composite bouquets

[BJBouquets]

Thanks to everyone for the great information on making composite or Duchess roses. The hints for success were great. After some experimentation and practice, we made a bouquet for a bride. We used the cardboard from an acetate ribbon bolt. It did fine overnight inside a moist bag. I added support wires to the disk before adding petals, after reading about the stem break. It seemed a lot of weight and pressure to be on one single center rose, and I was really glad I did.

How did we do for a first go? (you really need to open the picture to see the detail)

 

[CHERYL BAKIN]

BJ:
AWESOME!!!
I'm sure that your bride thought so also!

It's always fun when the things we learned so long, long ago come back into fashion, and we get to do them again...only better! (I learned to make dutchess roses and glamelias in the mid-1960's. Everything then was wired -- not glued.)

Regards,
Cheryl

 

[Tuberose]

You did a gorgeous job on that! Very nice work, looks perfect. Glad it was you and not me doing that.


Trish

 

[JCT]

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful! I would love to see these as the next trend in bridal work. Time consuming and labor intensive, but the simplicity to me is just stunning. Thank you for sharing BJ.

 

[BJBouquets]

I have received several PM asking about the technique I used to add support wires before gluing petals. Here are the steps I took. I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but this worked great for me.

 

[SpringCity]

BJ yours is gorgeous! Here's a less than perfect version I made for a photo shoot. Mine didn't have stems because it ended up in a lotus bowl.

 

[countrypetal]

There is a webisode on JTV on how to make these !! very easy . No taping or wiring and they hold up nice. ( at least the 2 I made held up )

 

[greatflowerlady]

Whats up with brides ordering these I have an order for 4 of them this oct. All white for the maids.. !!!:smash

 

[greatflowerlady]

Leann from Design Institute makes it look easy with a paper plate

Petal Perfect Bridal Bouquet" .

she has great ideas~Tracy