How to choose and make a backup bouquet for a bride for a wedding?

The process of preparing for her own wedding is very important for every girl. She tries to foresee everything so that the celebration turns out to be ideal and unique, the way she dreamed of since childhood. Particular attention is paid to the bride's image and all the necessary accessories.

As a rule, you want to make a set of accessories non-standard and amaze the guests with a dress, a veil and a bridal bouquet. Wedding flowers are chosen as carefully as all other accessories. They must certainly be in harmony with the bride's outfit and be not only luxurious, but also symbolic. Each type of flower has its own meaning and is collected in a bouquet with a special meaning. Therefore, the bride values ​​her wedding bouquet so much and sometimes does not want to part with it for the sake of tradition.

The idea to create a second bouquet for the newlywed was born thanks to the development of two popular wedding traditions. The first came to us from the West, when the bride at the end of the celebration has to part with the bouquet, leaving it to her unmarried friends. The second we owe to the Old Church Slavonic ritual, according to which it is customary to dry a bouquet from a wedding and keep it in the name of family happiness.According to the old belief, the newlywed should keep all the accessories from the wedding as a talisman.

To implement these two traditions at a wedding, just one bouquet is not enough. Therefore, a duplicate is needed. Even if the bride does not plan to keep flowers after the celebration, a replacement bouquet will not be superfluous. After all, the original bouquet may not reach the girlfriends, scattering in flight. Or it will turn out to be too heavy and inadvertently injure one of the guests. The replacement bouquet is made light and durable, but no less beautiful. The lucky lady who has caught it will be happy to keep it as a tribute to tradition. You can do without additional bouquets, but it is simply necessary in such cases:

• the original bouquet has a complex structure, like a bag of flowers or a basket;
• the base of the bouquet is weighted with decorations;
• the flower arrangement is loosely folded and weakly fixed;

• a bouquet can be dangerous to others;
• flowers in the composition can stain guests' clothes with pollen;
• in the cold season, when fresh flowers may not be preserved until the end of the celebration;
• if the newlyweds have planned to celebrate the wedding for more than one day;
• just in case.

Before ordering a duplicate from a florist or making it yourself, you need to decide what it should be. Taking into account the necessary materials, the preparation of the flower accessory begins. This usually takes into account the value of the shade of flowers and the symbolism of each type of vegetation in the bouquet. For example, if you want to demonstrate the sincerity of feelings, roses will do, and white lilies will speak eloquently about innocence.

Substitute bouquets can be as follows.

• An exact copy of the original flower arrangement. This is the simplest and most convenient solution. When ordering, you only need to stipulate that the bouquet is made in the amount of two absolutely identical copies.
• An artificial analogue of the "living" original. This option is ideal for a winter wedding or a long outdoor photo shoot during the cold season. Fresh flowers will remain for the ceremony at the registry office and celebration at the restaurant. A duplicate will fly to the guests, and fresh flowers will amuse the eyes of the newlywed a little more.
• A mini-copy of the bride's bouquet. An excellent solution if the main bouquet is too massive or heavy to throw, but you want to keep the similarity as much as possible.

• Artificial bouquet a symbolic gift for one of the newlywed girlfriends. Of course, the one who can catch him. The lucky woman will be able to keep it as a talisman or even use it at her own wedding as a bouquet for the newlywed.
• Hand made bouquets suitable for creative and creative brides. Indeed, why create a copy of the original, if there is an opportunity to give free rein to your imagination and to reveal in yourself the ability for needlework. A handmade bouquet of foamiran, ribbons, sequins or real fresh flowers will look no worse than an expensive designer item.

• Bouquet with sweets and paper flowers. For him, you need to choose not heavy sweets, because he has to be thrown into a crowd of fragile girls. Such a bouquet can be stored not in its entirety, treated with edible ingredients as a pleasant bonus.
• From tulle and lace. A luxurious product to replace the traditional bouquet. Almost weightless and graceful flowers are created from airy fabrics. Such a composition is not terrible even with a strong throw. Fabric flowers will easily be planned into the hands of a lucky woman from a crowd of bridesmaids.

When deciding to make a bouquet in person, it is recommended to look at photos of finished compositions in magazines, on themed wedding and floral sites on the Internet, and consider samples in floristry salons. There are no particular restrictions in the process of creating bouquets. You can go for a trick and please several friends at once by creating a bouquet that breaks up in flight into several separate identical compositions. His secret is simple: you will need to untie just one ribbon before throwing, holding the flowers all together.

Artificial analogs of natural flowers will be a real salvation if the bride is allergic to pollen. Or she prefers to grow flowers and cannot stand the sight of cut stems, advocating for the preservation of the gifts of nature. To create fabric flowers, you do not need special skills of a craftswoman or seamstress. Detailed master classes are available on the Internet. And tools such as needles, threads, glue and wire are sure to be found in every girl's house. A little effort, and a real man-made masterpiece is ready.

You can perform the composition in different styles.

• Retro. The flowers are combined with the decors popular in the past decades.
• Vintage. Fabric petals and lace ribbons, velvet, feathers and pearls.
• Classic. Silk or satin ribbons, minimalism, calm design, round shape.

• Sea style. The use of white and blue tones, striped ribbons and related decor.
• Bohemian. Natural gifts as a complement to flowers: berry twigs, ornamental insects, cones, leaves.

• Art Deco. Eye-catching jewelry in the form of brooches, asymmetry, strands of pearls, twigs of greenery.
• Country. Red-blue colors at the heart of the composition. Denim, twine, burlap, artificial field plants.

Making a bridal bouquet independently is not just a manifestation of creative inclinations, but also a solid saving of the wedding budget. Flower arrangements are not cheap, and if you order copies of them, the costs will double. Master classes can help with making a piece floristic masterpiece. Detailed instructions will give you the opportunity not only to prove yourself, but to learn something new, perhaps discover a new hobby.

Outwardly and tactilely, this material resembles suede, but it is endowed with greater plasticity. It can be heated and reshaped. Even the warmth of the hands is enough for the pliable petals to take the desired shape. After cooling, the preset shape will be retained. The material is easy to cut and paint. For this, pastel crayons or regular acrylic paints are suitable.

In shops for needlework, ready-made colored revelor in sheets is inexpensively sold. Even amateurs will be able to create an uncomplicated floral arrangement. A do-it-yourself version of foamiran will turn out to be much cheaper than a ready-made analogue offered by skilled craftswomen on specialized wedding sites. A little perseverance and imagination, and the eye will be delighted with a unique wedding bouquet.

To work with foamiran you will need:

• revelor in sheets;
• glue gun with silicone;
• hole puncher;
• scissors;
• iron;
• workpiece - a ball;
• tapes per meter;
• beads;
• brooches.

Foamiran can produce completely different types of flowers: peonies, roses, lilies. What will be obtained the most will be the most successful option for independent work on creating a bouquet. It remains to determine which flowers will suit the image, and try the revolver in action. Stylish, extravagant stand-in bouquet will accentuate the bride's image from the advantageous side.It is important to consider the weight of the composition, its harmonious combination with the rest of the accessories and the wedding dress.

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