Pleasingly Personal – Make Your Own Wedding Bouquet
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If you want the breath stolen from you, go ahead and get a few quotes for your wedding bouquet from florists. The prices are outrageous and are often the main reason that you should make your own wedding bouquet. It may take some practice if you want anything elaborate but the end result is something that fits your budget and is exceedingly personal to you. Getting Ideas In order to make your own wedding bouquet, you need to start with some basic ideas of what you want. As a bride, you probably have perused through many bridal magazines so chances are that you have dog-eared a number of pages in which you have admired the flowers. Cut those favorite pictures out and place them all in a notebook for easy access and portability so that when you go shopping for flower possibilities, you will have your ideas on hand. You should have your wedding dress picked out already which will help you with decisions to make your own wedding bouquet. If you have a wedding dress with elaborate lace, beading or embroidery work on the front, you should not have an elaborate bouquet. However, if your dress is classically simple, a few flowery flourishes could work. When you are looking around for ideas to make your own wedding bouquet, ask yourself what you like about one bouquet from another. Try and figure out how you can take elements you like from one bouquet and combine them with elements you like from another. If you have a wedding color ...... (to be continued on next paragraph)

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(continued)...... scheme set and the bridesmaid dresses chosen, you might want to incorporate some of those colors when you make your own wedding bouquet. Let sentimentality reign and consider what the meaning of different flowers are and use them to make your selections. If you have favorite flowers because they remind you of special times, then by all means, find a way to make your own wedding bouquet with them. A Trial Run Do not leave trying to assemble your bouquet for the last minute but instead do a few trial runs first. Use silk flowers that closely match the real flowers you plan to use and arrange them in a variety of ways until you have a design that you like. Once you have mastered the silk flowers, about a month or two before your wedding, order the real flowers to make your own wedding bouquet. Practice with the real flowers, taking notes on how much ribbon you will need the greenery you require and how much of the stems you need to cut. Make note of everything that occurs when you practice with real flowers so that when you make your own wedding bouquet a night or two before the big day, there will be no hesitating hands. A few trial runs will give you confidence and the fact that you make your own wedding bouquet will not only keep a few pennies in the bank but it will mean so much more to you. *Just a side note – if any of your silk flower bouquet arrangements turned out great, save one and use it as the toss bouquet!