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Crown the Flower Girl with Flowers!
In a simple design, as in last week’s Flower Girl’s Basket, crown the Flower Girl with flowers! Flowers and ribbons add color to a Baby’s Breath Halo.
You Will Need:
Baby’s Breath Small Flower Blooms #1 1/2 Ribbon #26 Florist Wire Straight piece of #22 Florist Wire Light Green Floral Wrap Tape
To create the Halo, review the instructions from our Post of March 22, 2018. There are 2 ways of inserting floral blooms into a Halo. 
To prepare to build the Halo, form the Baby’s Breath into clusters using the light green floral wrap tape. In this design, I used blooms of dark pink alstromeria. Using a 6” length of #26 wire, push the wire through the base of the bloom. Fold the ends down and wrap with the light green floral wrap. I usually place the wired blooms in a cup or mug to keep them from getting bruised.
The first way - Add the blooms as you are assembling the Baby’s Breath. As the Baby’s Breath is placed on the #22 wire, alternate Baby’s Breath and floral blooms. To make the Halo fuller, place two Baby’s Breath clusters to one floral bloom. After completing the Halo, add the ribbon.
The second way - Wire the flower blooms and cut the wire close to the bloom. After creating the Halo, add the ribbon. After placing the ribbons and bow, glue flower blooms to the Halo.
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A bow on the handle of a basket filled with flower petals.
Decorate the basket with flowers and a bow when scattering flower petals down the aisle. This burlap basket is decorated with a pink bow, baby’s breath and alstromeria blooms.
You Will Need:
Flower Girl Basket #1 ½ Satin Ribbon Baby’s Breath Alstromeria Blooms #26 Florist Wire Light Green Floral Wrap Tape
I began this design by preparing the flowers. Cluster Baby’s Breath and wrap with the light green floral wrap tape. Set aside. Take a bloom of astromeria and cut close to the bloom. Cut #26 wire into 6” pieces. One piece for each bloom. Push a piece of wire through the base of the bloom. Fold the ends down and wrap with the light green floral wrap. Set aside.
Make a bow using the #1½ ribbon. Take a 6” piece of wire and complete bow. Twist the ends of the wire close to the bow. Secure the bow by placing the ends of the wire around the handle of the basket and twisting the ends close to the handle.
Place the Baby’s Breath clusters in the bow. Secure with hot glue. Place an alstromeria bloom at the top of the bow. Secure with glue. Place an alstromeria bloom at the bottom of the bow. Secure with glue.
Place flower petals in the basket.
The Bride’s Bouquet and Unity Cross are used on the Bride’s Table.
After the Ceremony, carry the bouquets and objects used during the ceremony to the reception. The Bride’s Bouquet and Unity Cross are placed on the Bride’s Table as the centerpiece. It demonstrations the importance the couple has for the mementos.
You Will Need:
Table Runner Bridal Bouquet Unity Cross
Place a table runner in the center of the table. Place the table settings for the couple on each side of the runner. This focuses the attention on the Bridal Couple. I placed the Unity Cross in the center of the table runner. I then placed the Bridal Bouquet at the base of the Cross to further highlight the Unity Cross.
The Bridal Couple are the Center of Attention because of the modest decorating of the Bridal Table. The Unity Cross adds height to the setting. Another option to add height would be a candle. The Bridal Bouquet adds a base.
Floral bouquets for the Bride and her Attendants come in any style imaginable. The most traditional styles are the cascade and the nosegay. Here are samples in assorted blooms of pink, white, and light blue.
You Will Need:
Floral Bouquet Holder With Wet Foam Sheet of Styrofoam Assorted Flowers Greenery
I used extra-large bouquet holders to create these bouquets. These holders are filled with floral foam. This allows added moisture to the blooms. This also allows the blooms to be front facing. Soak the holders for at least 24 hours in water prepared with floral preservative.
The nosegay contains white hydrangeas, pink garden roses, spray roses, lisianthus, and blue limonium. Springeri was the greenery used to complete the bouquet
I place the handle of the bouquet form in a piece of styrofoam. Place a heavy object on the back of the styrofoam to prevent the bouquet from falling while you are working on the bouquet. I began the bouquet by placing 2 hydrangea blooms in the center, close to the form. I covered the edges of the form with springeri. I then began building the bouquet by adding three garden roses to the hydrangea blooms. I then added spray roses and lisianthus to the sides of the garden roses. I added the blue limonium throughout the edges and center of the bouquets.
The same flowers are used in the cascade are the same as the nosegays. The cascade has a trail. I began the cascade by creating the trail first. I took a 8” long piece of springeri greenery and wired it to the end of an 18” long piece of florist wire. To this I added a single bloom of wired stephanotis, spray roses, blue limonium, and more springeri to create a trail of flowers about 10 inches. This left the end unfinished wire about 8” long. I took the end of the wire and ran it up the bottom to the top of the bouquet form. I made a hook on the end of the wire. I pulled the completed trail of flowers downward, causing the hook to catch in the form of the bouquet. This allows the trail to move freely in the bouquet.
I usually permit the bouquet to hang near the edge of a table, allowing the trail to overhang the edge. I began the center of the bouquet by covering the center with hydrangea blooms close to the form. I covered the edges of the form with springeri. I then began building the bouquet by adding the other flowers to meet and combine with the trail. I finished the bouquet by adding touches of blue limonium around the outer edges of the bouquet.
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