Is it hard to make a bouquet?

Seems crazy to spend over 100$ on a few flowers tied together with ribbon. I'm considering making my own bouquets with the help of the bridal party. I can easily get the flowers I want wholesale and spend about 100$ on what would have cost me 500! Has anyone tried this, how did you learn?

Is it hard to make a bouquet?
it cannot be that hard. i'm going to do the same thing. I'm doing my bouquets and the bridesmaids bouquets. this is a website i found that is perfect for making bouquets





http://www.jrroses.com/weddingflower3.0....
Reply:I made one in 10 minutes, in an open convertible on the way to a ceremony for $15 total; $10 for the flowers from a grocery store, and $5 for ribbon and wire from a craft store. It wasn't hard, even though the magazine articles all said that it was too difficult, and that it was MUCH better to hire a professional. I just made it up from pictures that I pulled up on Google Images. Everyone said that it was beautiful, except that the bouquet got left on the car's back seat in the heat for a half hour! It almost melted, but it survived and was gorgeous! The bride was ecstatic!
Reply:Not at all, I made all of our bouquets, corsages and bouts... we had to use artificial because of an allergy but I've made real flower bouquets before too and I like it. Sams Club has GREAT prices... like 125 roses for $86 and 80 Gerber daisies for $65.


Edit..if you follow Jessica's idea of 3 dozen roses and 2 dozen daisies you could pull it off for about $150 if you get one order of 125 roses and 80 daisies.
Reply:I am also doing my own flowers, altho I know the lady who wholesales them and she has offered to wire them up for me. I am using gerberas and fern.


I hope it is not too hard, but for our simple, backyard ceremony, a few gerberas tied with ribbon seems to fit perfectly.
Reply:As I said in the other post, i'm using flower i'm going to grow myself. I'm not sure what ones yet.. i'm thinking maybe some poppies? ... Probably just about 5 flowers though with long stems, so it's not going to need much skill :) And i'm going to pin some ribbon around them near the top.
Reply:i made everything for my wedding and it was not that hard at all. go to a craft store they will have books and everything you need.
Reply:im gonna do mines also. it not that hard you have to be creative and dedicated to making it how u want it. it will be fun enjoy doing it u get a great feeling
Reply:IT does take some skill and practice, I do flowers for weddings and the first bouquet i made I had to remake three times before I was happy with it.





Also you may be underestimating how many flowers you will need. A really full bouquet can take alot of flowers, just keep that in mind and get some extra just incase. You cna always put the extra in a vase at the guest book table or something.





Main advice, do them a day or so before and be sure to pick flwoers that dont wilt to easily and dont open up to fast.





Edit: I think you are going to need more roses, depending on the size of the head you are using (dont go to big that can be hard to work with) you will find it isnt as full as you thought it would be. Gerber Daisies can be delicate in the stem, they can snap and can be a bit limp too. For your bouquet I would suggest getting 3 dozen roses and 2 dozen gerbers, may soudn like a lot but some may not look that good with wilted petals, some may break while your using them. Always best to have extra.





Also one more thing....try and go with odd numbers of gerbers, say 9 in your bouquet and 7 in your bridesmaid, odd numbers tend to be more appealing to the eye.

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