Video: How to Make a Sunflower Wedding Bouquet
How to Make a Sunflower Wedding Bouquet
Sunflowers are the first flower I remember growing, so they are special to me. I know I’m not alone, as so many people love the happy yellow faces sunflowers have to offer. If you’re a designer, though, they can be quite difficult to work with! In this video, I’m going to demonstrate how to create a sunflower wedding bouquet, specifically in a cascading shape.
Ingredients for a Sunflower Bouquet
Hydrangeas
Bells of Ireland
Strawflowers
Cosmos
White Sunflowers
White Lace
Nicotania
Sunflower Bouquet
How To Make a Sunflower Wedding Bouquet
Begin with your hydrangea. These flowers offer structure and support for you to thread your other stems through.
Add in your Bells of Ireland to start creating the shape of your bouquet. I’m using them to create a cascade to the side, but these line flowers can be used to draw the outline of any other shape you’d like! (Don’t forget to keep your stems balanced at the bottom with a quick snip throughout your designing!)
Move on to the strawflower next. You’ll layer this through the hydrangea. Notice that we have a large, medium, and small flower with yellow centers to establish variety. A fun fact about strawflower is that it maintains its shape and color out of water, though there may be a few small pieces here and there that you may need to edit out.
Next are the cosmos! I’m utilizing a circular placement with this bouquet (with the exception of the bells of Ireland), but you can use whatever placement pattern that you’d like! Don’t get stuck in one way, but be brave and try new things.
Sunflowers can be quite heavy, so look for a variety that is lighter and that has a more flexible stem. Pay attention to the details of the flowers (petal count and size, stem width, stem curvature, head size, etc.) as you decide how to place them in your arrangement. I’m utilizing the gradation of size principle of design to draw the eye naturally from smallest to largest (or vice versa). I’m also thinking about balance of my stems at the bottom of the bouquet as well as the direction the head of the sunflowers are facing—remember, variation is key!
Finally, add in the lace flower and nicotania as your sweet little dancers. The lightness and luminescence of the lace flower, and the soft star shape of the nicotania really help to highlight and bring out the best of the sunflowers.
Sunflower Cascading Wedding Bouquet
