How to Make Floral Arrangements
Whether you’re trying to stick to your budget and want to make your own floral arrangements or you’re trying to save some money on your parent’s anniversary celebration, learning how to make your own floral arrangements is great fun; and easier than you think. And even if you don’t have a particular event to prepare for, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how fun arranging flowers can be as a craft and hobby.
The good news is that this doesn’t have to be expensive. Actually, it can be as inexpensive or as glamorous as you want it to be. Before you go out and purchase supplies, make sure you have a good idea of what your floral arrangement will be used for. If it’s for your own hobby purposes, then obviously you can’t make it however you want. But if they are going to be for a specific occasion such as a wedding, then you’ll want to make sure you are well aware of what the theme and color scheme of the wedding is going to be to make sure your floral arrangement matches it.
Now, the next things you should consider are the immediacy of the event or whether you want to make a permanent arrangement. If it’s going to be a permanent decoration in your home, then you’ll obviously want to use silk flowers for your arrangement. And if you have help making the arrangements and can do it the day of your main event, then you’ll be able to use real, fresh flowers for your arrangement. But if you’ve simply got too many other tasks to handle and have a lot of tables to make arrangements for, then you are going to need to go with silk flowers.
Once you decide upon those factors, you’ll be able to pick out what type of container you want to put your arrangement in. For horizontal arrangements, you’ll want to use a shallow container and use a deeper container for vertical arrangements. Then, you will place anchor foam (green foam found in hardware stores, florists, online, etc.) in the bottom and secure it with a good amount of glue (rubber cement or hot glue guns work best) or use anchor pins.
Once you’ve chosen your flowers, it’s really up to you how you want to design your arrangement, but it usually works best if you put the main flowers, the ones you want to be noticed most, in the center of your arrangement. Then, clip secondary flowers so that they are slightly shorter than the main flowers. You can then place fillers such as Baby’s Breath or ferns around those primary and secondary flowers. You can even sprits some perfume on your arrangement for a realistic effect.
