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Make Bridal Bouquets

Wedding Flower Tutorials

It's easy to make bridal bouquets with my step-by-step tutorials complete with photos. This tutorial is a continuation of a cascading bridal bouquet.

Once you have greened in the bouquet holder, and added the blue roses, it is now time for the finishing touches.

I'm now adding a marvelous line flower called blue delphinium. It comes in both a bright deep blue (as shown), and also a lighter, softer shade.

I've cut a couple of stems into pieces and tucked it in here and there in the center of the bouquet. I extend longer pieces down at the bottom, emphasizing the long sweep of the cascade.

Now just for a bit of contrast, I've tucked some white stock flower just under the two center roses. This flower is very fragrant and adds a nice scent when you make bridal bouquets.

I've also stemmed several stephanotis blooms and they are now ready to insert into this bouquet.

You can see here that I've used a discarded (real) flower stem to extend the length of the stephanotis. This saves florists time versus taping a wire to the pick. Simply clean the flower stem and firmly stick the wired end of the stephanotis pick into the cut end of the stem. You now have a flower long enough to extend down into the cascade part of the bouquet.

I now scatter the stephanotis 10 or 12 stephanotis around the central part of the bouquet. I've also added a few dainty ruffled pink varigated miniature carnations for a little more color contrast.

The flower stems now need to be secured into the foam with flower adhesive. If you wish, you can do this with florist glue that comes in a tube. Run a line of adhesive on the SIDE of the stem of every flower as design. Don't dip it on the end or you will seal off the stalk and the flower won't be able to uptake water.

I find the tube glue messy, so I prefer Floralock Stem Adhesive. Use it only after the bouquet is completely finished or the glue may make it difficult to insert more stems later.

Every can of Floralock comes with a straw that you insert into the nozzle. This is so you can squirt it deep among the flower stems and lock them into place.

Always shake the can vigerously so that the glue flows evenly through the nozzle straw. One can can do many bouquets, so it's worth the cost. Don't overdo, or you'll have glue dripping down the bouquet handle, making it sticky.

When I make bridal bouquets I always end with a good misting of Finishing Touch. This spray nourishes the flowers, hydrating directly through the petals. It helps prevent wilting and petal transparency. I use it on every wedding flower design I create and even give an extra spray before delivering the flowers to the church.

Want to see a different look for this same basic bouquet? See what it looks like when using pink snapdragons instead of blue delphinium.

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