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Easy DIY Wrist Corsage

posted 2 years ago in Flowers
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    Ferris Wheel    10/24/09   New Orleans, LA

    I posted awhile back with pics of a wrist corsage I made with fake flowers.  I tried again, this time with real flowers.  First, cut a small sliver in a ribbon so that a bit of stem sticks through.  The only trick is to artfully place pins through the stem so that they are not sticking out.  I want to use big, fluffy, (and hardy!) garden roses.  What do you think?  One flower or three flowers?

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    LorennaL    LorennaL   Boston, MA

    i think one flower is enough...they look big enough that 3 seems like it would be awkward to use that hand.

     
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    mdarrah    4/4/09   Los Angeles, CA

    Its pretty - maybe a bit big?

     
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    Miss BooBoo    November 5, 2010   Pittsburgh, PA, DW in Punta Cuna

    I like the one flower. Awesome job!!! I really like it.

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    love the one flower! are you doing parasols as well?

     
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    nank    August 28, 2010   live in Utah, wedding in MA

    i love it with three.  so glamorous.

     
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    abrideagain    October 24, 2009   Austin

    I liked the one flower better than the three flowers.  It was almost too much...I think that it would take a special person to pull off three flowers!

     
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    Khadijathediva    February 20th, 2009   New York, New York

    Nice but huge!

     
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    jingle96    May 28, 2010   DW in ARUBA/livin' in VA

    i like it with 1 rose! very pretty!

     
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    dachshund    May 22, 2010   Fresno, CA

    I think I'd go with only one flower, too.  Three might be big enough to get in the way.  You did a great job, though!  Looks good!

     
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    GaBGal    September 25, 2010  

    I agree... its a bit big. I like the idea of the flowers around in a circle (I remember your test run a few weeks back). Can you get smaller roses - like teacup size or something?

     
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    kmattso2    May 22, 2010   Morris, IL

    I think  one flower....3 seems way too big!! You could always put one little flower on each side if you don't think one is enough.

     
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    star    October 11, 2009   New York, NY!

    I like the one. Great job!

     
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    AnnieAAA    October 25, 2009   Dallas, TX

    Out of curiosity, where did you buy your garden roses?

     
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    Ferris Wheel    10/24/09   New Orleans, LA

    The roses in the pics are from Wal-Mart (I think), and they're just regular roses. 

    I wound up ordering garden roses from theflowerexchange.com - 72 for $131.  It was the lowest price I could find.

     
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    spaniel    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    One flower. By the way, if you ever get around to posting a step-by-step for the totally clueless (like myself) that would be awesome ;).

     
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    blossomandbee    10/04/08   Northern NJ

    I would use one large bloom, like the garden rose - or if you like the look of muliple flowers, use spray roses - they open up like garden roses - but are more manageable size-wise.

     

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