snowflake woke up earlier than usual on a saturday (though not early enough) and got some bargain flowers - 4 bunches of roses (2 long stem, 2 short stem) for $30... the quality was questionable, but we are confident it could be improved with an the alarm set at 4:30am instead of 7:30am...
NB: flowers to be bought on a saturday? cos the parking fee of $8 is waived on saturdays only at the flower market flemington
we consulted various websites, vids on youtube... websites like...
www.bridesofaustralia/Diy_Bridal_Bouquet/html
the bouquet snowflake got her eyes on was of the posy type, with pastel-colour roses...
the making of the bouquets was left to me... it took a while, but definitely not that hard to do...
equipment required for DIY bouquet:
floral wire (under $5)
floral tape (under$5)
4 dozen roses ($30 - at flower market)
foilage (part of roses)
scissors
string
first, each stem was trimmed, and its foilage saved for later, the trimming included thorns on the stem
then the posy dome was built a rose at a time, each time turning the bunch in the same direction 30-50 degrees...
the posy looked the best with a combo of colours and and combo of sizes of roses...
when the dome was made, a string with a end loop was tired around the bunch at the base to secure the flowers...
satin ribbon was wrapped around the stems... and stems trimmed to a length for comfy holding...
we tried posy with and without foilage... abit of green actaully accentuate the soft petals of the roses...
..perhaps not as much foilage as the above... but each main stem of the foilage was supported by wire boning...
under sunlight the bouquet appeared more natural...
not bad...
actually looked quite alright... snowflake might be able to save several hundred bucks wiht DIY bouquets...
30 bucks resulted in a bouquet for the bride, one for the MOH and several corsages...
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