place of twisting. Using your fingers, gently stretch the top of the petal a little.
Now we attach the candy to the skewer using thin tape. If it has tails from candy wrappers, secure them so that the candy becomes simply round. Wrap the skewer and the candy tail about a couple of centimeters with tape.
We begin to attach the petals. We attach each one by dropping a drop of glue or tying it with a thread. We overlap them. Wrap tightly with thread. We cut off the excess paper as in the photo.
Now we wrap tape around the base of the flower and the skewer.
If you don’t have tape on hand, you can use green corrugated paper. The width of the strip should be approximately 1 cm. Simply wrap the strip around the skewer and the base of the flower. Pre-apply glue.
If you want to create a wedding bouquet yourself, then choose any of the two proposed methods. Learn about the language of plants and the principles of flower compositions.
The content of the article:
Flowers are amazing natural creatures. Just looking at them is sometimes enough to lift your spirits. Flowers are used to decorate rooms, decorate tables during a significant event, and are presented as a sign of respect and love. They are bred at home, in the country. It’s nice and easy to go out into nature in the summer to admire the blooming of charming plants and immerse yourself in their aroma.
Language of plants
If you know how to make a bouquet, then you can become a florist, at least in your family, and delight your friends and loved ones with such picturesque gifts. Different colors, different groups of plants are able to tell for a person what he did not dare to tell.
Before you arrange a bouquet, learn about the language of flowers:
- Anyone who wants to express his admiration should present a bouquet of lilies and camellias.
- Mimosa will hint that the giver is carefully hiding the feelings he has for you.
- If you were given a bouquet of white irises or pink or red roses, tulips, these plants speak eloquently of love.
- Also, red and white roses can, in the language of flowers, assert that you are the other half of the giver (at least he or she thinks so).
- But it is better not to receive yellow carnations, as these flowers will convey the unpleasant news that you have fallen out of love.
- Carnations of different colors, chrysanthemums and hyacinths are given as a sign of respect.
- Be sure that someone is enchanted by you if you present a bouquet of lavender, violets or burgundy roses.
- If a bouquet of orchids and chrysanthemums is made, it means that the giver is pleased to meet you.
- And one or more branches of lilac will remind or inform that you were the giver’s first love.
How to make a bouquet
If you want to put together a spring composition of fresh flowers, then use plants of no more than three colors. Of course, the range of shades must be combined with each other.
For example, if you take purple lilacs and want to add tulips to the composition, they should not be red or yellow. In this case, tenderness will not be achieved. To make it happen, include white, light pink or soft lilac tulips in your bouquet.
You can add other flowers, such as hyacinths, but they should also be subtle in color and blend in with the rest of the plants.
Speaking about how to make bouquets, it is important to note that one can contain several names of plants. A composition that uses gerberas, red tulips, gypsophila, and chrysanthemums looks beautiful.
It is important to follow the color palette and the principle of composing a bouquet:
- Place the lightest or smallest flowers along its edges, but they should not hang down. Gypsophila will look great here. Place dark and bright plants in the center of the composition. Falling and curly ones are placed near the stems of the main flowers.
- Don't use too many greens. Just add a carved palm leaf or a fluffy sprig of asparagus. At the same time, greens should not rise above the flowers, unlike cereals.
- Making bouquets also includes the knowledge that the flowers in such a composition should not be located close to each other, let them look free.
- When creating a composition, think about its concept. When you make a field bouquet, do not combine “complex” and “simple” flowers. After all, among lilies of the valley, daffodils, small daisies, for example, an exotic anthurium, an orchid will look ridiculous. The charm and elegance of a “simple” bouquet of small daisies and lilies of the valley will be emphasized by solidago, iris and other flowers in the same color scheme.
- Use plants that are in different stages of buds: have strong buds, slightly bloomed and fully opened.
To prevent cut flowers from wilting longer, add a sprig of geranium or thuja to them. At least every other day, trim the stems, wash them and change the water in the vase to fresh water.
Examples of creating compositions from fresh flowers
If you don't know what kind of bouquet to create for the teacher, the one presented below will be an ideal option. After all, in the language of flowers, hydrangea means “impartiality.”
To create such a flower arrangement you will need the following:
- blue hydrangea, red lily, solidago, spray white chrysanthemum, greenery;
- floral sponge “oasis”;
- thin cardboard;
- polyethylene film;
- artificial small apples;
- sisal coconut fiber;
- red spray paint;
- thick aluminum wire;
- glue gun and silicone glue for it;
- thin floral wire;
- wire cutters;
- scissors.
Take cardboard, form it into a ball 25 cm high. Secure it with glue. Make a small loop from the aluminum wire that will secure the other end of the wire when you remove it from the bottom of the bag.
If you are using cardboard whose color matches the sisal fiber, then there is no need to dye it. If the shades are different, then coat the outside of the bag with spray paint.
Disassemble sisal fabric into fibers or use coconut fabric. Using a glue gun, attach this decorative element to the cardboard cone. And at the bottom, wind it onto a curl of wire.
Take a floral sponge and place it in a container of water. To ensure that it is evenly saturated with liquid, do not drown it with your hands. After 20 minutes, take out the sponge, cut a blank out of it so that it matches the internal dimensions of the bag. To prevent the cardboard from getting wet, wrap the sponge horn in cellophane, leaving only the top part free.
We will insert flowers into it. Trim them and stick the shortened stems into a sponge horn. To make a bouquet of flowers, first take lily, solidago and greenery.
After you place them in the “oasis”, stick hydrangea, chrysanthemums there and decorate your creation with artificial apples, stringing them on small pieces of wire. You can use toothpicks instead.
The flowers in the bouquet should be arranged quite tightly, but not overlap each other. Along with the blossoming lily, its buds also look beautiful.
You can make such beautiful flower arrangements yourself and present them to a teacher or other respected person.
Jewelry for the bride
Flowers are used not only to decorate the newlywed’s hairstyle, decorate the hall, the festive table, but also, of course, to make the bride’s bouquet.
Below will be presented 2 master classes on this topic. In the first, the flowers for the wedding bouquet will be decorated using a porta bouquet maker. In the second one, no.
The bouquet holder is a hollow plastic tube, expanding towards the top, into which a floral sponge is inserted. It is saturated with a preservative solution or water so that the liquid nourishes the flowers for some time.
A bride's wedding bouquet made using this device will not only look beautiful, but will also remain fresh throughout the holiday.
To create this you will need:
- Portable bouquet holder “Lady”;
- satin ribbon;
- a piece of oasis sponge;
- anchor tape;
- green tape;
- double sided tape;
- 4 white and 5 crimson roses;
- salal leaves;
- viburnum (viburnum berries);
- scissors;
- pliers.
The bride's dress should look perfect from both the front and back. Therefore, we decorate the outer upper part of the portaquet holder with salal leaves, gluing them to double-sided tape.
For a better fit, you need to secure these leaves to the ribbed surface with anchor tape.
So that it is not visible, we wrap a light green tape over it.
If you have dry Crisal powder, add a little of it to cold water so that the sponge soaked in this solution will nourish the flowers.
If not, then place the semicircular piece of “oasis” that you first took out of the horn into the water. Don’t forget, he must drown in it himself, without your help, then he will be evenly saturated with moisture.
After this happens, take out the sponge, put it in place in the portaquet holder and secure it by covering it with a mesh. Moreover, the latter should snap onto the white part of the horn.
Next, we form the bride’s bouquet with our own hands, or by calling in assistants. We move on to decorating the handle of the horn, since the composition should look amazing from all sides. Starting from the bottom of the bouquet, cover its narrow part with double-sided tape, and place a white satin ribbon on top of it. Attach its tip using a glue gun.
Now decorate the side expanding part of the horn with leaves. Cut their stem at an angle and immediately pierce the sponge with it.
To prevent the water flowing down from the sponge from wetting the handle of the portaquet maker, we put a dry piece of “oasis” into its hollow part. It will absorb excess moisture, thereby leaving the bottom of the bouquet dry and the bride’s hands clean.
We begin to decorate the wedding bouquet with flowers. Trim the brighter roses at an angle first, distributing 3 on one side and 2 on the other side of the sponge. Then stick in white flowers and fill the gaps between the roses with viburnum and leaves. After which the composition for the bride from roses, leaves and unripe berries of viburnum is ready.
Another wedding bouquet
If you do not have special equipment, then you can perform the composition using a different technique. Not only does the bride’s bouquet consist of such roses, it can be made and given as a gift, timed to coincide with another event. This is what the final composition looks like.
For this we have prepared:
- 10 single-headed roses;
- 20 spray roses;
- greenery to decorate the cuff;
- tape.
To make a beautiful bouquet, start by placing 5 flowers parallel to each other. Their height should be the same. Place the next, sixth rose at a slight angle. Place the seventh one at an angle as well.
Gradually, turning the bouquet slightly to one side, arrange all the roses in this way. As a result of using this spiral technique, you will get a beautiful hemispherical shape. Tie it with anchor tape or tape, wrap it several times, tie it, trim off the excess.
To create a cuff, also surround the bouquet in a spiral around the outer circle with greenery. Then tie the composition again, this time with greenery.
Trim the ends of the petioles with sharp scissors or pruners so that they are the same height and the cuts are perpendicular. When you hold the arrangement, the remaining stems should be slightly longer than your palm. Now you know how to make a bridal bouquet in another way.
Gift for your girlfriend
Flowers designed in the shape of a heart will touch any representative of the fair sex. And if you make a bouquet with sweets, you will like this gift even more. To create such an original presentation, you will need a little, namely:
- red carnations;
- floral anchor tape;
- ribbon;
- scissors;
- wide green tape;
- decorations in the form of butterflies on wire;
- pink or scarlet silk ribbon;
- thick floral colored aluminum wire;
- candies "Raffaello" or others in wrapper.
Now decorate the stems with a wide decorative ribbon and tie a scarlet bow on top of it.
Wrap a thin textile ribbon around the inside of the carnation heart. To do this, pass it between the colors in different directions. Fill the resulting bowl with sweets and decorate the bouquet with butterflies. After which you can give a beautiful, fragrant, tasty gift.
There are many more ideas that provide both fresh and dried flowers, as well as house plants. You can familiarize yourself with them in the following articles. In the meantime, we invite you to watch interesting videos that will help you better master the presented technique of creating bouquets:
