Accessories for decoration
A wedding bouquet can be collected from the most beautiful flowers. But what will give it charm and charm is the way the stems are fastened and what accessories were used to create this mini-masterpiece of floristry.
Based on the type of decoration on the foot, the design of the foot of the bride's bouquet can be divided into several parts. This:
- Fabrics – satin, lace, silk ribbons, cotton and linen napkins. Fabrics can be combined with each other. For example, a bouquet with legs decorated with cotton and lace, tied with a satin ribbon, looks sophisticated. Linen printed fabrics surprisingly subtly highlight the beauty of both exquisite roses and bouquets of wildflowers.
- Beads, buttons, beads and beads, crystals or semi-precious minerals. You can wrap a string of pearls around the stem of the bouquet or add shimmering crystals along the spiral of the stem. Minerals will make the bouquet heavier, but will add expensive chic to the bride’s entire appearance.
- Brooches and pins are the lot of retro weddings. By decorating the stem of the bouquet with brooches with semi-precious stones or a pin made of silver or gold, the bride creates a talisman for her happiness.
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- Mini-frames with portraits of loved ones or miniatures of memorable moments of the newlyweds - such decoration for the bouquet stem is worthy of a separate photo shoot.
- Natural materials such as tree bark, straw, cotton, shells add fashionable charm to wedding bouquets.
- The combination of all the above decoration details will allow you to create your own unique bouquet.
Large life-size corrugated flowers for hall decoration
Corrugated paper makes beautiful life-size flowers, which serve as a wonderful interior decoration. They are very often used to decorate shop windows and festive rooms. Whatever, such a “handsome man” will look very unusual at home.
Necessary materials:
- Glue gun;
- Corrugated floral paper in green, pink and white colors;
- Cardboard (a box for equipment will do);
- Stationery knife or scissors;
- Metal-plastic pipe for the stem;
Subsequence:
In this work we are making a growth peony. To create one flower you will need 3 meters of corrugated paper. Cut a piece of the desired size and fold it in half along its entire length.
From the edge of the folded paper, measure a piece 5-6 cm long and fold it 3 times, as shown in the photo:
We cut, not reaching the edge of the paper 3 cm.
We cut the “separated” piece of paper on both sides, again without reaching the end.
And give it the shape of a petal (about 20x8 cm).
In this way we work through the entire amount of paper we have.
The size of the petals on the second meter should be 22x10 cm.
On the third - 24x12.
Now, still without separating the petals, twist the free end of each of them into a flagellum:
And then straighten it, giving it a slightly concave shape, like peony petals.
Cut a circle 30 cm in diameter from cardboard.
Cover it with pink paper on all sides. And using a glue gun, start planting petals in the center, going from smallest to largest.
This is the kind of peony you should get.
Now twist a barrel from a metal-plastic pipe into the same shape as in the picture below.
And cover it with green corrugated paper.
Once planted on cardboard as shown in the photo instructions, attach the stem to the base of the peony.
Disguise this unsightly part with pink paper, making a “skirt” out of it.
A life-size flower made of corrugated paper is ready. If you wish, you can attach green leaves to the trunk with wire or leave it as is.
These flowers can be used for a photo shoot:
And they just look attractive in the interior.
As I already said, they often decorate rooms for various special events.
For example, weddings or birthdays.
Looks quite interesting.
And some of them even come with backlighting:
This is what it might look like at a party:
Would you install a couple of these flowers in your home?
Decorations by bouquet type
The most popular types of bouquets have been and remain several options. Despite the fact that new ideas for assembling flowers into a wedding bouquet are emerging, classic types of bouquets firmly hold their positions. The design of the legs of each type of bridal bouquet has its own subtleties and nuances.
- Biedermeier - a bouquet of flowers of similar size, collected in a closed circle. The stem of such a bouquet can consist of stems collected together. Or the stems are fixed almost immediately under the buds and diverge like rays. You can decorate the Biedermeier with satin ribbons, beads, or light silk fabric.
- A round or spherical bouquet is collected from various flowers. The stem of the bouquet is made strong, sometimes adding floral wire for better fixation. As an idea, the stems can be covered with a ribbon of the same tone and a composition made of brooches, lace or crystals can be made in the middle of the trunk.
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- A cascading bouquet is also popular among brides. The stem of the bouquet is almost invisible. But this does not negate the decoration of this part. In addition to ribbons and fabric that can be tied around the bouquet’s leg, they add strings of beads, keys - a symbol of eternal love, and brooches.
- The vegetative type of wedding floral composition allows you to use wildflowers and natural decoration details. The stem of the bouquet is decorated with strands of straw, stylishly fastened with buttons, thin tree bark and lace.
DIY flowers made of corrugated paper (master classes with diagrams and templates)
Surely many people made crafts from corrugated paper at school? In particular, beautiful delicate flowers of various types. Now I invite you to look at it with adult eyes and take your skills to a whole new level!
In fact, this is a really very interesting topic. Personally, I was completely delighted with some of the corrugated compositions, and I thought that I should definitely share this beauty with you!
As usual, we’ll look at several master classes on making flowers from corrugated paper and admire what craftsmen make from this material.
Corrugated paper bouquets are very popular today. They do not fade, do not need to be looked after, they are beautiful and do not cause allergies. And most importantly, such a bouquet will delight not just a few days, but much, much longer! And if you make it with your own hands... you will get a product that is literally priceless.
In fact, there are a lot of options, remember how we once made spring flowers from cotton pads, it turned out wonderful too.
Decorating the leg according to the wedding style
The wedding style determines the decoration details. Therefore, when choosing the design of the stem of a wedding bouquet, you should pay attention to the most suitable options according to the chosen wedding theme.
- For a European-style wedding, the classic bouquet design is suitable - lace, satin, silk ribbons, pearl threads.
- A themed celebration in a retro style will allow you to choose the decor of the bouquet stem according to the chosen era. The 20s were chic beyond measure; you can safely use glitter, sequins, minerals, rhinestones, and gold ribbons. Tiffany wedding - they use a combination of white and turquoise fabrics, the turquoise stone itself, precious brooches, and pins. “Hipsters” is a triumph of bright colors and large decorative details. Red beads on a white background, photographs in mini frames.
- A nautical wedding and all themes related to the sea - you can add small and large shells, corals, white and blue fabrics, red accents from small beads to decorate the bouquet.
- A boho wedding is a combination of sophistication and simplicity at the same time. The stem of the bouquet is boldly decorated with lace, cotton, beads, brooches and beaded flowers.
- Provence is a theme containing the subtle aroma of French lavender and notes of French wildflowers. The decoration uses cotton and linen, straw threads, purple beads and seed beads, and keys.
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Types of bouquets
In order to decorate a bouquet beautifully and, as they say, in keeping with the theme, you must first find out what type it belongs to. If you are at least a little familiar with floristry or design, then you certainly know that the quality of the decoration depends on the shape of the bouquet.
Round bouquets
A popular type of bouquets. A distinctive feature is its shape. It is, as you can easily understand, round. The fact is that the flowers are arranged symmetrically around the oasis. Oasis is a special sponge, widely used among florists, designed to tightly secure flowers or other plants in a bouquet.
To create a round bouquet you need a large number and, preferably, a variety of flowers.
Free bouquets
A very delicate and feminine bouquet. When you first look at it, you get the impression of carelessly freshly picked flowers, which are elegantly combined together so that everything just fits together perfectly. Of course, in such bouquets everything is thought out to the smallest detail; this is not something spontaneous. As a rule, it is these types of flower bouquets that take a lot of time.
Free bouquets use completely different flowers and families of flowering plants. For example, an unusual combination of the Rosaceae and Liliaceae families - rose flowers and lily flowers.
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Single sided bouquets
This type of bouquet, as a rule, is rarely used at lavish wedding celebrations. One-sided bouquets are a kind of envelope in which flowers are visible only on one side, which is why they are called that. They are used as room decorations, since such bouquets are very convenient to place in some corner.
When creating one-sided bouquets, different flowers are also used. The main criterion for their selection is compatibility. Both the compatibility of colors and shapes and sizes.
Mass bouquets
The so-called “color hodgepodge”. Flowers that are completely different in shape, size, color and smell are combined here. Of course, everything must fit perfectly, so for a beautiful mass-produced bouquet you will need to think a little, imagine and experimentally find the best option.
Photo for inspiration
You can create your own decor for the bouquet stem, inspired by the ideas from the photos below. Focusing on your taste, wedding style and the availability of accessories, and after consulting with a florist, almost any fantasy of decorating the stem of the bride’s bouquet will come true.
