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DIY Boutonniere – Purple Delphinium

DIY Boutonniere – Purple Delphinium

July 01, 2011

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Everyday we are designing boutonnières for a variety of occasions such as weddings, graduations, retirement parties, and proms.

Lavender and especially PURPLE have been a very popular wedding colour theme. However, there are not many purple flowers.

Today, we would like to demostrate how to make a chic, modern, and summery boutonniere out of blue delphinium flowers which compliment the purple wedding theme.

Step one:

Pick the perfect bloom. The one that just blossoms and has no spots nor broken petals on them.

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Step two:

Pierce the stems with a floral wire and bend it half.

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Step 3:

Waterwrap the bottom stem of the flower with a piece of thin wet paper towel. Please make sure it’s not too thin nor too wet that it drips.

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Step 4:

Start to tape the stems from the very top. Using the twist, turn, and pull strategy.

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How to wire a boutonniere

Step 5:

Pierce a dusty miller and band the wire. Get ready for taping!

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Step 6:

Water package the bottom of the stem as well.

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Step 7:

Tape the dusty miller from the top of the stem. Using the Twist, Turn, and Pull stategy to finish taping until the end of the wire.

Step 8:

Take a stem of Lavender and dusty miller, then place them nicely together. Wrap them all together tightly.

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Many florists stop the design right here, but not Garden Party Flowers! We have few more steps to go to make our boutonniere different and unique!

Step 9:

Find a way to hide the green tape.
One suggestion is to cut a piece of green horsetail about 2″ long to cover the taping wire.

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Step 10:

Snip off the end of the extra wires

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Step 11:

Take a good picture of your boutonniere and share with everyone!!!

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Now it’s your turn! Get your tools, find your ingredients, and learn a new skill to make your day more interesting and fun!

Please post a picture of your DIY boutonniere to our Facebook Wall and have a chance to win a $10 Starbucks gift card!

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