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Step 7Ribbon & Pins
So, now that I was happy with the look of the bouquet, I took a length of ribbon that was about 2 feet long and used a pin to tack one end of the ribbon (folded over - not sure if that made a difference) into the top end of the stems. Given that my bouquet was a big mass of flowers, it wasn't hard to do. I used plain pins for sewing. I then wound the ribbon nicely down the stems, cut the ribbon down to length when I felt I had covered it enough, and tucked the other end under before pinning it.
Pinning through ribbon AND stems was tough. I didn't have fancy pearl pins for the trial, but it worked okay. Remember to pin at an angle so the pin really get buried into the center of the stems (not poking out the other side!)
For my real bouquet, I looped some very big leaves around the finished bouquet to give it a more full look. This was something I'd seen in a lot of magazines. Using tape, the leaves were added one at a time to the bouquet. Wrap immediately in ribbon as the tape isn't secure enough to hold down the leaves on its own.
Place in vases with water just coming to the base of the ribbon (it'll absorb water like crazy). Keep in a cool place out of the sun.
The trial bouquet lasted in a vase great (pins and all) for about 2 days. We did the pink flowers for the wedding the day before the wedding and they looked great through our wedding day and into the following day. Definitely rest flowers in some water whenever possible, but be aware that they can drip or leak greenish chlorophyll-y water on you).
Pinning through ribbon AND stems was tough. I didn't have fancy pearl pins for the trial, but it worked okay. Remember to pin at an angle so the pin really get buried into the center of the stems (not poking out the other side!)
For my real bouquet, I looped some very big leaves around the finished bouquet to give it a more full look. This was something I'd seen in a lot of magazines. Using tape, the leaves were added one at a time to the bouquet. Wrap immediately in ribbon as the tape isn't secure enough to hold down the leaves on its own.
Place in vases with water just coming to the base of the ribbon (it'll absorb water like crazy). Keep in a cool place out of the sun.
The trial bouquet lasted in a vase great (pins and all) for about 2 days. We did the pink flowers for the wedding the day before the wedding and they looked great through our wedding day and into the following day. Definitely rest flowers in some water whenever possible, but be aware that they can drip or leak greenish chlorophyll-y water on you).
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