How to: Sunflower Bridal Bouquet

For this simple bouquet you will need sun flowers approx 9, asparagus fern, florists ribbon /cord for tying, oasis tape, satin ribbon and pearl pins to finish.

Step 1: start by arranging the sun flowers in a spiral.
Step 2: continue to add sunflowers to form a dome style bouquet as in picture.



Step 3: add asparagus fern to form a trail.
Step 4: arrange asparagus fern to soften the edge of the bouquet.

Step 5: create trails for the front of the bouquet with the asparagus fern.
Step 6: to balance the bouquet arrange asparagus fern to the back of the bouquet keeping it quite close to the sunflower heads.

Step 7: using the florists ribbon/cord tightly tie the stems of the bouquet very close to the sun flower heads.
Step 8: to secure the stems and prepare for the ribbon use florists tape to strengthen the handle.




Step 9: tightly wrap the flower stems with satin ribbon and hold in place by inserting pearl headed pins.
Step 10: cut stems to the desired length, usually about 1inch past the ribbon.

The finished bridal bouquet of sun flowers can be made the day prior to your wedding and kept in a vase of water until your wedding. When needed remove from the water and dry of stems to prevent staining on your dress.

Button Holes and Corsages

For every wedding button holes and corsages play a prominent part indicating every member of the immediate bridal party.

For the gents including the groom, best man, grooms man and fathers of the bride and groom. When choosing button holes, these normally mirror the bridal bouquets which in photos, team together and look very nice in photos.

For the mothers of the bride and groom Corsages are worn, these will match the outfit worn by the mother. The corsages can be worn on the lapel or also be made so to be attached to either a handbag or wrist, the fabric of which the outfit is made will dictate the method in which they can be worn.

There is many flowers that are suitable for the purpose of buttonholes and corsages , however there are also those flowers that are much too delicate to withstand being out of water for a long period of time.

When deciding on flowers to use remember that you can always incorporate colours by adding crystal, bead or feather detail to enhance your mother of the bride/groom outfit.
Good choice flowers to use include roses, gerbera, orchids and calla lilies etc. Other plant material such as hypericum berries,and limonium etc can be added with decorative wire, pearls and crystal beads to create design and give a more luxurious appearance.

Hot Pink Gerbera

Hot pink Gerbera are among the most popular colours this season for bridal bouquets, table and venue decoration.



They work well with many colour themes including, creams, black, greens including apple, moss and mint. Also with mushroom, cappuccino and champagne they add a splash of colour and depth to the overall colour theme.



For table and venue décor they are quite effective as they are or used with darker foliage. As well as being bright and colourful the gerbera are very cost effective.

Tropical Flowers

Tropical flowers always give such a statement and are great for using when there is not a lot of space, just by using 1 or 2 they demand attention.

Flowers such as the Wagneriana which comes both upright and hanging in a range of colours in tones of oranges, reds and yellows, teamed with either nothing or very little such as foliages like Aralia, palms and Monsteria. By plating palms like the Phoenix or Chico also adds just enough detail to the base of an arrangement.

Another plant which is great as an eye catcher is the Strelitzia (bird of paradise) with the very bright orange bloom works really well when you require some height to an arrangement.

Flowers such as these are coming into season just now so are readily available at very affordable costs with a life span of up to 10 days.

Flower ideas for purple bridesmaids

Using bright colours such as lime greens and yellows will give you summery contrast by using flowers such as the sun flower, gerbera, roses, cymbidium and anthurium etc

If you use purple and blues with some deep pink it will give a lovely complementary look using flowers such as sweet pea, lisanthus, roses, freesia and mattholia. to give you a more modern and contemporary look you could match up some hydranga with vanda orchids teamed with foliage such as xanadu, mini aralia or mini monstera.

You can also add detail to your bouquets using wires, beads and crystals etc, this works well if your dresses don't have a lot of detail

when you are choosing your flower and colour choice decide on the overall look you want to create and that will help when choosing your flowers.