Wedding Flowers

Bridal Wedding Bouquet

The number of brides who want to make their own wedding bouquet seems to increase day by day. Seems that many brides today are dealing with a tight wedding budget that don’t allow them to shop free for any type of flowers and bouquets shapes they really want.




That is why the “do it yourself” method seems to be fancied by lost of brides-to-be who want to reduce the expenses of the wedding and still obtain a gorgeous hand-make wedding bouquet. A great thing about making your own bridal bouquet is the fact that the final look will only have your mark all over it and therefore will be able to better express your personality, taste, vision and sense of creativity and aesthetics.

But things are not that simple as they sound. It’s true! Anyone can create her own wedding bouquet if she follows certain rules and helpful instructions for bridal bouquets creating process. If you have all the necessary advices and guidance, things can get easier for you. But let’s see what the essential instructions for bridal bouquets are.

After you start creating your own wedding bouquet you have to be sure about what you want, about how your wedding bouquet should finally look like. You can’t start assembling the bouquet without knowing where you’re heading. So browse for a few pictures of wedding bouquets to look at the shapes and styles. It’s important to know what styles suits you and your wedding best: round, cascading, had-tied, hand-held, oval, tear-shape, heart-shape, pomander, fan, basket, etc.

After you set the shape of your bouquet you have to find the most suitable types of flowers that will compose the bouquet. Remember to take into consideration the color-scheme, season, theme and location of the wedding. Among the most popular types of flowers available all year round are the roses, carnations, baby’s breath, calla lily, gardenia, heather, orchid, gladiolas, delphinium, bachelor’s button, eucalyptus, protea, scabiosa, chrysanthemum, gerbera daisy, Monte Casino, Lisianthus, iris, freesia, mums, astromeria, lily of the valley, statice, snapdragons, stephanotis or Queen Anne’s Lace. The bouquet size is another aspect that you have to consider when making your own bridal bouquet. Make sure that the bouquet won’t be larger than your figure and therefore won’t cover all the beauty of the dress.

Keep it equilibrated and symmetrical. After you set the shape, size, flowers, colors and style of the wedding bouquet, make sure that you have all the necessary materials to start creating it. You will need floral wires, floral or wrapping tape, decorative pines, ribbons, collars and accessories like jewels, crystals, diamonds, pearls or beadings, rhinestones or gems, sequins, lace, feathers or any other matching items that can make your bouquet look more eye-catching and rich.