bluephinWedding Bouquet Ideas: The Solitary Flower
July 30th 2008 05:56
Wedding bouquets are traditionally made up of several flowers of the same or varied types. Have you ever thought of having a single flower as the bouquet – for the bride and the rest of the bride’s maids?
Some good points of having a solitary-flower bouquet:
• It is easy to do; therefore, you can do it yourself and worry less on paying your florist for the bouquets.
• Holding the bouquet in front of the bride or bride’s maid allows their natural glow and beauty to stand out and not be hidden behind dozens and dozens of flowers.
• It is easier to hold.
Here is a simple “How To” Guide to making your own Solitary Flower Bouquet:
1. Choose a flower that will stand out by itself. This means the flower itself will stand out to be seen even if it’s alone. Popular choices would be rose, tulip, calla lily, cattleya and sunflower among others.
2. Cut the stem leaving a total length (from flower tip to stem tip) of 12 inches.
3. Clean out the stem. For roses, make sure that the stem is clean of thorns.
4. It is recommended that you remove all leaves to give more emphasis to the flower alone. But leaving some of the leaves should also do it good. Just don't let the number of leaves overpower your single flower.
5. Optionally, you can wrap the stem with ribbon or string of beads to give it a bit of decoration or tie a single ribbon along the stem.
6. For the bride’s maids’ you can make the total length a lot shorter than that of the bride’s bouquet.
Photo courtesy of www.kremp.com
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