Decorative Packaging

Fall Brides Bouquet

Every bride can have the bouquet she dreams of with out spending a fortune.  Use the money you would have spent on the bouquet towards many of the other areas in the wedding.  A bouquet like this can easily cost $200.00 at a flower shop. But with these hints, you can make one your self.  This lovely silk floral bouquet with a beautiful mixture bright colored flowers would be perfect for a fall wedding.  This particular bouquet isn’t placed in a plastic holder, the flowers are hand tied with a satin ribbon wrapped handle.  As you gather your bouquet, use some tape in three areas, tip, middle and near the top, to hold the stems in place so you can wrap the ribbon.  To begin, Cut two 5 inch lengths of 2 inch wide satin ribbon.  These will be used for the bottom end of the stems.  Lay them in a cross pattern and fold all 4 ends up towards the flowers. Use a narrow piece of tape to hold ends in place after you have smoothed them tight with no wrinkles.  Then begin at the top, near the blossoms, and wrap tightly all the way down to the bottom and place a small dot of glue, or even a couple double stick tape squares to secure the last row then start wrapping back up to the blossoms.  You can use white floral tape at the very top to secure the ribbon, or glue.  IT will not show as the bows and beads will hide it. The beautiful ribbon bows at the top are simply large loops, approx 12 inches, with a mixture of wide satin, thin satin, sheer ribbon, and beads, lay them out and pinch in the middle with thin floral wire. Make two of these and secure on each side of the bouquet and adjust the loops so they are evenly fluffed. You can add longer strips for streamers in the mix of the loops and they will be tied off with the floral wire too. You are finished!!! The hand grip will be padded, and your flowers will be hand picked!  You can use pictures in a magazine to build the kind you like.  Have fun!