Ways to pack beautiful bouquets

Composing a bouquet is a complicated procedure for beginners, which is performed according to certain rules. You can not collect all the flowers you like in one bundle, decorate them with a pair of twigs of greenery and give out for a beautiful bouquet. The composition should be a balance of combinations of shades and combinations of different plants. Another important nuance is the moderate use of decor, so that the basis of the bouquet is not lost on its background. In addition, flowers should be arranged in accordance with the rules of the language of flowers, which has nothing to do with linguistics. The number of difficulties for such a seemingly simple task is surprising, isn't it? Let's talk about how to arrange a bouquet.

What do flowers say

The language of flowers is a symbolism that is given to one or another plant as a part of a bouquet. This subtle, refined way of expressing feelings in the East appeared. According to legends, it was invented by women who, due to the peculiarities of local customs, were not able to communicate fully. Gamma of their feelings, they began to invest in bouquets. One of the French monarchs brought the basics of art composition in the Old World after a friendly visit to the Persian king. The language of flowers found particular popularity in the territories of England and France. In these countries, they even began to publish special booklets and dictionaries containing lists of plant names with their symbolic meaning. The language of flowers is widely used by florists. At the same time, not only the flowers themselves are important, but also the shades of the buds, the number of participants in the bouquet. The following are examples of the values ​​of the most popular plants:

  • Rose (red) - a declaration of passionate love.
  • Violet - a symbol of loyalty and fragility.
  • Chamomile talk about simple and unobtrusive.
  • Lily personifies grandeur, nobility, luxury. Suitable for a gift for a woman who is adored.
  • Chrysanthemum - a symbol of good health, longevity. In some countries, this flower is sacred.

  • Mack means grief and loss.
  • Gerbera personifies lightness and coquetry. Suitable for a gift to a woman whose relationship is only being born.
  • Carnation - a symbol of courage and endurance. "Male" flower.
  • Gladiolus personifies courage, nobility and brings good luck.
  • Iris is a flower of pride (not to be confused with pride) and wisdom. In Japan, Ayama (flowers of iris) of blue, blue and lilac shades are considered exclusively "male" colors. Only they could be given to samurai men.
  • Lilies of the valley express sensuality, innocence, fragility. Usually they are given to young Turgenev girls.
  • Lilac symbolizes freshness, youth.

Red flowers are a symbol of passion. Pink talk about sensuality and grace. Blue flowers symbolize loyalty. White personifies purity and innocence. Yellow, depending on the “neighbors” of the bouquet, can talk about both separation and nascent love.


Basic techniques and rules of bouquets

Among the variety of techniques, there are three traditional methods that can be safely attributed to the classical ones:

  • Biedermeier. The bouquet can have three forms: oblate, round, pyramidal. All participants in the composition are very closely fitted to each other. A striking pattern in the Biedermeier style is the traditional wedding bridal bouquet. The stems of plants are wrapped with decorative paper or ribbons and form one thick "leg".
  • Parallel. The bouquet is going to "ladder". The composition has no center, the buds form parallel rows that gradually taper towards the top of the cascade.
  • Spiral. At the heart of the composition is a central flower. Other plants are gradually added to the bouquet, forming circles. Their stems are applied to the stem of the central flower at an angle, slightly obliquely. If you look at the composition from above, you get a spiral, hence the name of the technique. The stalks of flowers touch each other only at one point, where the bouquet is clamped by the florist's fingers. Completing the assembly of the composition by adding a rim of green leaves.

There are a lot of subspecies of the above techniques and the lists are replenished every year, since the fantasy of florists, as well as the perfection of bouquets, there is no limit.

The most popular types of flowers for spiral technique are chrysanthemums and roses. Their buds have different colors, so a bouquet of identical plants does not look dull and monotonous.


The roses are very strong, strong stems. Gerberas can also be used to form flower "caps", but each leg will have to be reinforced and wrapped with a transparent film. Their stems are fairly durable, but there is a discrepancy between the weight of the flower head and its support. For this reason, gerberas often "break through" near the sepal. Carnations are also suitable for the same type of assembly, but due to the fragility of the stems only high-class professional florists can work with them.

Types and forms of bouquets

Bouquets, depending on the style of registration, are classified into three types:

  • Women's Bright, voluminous compositions.
  • Men's Reserved bouquets with strict, straight lines.
  • Neutral. Used as a decorative element and decorated in accordance with the style of the room.

There is another classification according to the form:

  • Round. This is a classic form that can be attributed to win-win options. A round bouquet can be easily integrated into any design. In the combined compositions, large buds are low, and small inflorescences are placed closer to the top.
  • Unilateral. All participants of the composition "look" in one direction.
  • Asymmetrical. Flower buds are sent in different directions, while the composition is carefully balanced.
  • Linear. Flowers are cascaded on one line. The lower stems are short. The higher the bud, the longer its "leg". The bouquet looks luxurious and spectacular.


There are also creative ways of making bouquets:

  • In a wicker basket or molded box. The bouquet is ideal for decorating the table or window sill.
  • Figures of animals on a rigid frame. Creating such a composition requires skill from the florist, so this option is not suitable for beginners.
  • Another rare species is glamelia or a flower bouquet, which is collected from the petals of a multitude of buds, gluing them together.

The combination of flowers in the bouquet

In addition to the combination of shades, the flowers in the bouquet should look good with each other and "get along" in one vase. For example, despite the external compatibility, the following plants cannot be combined:

  • Carnations with lilies of the valley.
  • Lilies with daffodils.
  • Carnations with roses and lilies.
  • Lilies and cornflowers or poppies.

In this neighborhood, the flowers will begin to fade rapidly. The rose is the generally recognized queen of flowers. As befits a crowned "person", it is extremely capricious, therefore in bouquets it is often surrounded by only decorative greenery (asparagus, fern leaves, palm trees, spruce branches).


The composition is balanced and complete, but even a rose can have neighbors. And not from the "lower classes", but the same "flower to know" rank a little lower. In the role of a suite of roses can be:

  • Lilies
  • Chrysanthemums.
  • Gypsophila.
  • Gerberas

Another "royal" flower is a magnificent lily. For five centuries and up to the present day, “fleur de lis” has been the invariable heraldic symbol of the European bourbon dynasty. Over the years, the flower has become automatically associated with high status, wealth, luxury and nobility. As another representative of the “blue-blooded” flower aristocracy, the lily tolerates the neighborhood of only those plants that do not try to outshine its own beauty. It should shine, and the glow will be brighter on a faded background. You can add to the bouquet to the lily:

  • Chamomile. Too rustic wildflowers will only set off the delicacy of noble lilies.
  • Irises.
  • Phlox.
  • Peonies.
  • Primrose.


Lush peonies also occupy a fairly high position in the "flower society", but they do not boast of their origin, like roses or lilies. They are great with small inflorescences, shading flowers of large buds. For a bouquet of peonies fit:

  • Daisies
  • Velvet
  • Mattioli.
  • Freesia.
  • Forget-me-not.

Irises are exquisite representatives of the upper class, but with a “wide” soul, which makes it easy to make acquaintances with the flowers in the class below. Although they are endowed with certain regalia, they calmly relate to the neighborhood with book publishing (both in the bouquet and in the flowerbed), tulips, and lavender. This is really from whom no one really expected whims, so it is from simple village “suns” - sunflowers.

But they really do not tolerate any neighbors in the bouquet composition. Even the green "from the side" are rejected, preferring their own broad leaves as a decor. The male flower is a carnation, with truly iron restraint the neighborhood of the most diverse colors endures with firmness:

  • Chrysanthemums.
  • Asters.
  • Crocuses.
  • Anemones.
  • Dahlias.

As a decor for bouquets of carnations they use thorny branches of Ruscus and elegant bergrass. Gerbers, more reminiscent of large multi-colored daisies, with the same enthusiasm welcome as noble roses or chrysanthemums, and field flowers "simpler."


 

Color bouquet

Floristics use three primary colors:

  • Yellow.
  • Red.
  • Blue.

Green acts as a decor, but the center of the composition is always captured by representatives of the trio. They organically complement each other. Yellow and red are warm, sunny colors. Blue and its shades (blue, purple, lilac) refer to cold tones. The color temperature of green is also quite "low". Pay attention to the bouquets consisting exclusively of blue flowers. They look strict and unapproachable. The cold of the blue is magnified by the surrounding greenery. It is enough to add a pair of warm yellow, orange, red notes to the bouquet and the composition is filled with an inner light, its “mood” changes dramatically. Neutral white can shade the brightness of its neighbors or be used independently in delicate bunches. For example, white roses do not need supplements.


Decorated with a sprig of asparagus and wrapped in an envelope of transparent film, they become the personification of luxurious laconicism. Monochromatic bouquets of delicate flowers (pink, white, pale yellow) is enough to dilute with green notes. Blue color is perfectly combined with yellow, and one of its shades, blue - with pale pink. Another elegant, win-win combination is white and red.

Rules of registration

In a properly assembled bouquet, minor participants in the composition organically shade the main “central” flowers. The assembly starts from the middle. First, the "backbone" of the bouquet is collected, to which its surroundings are gradually added. When choosing colors and shapes, they are guided by the sex and age of the person to whom the floral gift is intended:

  • For young girls fit small bouquets of round shape, consisting of wildflowers or decorative roses.
  • Young guys and men decided to give discreet bouquets of asymmetrical shape with elongated lines.
  • For women of balzakovskogo age fit bouquets of roses, asters, chrysanthemums or gerberas.
  • Representatives of the fair sex of older years are presented with lush bouquets of rounded shape, consisting of buds of bright and rich flowers.
    Packaging plays a big role in the bouquet. It must be carefully chosen for the content.

A variety of materials for registration

There is a huge selection of wrapping materials that vary in color and texture. The most popular include:

  • Corrugated paper. Its edges are compacted using a special machine.
  • Film. The classic version is transparent. Used in the preparation of bouquets, envelopes, for packing single flowers (popular for the holidays on May 9 and September 1 to school), as part of a complex wrapper of several layers of different materials.
  • Floristic mesh. It looks like a dense "perforated" matter, which perfectly keeps its shape.
  • Kraft. Classic wrapping paper. It is perfectly combined with any bouquets, brings laconic notes to the composition.
  • Organza. Translucent matter, which perfectly emphasizes the wealth and luxury of the bouquet.

As an additional decor use:

  • Tapes. The undisputed leader among the decorations. Their waves are “allowed” along the edge of the package, lush bows are collected from them with the help of a stapler, cut into small, “curly” ribbons, which are sprinkled with flowers on top.
  • Sisal. Agave leaf fibers are pale brown in color. Give a bouquet of exotic notes.
  • Ropes. Usually used simple twine. They are tied with kraft packaging or supplemented with sisal.


In more expensive bouquets instead of simple ribbons, satin ones can be used. Bows of them are obtained more gently and carefully.

Registration by a floristic grid

The floral mesh is made of natural fibers, does not fade in the sun, is not afraid of water, does not have an unpleasant smell, as is the case with the film. It gives the bouquet a touch of tenderness and grace. Available in various color variations. May be coated with glitter. The bouquet is usually used without additional packaging materials, since the net itself looks luxurious. Sharp corners of the wrapper are easy to finish, giving the composition a volume. As a rule, flowers are wrapped in several layers of wrapper to make the mesh material look denser.

Package bouquet in film

Packaging bouquet in the film - a classic version. The material can be used for "envelopes", and for lush compositions. In the first case, a piece of film is cut from the roll and unfold it on the table. The flower is placed at one of the corners on the diagonal. After which it begins to wrap in the film. The second corner is fixed with scotch tape. In lush bouquets, the film is collected by an "accordion" around the base of the composition, while holding it in your hand. If the flowers are arranged in a cascade, then the substrate for them is done separately.

The piece of material trimmed at the corners is also collected with an "accordion", fixing it at the base with a stapler. After that, the package is wrapped around the bouquet and secured to the edges with each other. Transparent and translucent film looks beautiful in combination with corrugated paper and opaque wrapper.

Corrugated paper

Corrugated paper is widely used in needlework and in the design of bouquets and gifts. The surface of the material "crumpled" in a special machine. Corrugation dimensions may vary. For gift wrapping and bouquet wrapping paper is used in small "harmonica". The material is easily stretched, so that it can be deformed to your taste by adding volume to the composition. To make the bouquet look neat, before using the paper, its edges are processed on a special typewriter, which tightens the twists and fixes them. The edges of such a sheet are wavy. Corrugated paper looks good with a wrapper of floral mesh and film. Unlike these materials, she is afraid of water. Better to use double wrapper. The base is made of corrugated paper, and the outer short package is made of waterproof material.

Making a bouquet of roses at home

As a first experience for beginners it is better to choose compositions simpler. Roses in this plan are perfect, as the luxurious flowers do not need a magnificent decoration. They will look equally elegant both in a transparent film and in a wrap of corrugated paper. Garden decorative roses have uneven stems and a large number of buds on one branch. From such flowers it is better to collect miniature round bouquets, similar to wedding ones, or compositions in a basket. Exquisite roses on long stems are suitable for lush bouquets and "envelopes". The latter look more succinctly, but are ideal as a gift to the woman she loves. Consider a short master-class on assembling a simple bouquet:

  • First you need to cut off a small piece of transparent film. It is crumpled and squeezed, forming a dense "ball".
  • A clump of film wrapped with tape. This "ball" will be the basis of the bouquet.
  • Holding it in the hand, they begin to attach one rose in a circle, pinching each stem with the fingers.
  • Now you can add a little green. Roses are ideally combined with asparagus and gypsophila. The composition is tied with a ribbon, fastening the stems at the ball-base.


   

Next, proceed to packaging:

  • Cut off a piece of film.
  • Its edge is pressed to the base of the bouquet. Now they begin to gradually wrap the composition with a film, at the same time collecting the packaging with an "accordion".
  • The ends of the film fasten stapler.
  • At the base of the bouquet tied up a second time with a decorative ribbon.
  • At will, you can attach a bow to it.
  • Thin ribbons "wind" with scissors. They are sprinkled with roses from above to make the bouquet look elegant and festive.

Along the edges of the package, waves of thin tape can be started up, fixing the points of contact with the film with clips.

Registration of bouquets of fruits and berries

Fruit and berry bouquets - a stylish, beautiful, original gift. They are easy to assemble with your own hands at home, if there are toothpicks and strawberries, apples, grapes, raspberries, bananas, citrus fruits on hand. Bouquets of berries look more subtle, but you will have to be more careful with working with such fragile material. Иногда композиции дополняют сладостями: меренгой, зефиром, конфетами. Рассмотри пошагово этапы выполнения работы:

  • Starting the composition should be from the frame. You can use a regular wicker basket or make a container out of yarn. This will require a plate or bowl. It is turned upside down, covered with plastic wrap, thickly smeared with glue and covered with a layer of yarn. The threads are arranged chaotically. The "thicker" they will lay down, the stronger the decorative capacity will be. After drying, the frame is removed and separated from the film.
  • In the frame you need to put the base: a piece of foam, floral sponge.
  • Berries and fruits are strung on canapé skewers or pieces of thick wire.
  • Their back end is fixed in a malleable manner.
  • The heavier the fruit, the thicker the wire to use for it.
  • Fruits can be taken not only whole, but also cut them into slices.


The composition is to your liking. Absolutely inedible decor can be added to it: artificial flowers from foamiran, polymer clay, felt toys, light tulle buds, real twigs with green leaves, sisal fibers, cotton buds, real daisies, roses, sunflowers.

Registration and assembly of men's bouquets

As mentioned above, asymmetry and angularity with elongated lines are characteristic of men's bouquets. Streamlined shape - the lot of female compositions. For a male bouquet, it is better to choose exotic flowers with an unusual "appearance": irises, strelitzia, callas, anthuriums. As a decoration, they use fern twigs, bergrass, Sander dragonza (bamboo of happiness). Male bouquets are made according to the cascade principle: first choose the basis of the composition, on which the "steps" of the secondary decor are laid. Complement the composition with natural materials: sisal, jute (twine), a tape of neutral color (brown, green, yellow, purple). For a close man with a good sense of humor, you can create a bouquet not from flowers, but from products so adored by the representatives of the stronger sex. Compositions of different varieties of sausage, ham and bacon are becoming increasingly popular. From the thinly sliced ​​meat slices form the most delicate petals and buds, decorating them with olive décor, leaves of cheese, bell pepper and pea beads, cherry tomatoes.


   

Avoid using bright bows and flashy packaging materials. Male bouquet is best wrapped in a simple Kraft paper. There should be no “skirts” on the package.

Registration of wedding bouquets

Wedding bouquets have the correct spherical shape. Because of their diminutiveness, flowers with small buds are used in the composition. A couple of years ago, the main feature of such a bouquet was the stalks tightly tied with ribbons, which formed one thick “leg”. Now more loose compositions are collected, wrapping them with ribbons, the long ends of which are specially left to flutter. The stalks are tied up with the finest lace, decorated with embroidery with beads and beads, pearl threads and coarse jute, ropes. Bouquet design depends entirely on the style of the wedding.

Production and design of boutonnieres

A boutonniere is an indispensable element of the groom's wedding suit. As a rule, it consists of one or more buds and is fixed in the buttonhole of the jacket. For the manufacture of boutonnieres will require:

  • Wire.
  • Tape tape.
  • Live flower and a pair of twigs for decoration (rosemary, lavender).
  • Ribbons, beads, tulle cut.

Stages of work:

  • First, fresh flowers are placed in water and allowed to drink for at least 4 hours. Then the plants will keep fresh for a long time.
  • Then, at the main bud, the stem is cut off at the root. Instead, the twisted wire is inserted into the sepal.
  • Now add to the bud decorative twigs. They are placed a little lower.
  • The composition is supplemented with artificial sprigs of wire with beads, tulle buds, ribbons.
  • Fix the boutonniere with a tape, wrapping a wire rod around it.

Beautiful decoration for the suit of the groom is ready.

Conclusion

Making bouquets is not as difficult as it may seem at first glance. Floristry is a true flower science, with its own laws and rules. The main condition for a novice florist is the desire to do this seriously and a rich imagination, because any bouquet will be brighter and more beautiful if the master adds unique, original elements to it. Fresh flowers are a wonderful gift, albeit short-lived. In the East, it was believed that they symbolize the rapid flow of life itself. Perhaps that is why the local philosophy recommends “catching the moment” and not regret about the past.

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