diy wedding flowers

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This past weekend I got to make the bridal bouquet and groom’s boutonniere for my brother-in-law and his beautiful bride, my new sister-in-law. That’s right, did you notice I used the words “got to”, as opposed to “had to”? I had a great time! I’m putting it out there right now, let me do your bouquet for you and I will be your bff. 🙂 Their colors were dark red and dark purple, with accents of gray/silver.

So after I bought all the flowers (I also needed some flowers to decorate an arch), I picked out several stems that I thought I would want to use for the bouquet and stripped the stems of all the leaves and thorns, and cut the stems to the length I wanted. In other words, I prepped several of the stems so that they would be ready for me to use as I was arranging my bouquet.

The key to a nice, sturdy bouquet is to wrap the stems in floral tape as you go–don’t wait until the end and try to wrap the whole bouquet at once. I arranged a little bunch that I liked to be my “base” (what would end up being the center of the bouquet) and wrapped it securely in floral tape, then I repeated that step, adding 3-5 stems between each wrapping.

Continue doing that until you are pleased with the end results. 🙂 When making a bouquet, I like to keep in mind the size of the person; if the bride is very petite then you probably don’t want a huge, overwhelming bouquet that takes attention away her on her special day. 
Once it is all wrapped in floral tape, then you finish it off however you would like. I wrapped the bouquet in a purple satin ribbon, then I wrapped some gray lace around the ribbon and secured it with some floral pins that I pinned into the center of little gray bows. 

For the bouquet I used red roses, white hydrangea, purple dyed sage, red dyed eucalyptus, and a purple origami crane. For the boutonniere I used a red rose, and the sage and eucalyptus.

The groom was a good sport who said he didn’t mind wearing a little bow. His exact words were, “I’m married now, who do I have to impress?” 🙂

5 Responses to diy wedding flowers

  1. Tiffany Khyla September 30, 2014 at 8:49 pm #

    These turned out so beautiful! When I get married, I want to do as much DIY as possible. I'm glad you said the bit about wrapping as you go, because I would be the one to wrap the whole thing at the end.

  2. Natalie September 30, 2014 at 11:24 pm #

    These are gorgeous! When we got married, we did a lot of the stuff ourselves including the invitations, programs, tablescapes, and favors. I wanted to do the flowers, but wasn't confident enough. If only I'd had your talent! 🙂

  3. Alison, Lorelei Jayne September 30, 2014 at 11:52 pm #

    beautiful! well done!

  4. J Young October 1, 2014 at 4:03 pm #

    Aww, thank you so much, but I promise, it really isn't that hard once you get going! You just kind of find your groove and go with it. 🙂

  5. Mariel Collins October 3, 2014 at 4:16 am #

    I love that bouquet!

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