DIY Wedding Bouquet 2022

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The Benefits of a DIY Bouquet

If it fits your wedding budget, opting to have a floral designer create a gorgeous bouquet is a great option.  Certainly, there’s cost associated with sourcing fresh blooms, but the cost goes up depending on the amount of time spent and the complexity of the design. If you’re able to skip it and do the labor yourself, you’ll definitely be able to shave quite a bit off of your floral budget.

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Flowers for a DIY Bouquet

First thing’s first, decide the type of blooms you want to incorporate into your bouquet. It’s important to start by considering the style of your wedding dress, as it will reflect the tone of the entire wedding. Then, consider your color palette. Thinking about whether you’d prefer complementary colors or if you’d love to integrate contrasting colors to add a bit of drama.

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Determine Your Style

Be sure to also decide if you’re hoping for a classic, tight bouquet or something a bit more whimsical, such as a garden or cascading bouquet. f you want a more modern and simple design, you can use only one to three varieties of flowers, very little or no greenery and flowers that have a lot of textural interest.  For a more garden style, suggest five to seven varieties of flowers, greenery and flowers with lots of different textural and gestural qualities.

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Source Fresh Blooms

Once you’ve made a game plan to create a gorgeous bouquet, you’ll need to source your flowers. If you have access to a garden, whether your own or a friend or family member’s, first looking at what’s blooming there.  If you don’t have access to a budding garden, look at local farms or grocery stores to source the floral varieties you’re hoping for. As a last resort, you can check online to order flowers in bulk. 

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Materials for a DIY Wedding Bouquet

Once you have your blooms selected, you’ll need a few other tools for a stunning bouquet.  Be sure you have the following on hand to be set up for success: – A bucket with water – A sharp pair of floral snips for trimming – Rubber bands – A beautiful ribbon or floral tape

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Flower Preparation

Before you dive in on constructing your bouquet, you’ll want to make sure your flower stems and greenery are prepped and ready. First, strip all of the leaves off of your floral stems.  Then, for each stem of greenery, remove the leaves from the bottom halves. Snip each individual stem at a 45-degree angle and keep the stems in a bucket of water while assembling.

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How to Assemble a Bouquet

As you assemble stems in your hands, start with a base, and then add in your larger, focal flowers. Then, continue to add smaller flowers and greenery, balancing the design as you build.   Be sure it’s wrapped tight before adding floral tape to hide the rubber band or tying a beautiful ribbon around it. Tightly wrap a ribbon around the stems for a clean, classic look, or allow the ribbon to cascade down for a more relaxed, garden-style look.

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