Romantic Wedding Bouquet Tutorial

This post includes a video posted by the Floral Design Insititute.

Every Saturday, we search for hidden gems in our video archives—design secrets worth revisiting. This week, we’re bringing back a favorite!

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Originally released in February 2019, this tutorial was inspired by Pantone’s 2019 Color of the Year, Living Coral. As a bonus, you’ll also learn a pro tip for working with fully opened lily blooms.

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Transcript:
Welcome to the flower school comm video library I’m Leanne Kessler director of the floral design institute and today I’m here to share with you a beautiful bridal bouquet inspired by the Pantone color of the year living coral living coral can be bold or it can be subtle this time I searched out a beautiful lily that has the living coral mixed with a buttery yellow giving it a softer look all of this from Florabundance.com and these gorgeous lilies then I went through and hunted through their website they make it so easy you can sort by color sort by flower and started pulling things that went well with the lily the roses oh my gosh princess Maya this blush buttercup this yellow and creme de la creme the more ivory with a little hint of coral at the center gorgeous combination then buttery yellow lisianthus and look at these gerberas aren’t those fabulous for texture and a very soft peachy coral then a little bit of hydrangea just to tie it all together.

As you begin your bouquet you want to prepare all your materials ahead of time remove the foliage make sure that everything is in good condition and then I like to start with a base of hydrangea it gives me a nice solid covering to begin with and then you can just add the flowers then maybe a rose bring it in at an angle and another and as you work just turning it in your hand then adding in a rose it’s perfectly fine to go back and do several and then turn and as you’re working you can sneak them in between the hydrangea blooms and underneath poor little guy drop him on his head there we go then turning I don’t want to forget the beautiful lisianthus and the gerberas maybe even weaving this one through so it comes between the blooms into the center.

The palette is so soft so feminine you can see how the colors just blend together beautifully from the yellows into the soft coral and as they work I keep grouping some of the materials because it adds a little more drama see how the Gerber is all together then turning again more of the lisianthus. I think it gracefully draped slightly coming back with more of the Rose then turning and at this point you may want to stop and look in a mirror to see if you’re balanced check your color placement do you like the way it’s laying out and then add in to finish it off just the way you loved it as you finish tucking in those last blooms turning it in your hand checking the balance determining where you might need another lisianthus maybe you need another rose maybe – is he had this and then turning again filling any holes that may have appeared and then doing one last check in the mirror to make sure it’s finished to finish the back I chose beautiful fatsia leaves they’re long lasting that rich green looks beautiful with the flowers just adding it in same thing turn it and turn it so you get a full collar all the way around the bouquet then when everything’s in place go back with just a bit of bind wire check it under your finger give it a cut and then wrap it three times around one two three and then twist it together securing it.

Then go back and cut the stems so they’re all the same length with the bouquet made you can set it into a vessel of water set it in the cooler and let it wait until it’s time to add ribbon and deliver now you may be wondering why I started with the lilies as my inspiration with the living coral but there are no lilies simply because if you design with the lilies from the beginning it’s so easy to damage the stems and the petals and they get just a mess you don’t want to do that so instead do it last take the bloom cut it off the stem and then using a water to place it right down in making sure it gets all the way to the bottom so it’s nice and deep but it’ll have a lot of water to drink and then using your Oasis well adhesive just a bit on the side of the tube and then place it right down in the bouquet now you see how the lilies truly are the beginning of a fabulous bouquet thanks to Florabundance.com for having so many gorgeous flowers the lilies were the start then the Gerber’s the roses oh my goodness for more creative inspiration check out the website flower school calm if you have questions you can reach me there.