Wedding Bouquet

by Julie
(Detroit)

I made my own wedding bouquet and those of my maid of honor, and bridesmaids. I used silk flowers. Silk white roses for me with a few scattered pink ones, and the maid of honor had an equal amount of pink and white roses. The bridesmaids had pink rose bouquets. They were all circular in shape. This was an easy shape to make.

I picked out pink and white roses from Garden Ridge and inspected them carefully to make sure they looked good, including the leaves. I put the roses together until I got the right circular shape and taped the stems with green floral tape. I trimmed the stems with a wire cutter and taped the ends with floral tape so the wire ends would not cut anyone. I tied a bow of pink or white ribbon around the stems of each bouquet. My bouquet was larger than the others.

I also made a smaller version of my bouquet for the bouquet throw so I got to keep my bouquet. I made them a month before the wedding and stored them in plastic boxes on my closet shelf so they would not get dusty or crushed. Doing them ahead of time really took the worry and pressure off. They turned out beautifully and I was so proud to say that I made the wedding bouquets myself!