wedding flowers Archives - Hello! Hooray! https://hellohooray.com/tag/wedding-flowers/ Take time out to be creative! Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:21:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Make your own floral buttonholes https://hellohooray.com/make-your-own-floral-buttonholes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-your-own-floral-buttonholes https://hellohooray.com/make-your-own-floral-buttonholes/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:00:19 +0000 https://somanycraftssolittletime.wordpress.com/?p=2295 Making buttonholes is surprisingly easy – but it is a good idea to have at least one practice before the big day! I wanted to include a gerbera in them because they’re my favourite flower, but couldn’t find a tutorial that used one. So I ended up doing what I usually do – I made…

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]]> 20130828-204208.jpg Making buttonholes is surprisingly easy – but it is a good idea to have at least one practice before the big day! I wanted to include a gerbera in them because they’re my favourite flower, but couldn’t find a tutorial that used one. So I ended up doing what I usually do – I made it up! If you’re going to use gerbera I’d suggest that you buy more than you need, just in case you break them (I broke about three…). You’ll need a decent pair of scissors, wire cutters, wire, florist’s tape (the waterproof one) and some pretty ribbon, as well as the flowers and foliage that you’d like to use. 20130828-204629.jpg Firstly, you need to remove any leaves or thorns from the stems and then clean the stem to remove any dirt. Gerberas don’t need this, but they do need a little strengthening on order to be able to bend the flower head forward. 20130828-205234.jpg Push the wire into the back of the gerbera head – be gentle! Wrap the wire around the back and then down the stem. Cut the wire a little way down so that the stem is sturdy. Then bend the flower head forward very gently (this is how I broke a few, so do it slowly and carefully!). 20130828-205444.jpg 20130828-205459.jpg Next, choose your other flowers and/or foliage and trim them all down to the desired length (this will depend on what you have decided to use – I used gypsophila). 20130828-205700.jpg Position the flowers together ready to tape. You might need a little help with the taping, as it’s hard to do on your own! Wrap the tape around the stems – don’t be put off by the tape, it will stick together even though it feels like it won’t! Tie the whole thing together with some decorative ribbon. 20130828-210318.jpg These photos were taken when I made my first buttonhole, and after I had made it I decided it needed a little something to tie it all together. I wasn’t actually sure what that something would be, but the day before our wedding when we made them, my Mum suggested using some ferns from her garden. It really set the whole thing off and I was so pleased with how they looked. I’d definitely recommend having a go and making them! 20130828-210603.jpg

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]]> https://hellohooray.com/make-your-own-floral-buttonholes/feed/ 0 Make your own wedding bouquet https://hellohooray.com/make-your-own-wedding-bouquet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-your-own-wedding-bouquet https://hellohooray.com/make-your-own-wedding-bouquet/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:20:36 +0000 https://somanycraftssolittletime.wordpress.com/?p=142 We’re trying to keep the cost of our wedding as low as we can without compromising on the things we’d like to have, and one of the ways in which we can do this is to do the flowers ourselves. I started to do a little bit of research into the cost and I just…

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]]> We’re trying to keep the cost of our wedding as low as we can without compromising on the things we’d like to have, and one of the ways in which we can do this is to do the flowers ourselves. I started to do a little bit of research into the cost and I just couldn’t believe how expensive it is for a bridal bouquet, never mind any other flowers! So that got me thinking, and I decided to investigate the possibility of arranging them myself.

 

Please note: you can find a more up-to-date version of this post here (with step-by-step instructions!).

 

I don’t really consider myself to be much of a flower arranger at all, but I found a wonderful step-by-step guide by A Practical Wedding which is so clear and easy to follow. To make a bouquet you will need some florist’s tape, ribbon and a couple of floristry pins in addition to your choice of flowers. I also bought a pair of florist’s scissors which made removing thorns and trimming the flowers much easier in comparison to using my orange-handled kitchen scissors. I didn’t have a huge choice of flowers (because it is almost the middle of November), so I settled with white roses and spray carnations.

 

Preparing the flowers took about 10 minutes, and it’s really important that you remove all of the foliage and any thorns. It only took about another 10-15 minutes to finish the rest of the bouquet, and it was so much fun! Even though the bouquet is simple I’m so pleased with the effect, and the natural beauty of the flowers really comes through. Next August there will be a much wider choice available, and I’ll go down to York Market the day before and buy a variety to make bouquets – so the flowers will be seasonal, beautiful and I can support local traders too. Now I’ve done a trial run I can’t wait to make the real thing!

 

 

Post updated 24th June 2016.

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