- chel2thec
- 4 years ago
I would love to see everyone’s DIY flowers from the big day – bouquets, corsages, ect. I’m going to be DIY and just wanted some inspiration aside from Pinterest! ๐
I would love to see everyone’s DIY flowers from the big day – bouquets, corsages, ect. I’m going to be DIY and just wanted some inspiration aside from Pinterest! ๐
I used http://www.solawoodflowers.com for my flowers!!
I was was able to dye the flowers whatever color I wanted and it was surprisingly relaxing!
My matron of honor and I made our bouquets and the boutonnieres. We picked all our flowers from the Los Angeles flower Mart, got stem tape, stem wire, ribbon, brooches for the base and went to work. It was fun and I saved so much money.
I will add more photos when we get our professional photos back. But want to add this was not difficult with a few people helping and cost about 1/4 of the price of a florist!
I worked with a friend on my flowery/branch centerpieces….A family friend did the bouquets, she is a professonal florist.
Flowers:
-3 bunches of peonies. Two bunches were smaller peonies and one was big.
-1 bunch of garden roses
-2 dozen long stem roses
-1 bunch of dahlia mums (we searched high and low for these because my husband wanted them as boutonnieres and managed to find one single bunch in the exact color he wanted!)
Fillers:
-Blue thistle
-hypericum
-random greenery for the boutonnieres
-There are two bunches of fillers in my bouquet that look like flowers and I don’t know what they are called. They are the lavender colored ones and the fuschia colored ones.
My advice would be not to skimp on “fillers” which I wanted to do because we were saving so much already but my matron of honor kept insisting we get more fillers and that really helped fill everything out nicely. There are so many types of interesting and pretty fillers and they are cheaper.
Did flowers get squished? It was a tight bouquet and certain flowers were easily squished or swallowed by other flowers. The key is to work in layers. For example: start with 4 flowers in a circle and stem tape those together. Then arrange flowers around those and stems tape again. Pull any flowers upwards that are being swallowed. Repeat. Fillers also help because they create a barrier between flowers so there’s more of a differentiation/contrast.
I’m really particular as well and I was being stubborn on no long stem roses, and very little fillers because they are “cheap” but clearly what did I know…I wouldn’t have loved my bouquet as much without them. I have never been drawn to peonies…I’ve never bought them for my home and my bouquet was full of them. My matron of honor saw me getting overwhelmed and told me to just focus on colors and everything just fell into place.
Did I run out? I was terrified of not having enough either and that is why I’m grateful my matron of honor made me buy more fillers than I thought I needed along with the long stem roses because it was those items that really saved the day and got my bouquet to the size I wanted and had enough left to make her bouquet. All the fillers also made the boutonnieres really special.
How to keep flowers as fresh as possible: We made everything on Sunday for my Tuesday wedding. I bought two items that I highly recommend.
-floralife quick dip 100: it’s a pre treatment for flowers. Once you have the flowers, you cut the stem a bit and dip it in this for a few seconds and then place in water. This helps clean the stem, prevent droopy stems and maximizes water intake. For any flowers that you don’t want to bloom too much, just stick those in your fridge.
-crowning glory flower spray: this is sprayed onto finished bouquets, arrangements etc. this spray forms a light wax barrier on your flowers to keep them from losing moisture especially once out of water. I put our bouquets and boutonnieres back in the fridge after this. My bouquet still looked pretty good a few days into our honeymoon!
Thank you everyone so so much for sharing! I love this pics, and I love that you all took time to also explain how you did it! I know making them myself is what I want to do, but I have been getting really overwhelmed. You all have helped so much ๐
Not really flowers but i DIY’ed our centrepieces with succulents and moss!
My bridesmaids and I made our bouquets the day before, and I think they turned out great! The flowers that I ordered weren’t exactly what I was expecting (the white roses were more creamy/yellowy, and the “light pink” roses were definitely darker) but I still loved them.
We actually had a bit of a problem morning of the wedding where two of my bridesmaids bouquets had turned brown over night! No clue how, they were in the exact same environment as all the others. Fortunately, we had enough leftovers for my Maid/Matron of Honor to quickly create two new ones for the girls that had lost theirs.
Time of the biggest thing. And practice! The lengthier part of the process is tidying the flowers up. Keeping them cool and in water helps improve survival time. I’m still learning but each attempt gets better. Get to know flowers and how they handle and your bouquets will be much improved. ๏ฟผRoses need de-thorning and most flowers need de-leafing which is incredibly time consuming.
At present it’s around 1hr for a bridal bouquet. Enlisting help eg for buttonholes is vital.
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