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Creating your own bridal bouquet is a lot easier then you think especially if using silk flowers and with the availability and quality of silk flowers it’s a lot cheaper than you think.  There are so many resources around now showing you how to create a handtied bridal bouquet that it would be silly not to have a go and if you don’t like it, you’ve probably cost yourself £20; if you do like it, you’ve just saved yourself a £100.

Before you begin creating your handtied bridal bouquet, you need to decide on the type of flowers and colours that you want to use.  It will be better to find flowers in are available in the colours that you need, rather than decide on a flower and hope it’s available in the appropriate colour.   You main colour should be something that ties in with your bridesmaids dresses as well, for example my bridesmaids were in antique gold and we had mango (yellow / orange) calla lillies as the main focus of our wedding bouquets.

To add texture and interest to your bouquet add foliage or chunky twisted wire.  How about glueing butterflies to the end of the twisted wire, so they can be seen between the silk flowers?

Handtied bridal bouquets are really easy to make, generally they have a dome shape to them and this is done by moving the flower slightly while holding the bunch in your hand.  Once the dome of flowers is perfect, ribbon can be tied around the stems, giving the you something soft to grip.  The following video explain how to create a handtied bridal bouquet fully using fresh calla lillies and it’s concepts can easily be transfered to silk flowers.

Calla Lillies are the third most popular wedding flower at the moment but don’t be afriad to be different, mix your flowers to create more texture in your hand tied bridal bouquet or add crystals between the stems.

The only reason I’ve suggested silk flowers for creating a handtied bridal bouquet is that they are cheaper and last longer than fresh flowers and every bride I have come across is looking for ways to keep their wedding cost down.  If you do want to use fresh flowers to create your handtied bridal bouquet then you may want to practice with silk flowers first to prevent any costly mistakes.