Has anyone made their own DIY Bridal Bouquet?

I'm planning on doing it myself, but I have no how idea yet. All I know is I'm using white orchids and purple accent flowers. I know someone had a good tutorial on how they made theirs, hopefully they will post it

Edit: Here it is https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/for-those-who-have-asked/78cce12d9b47bf78.html

Also, I remember reading something online about using a styrofoam "ball" on the inside of the bouquet to stick the flowers in if you use one that doesn't have long stems like in the link above... And then just make sure the flowers are close enough together that it hides it. I guess that's what I will have to do

Oh wow, they did a nice job! I do remember seeing that post where they talked about the styrofoam ball thingy...I've thought about it, but I think I'll just use the whole stems if I use fake flowers...This is tough!

I did one! i bought flowers from the flower district super cheap and did a test run following a how to video on youtube...

heres a pic of the bouquet. i used hydrangeas, roses and ranunculus

Harris, that looks great! how much did that cost you?

I did my own toss bouquet out of fake flowers. Then wrapped the stems with ribbon. Cost about 7 dollars. But it is not large. All our other flowers will be done by my florist.

I am allergic, so I did all of my own flowers. I bought my flowers at Michaels. THe stems were 50% off and I had a 20% off coupon.

THere are a lot of tutorials out there to help. My one suggestion would be don't skimp on the flowers. I paid about $9.00 per stem for my bouquet which is nothing more than 2 copper hydrangea, 1 champagne peonie and green velvet roses. I also sprung for the peridot stars because I am wearing peridot jewelry.

My bouquet and the vase I made to go with it.

Good luck.

I did mine. They are artificial, but look really real. I'd never done any flower arranging before either, but it was actually kind of fun. And the nice part about silks is you can play with them ahead of time and get the bouquets EXACTLY how you want them. Plus I've heard a lot of horror stories about flowers the day of the wedding being wrong or wilting, etc.

Here's all my purchases, and I was able to make my bouquet, the 2 bridesmaids bouquets, and all of the boutineers, etc.

Awe Edith..you posted my thread lol here is a picture of mine (i re did it to add some color) ignore the yellow tint from the kitchen light lol

Did my own. and to have michaels floral dept do it costs more, i work there, well till tmrow lol

youtube is your friend if you want to try own your own.

Did my own too!!

Carole! You give me hope!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Stacy! I saw your post when you made those and was looking for it!! I loved the wire you used and wanted to do the same thing in green.

Michelle, thanks for that info about Michael's! It's good to have someone with "insider info"...at least until tomorrow. haha.

Stacey K, what are the curly thinks you used in the bouts? I'm making my own and have been looking for something like that!!

Ashley B. - Thanks!

I figured I'd re-post them since you were asking... threads get buried so quickly on here.

Deana C. -

The curly things used in the bouts is the same wire I used in the bouquets. It's a really pliable wire. I'm working up a DIY tutorial on the armbands I made (not shown above) that I did for my FH's "grooms attendants" since we're having all girls in our wedding except for his son. You can probably find the wire at Michaels or Hobby Lobby. I got mine at a store called Nordlies.

Thanks ladies, I am planning on making mine or having my auntie do it.

Very pretty ladies. Stacy K. What is that blue wire stuff that you have on yours. It's very pretty

@Jakita I spent about $18 on the flowers