'Hand-Tied Dutch' Florals
I’m happy to share with you this hand-tied bridal bouquet I made for a friend’s wedding ceremony this past weekend. Initially, they had plans for a much larger wedding in Austin, and given distancing requirements, decided to do a smaller intimate gathering in their hometown with plans to have a larger celebration in a year’s time. With guests tuned in virtually, and a few close friends that drove in for the ceremony, I wanted the bouquet to be special. With the bride’s love for dahlias in mind, I used stems of helleborus, ranunculus, scabiosa, and dahlias shipped from Holland to create a soft and natural bouquet. With a natural backdrop, and the bride in a floral print dress, I decided to wrap the bouquet in cotton twine to give it a more organic finish. A single white helleborus boutonniere for the groom was also wrapped in a bit of cotton twine to match. The thistle, spirea, and shades of helleborus adds layers of texture and shape to the hand-tied arrangement. It was a sweet ceremony and looking forward to celebrating them in a larger way next year!
‘HAND-TIED DUTCH’ FLORALS
FLORALS + SUPPLIES
Green floral tape
Cotton twine
6 stems mauve lavender roses
3 stems burgundy black dahlias
2 stems of mauve lisianthus
5 stems pon pon ranunculus
7 stems light pink scabiosa
7 stems variegated purple and white scabiosa
5 stems pink scabiosa
5 stems green-purple helleborus
5 stems white helleborus
7 stems purple helleborus
8 stems Queen Anne’s lace
5 stems of Veronica white
3 stems blush spirea
3 stems mini blue thistle
STEPS
Prep all the flowers by removing all the base greens and thorns from the stems and revealing at least 10” of stem.
Start with the lavender roses and build with the helleborus and lisianthus flowers. Keep the flowers in one hand and use the other to shift and arrange.
Layer in the scabiosa and ranunculus.
Add the Queen Anne’s lace, Veronica white, spirea, and dahlias.
Rotate the bouquet in your hand and lift flowers up that may have gotten lost with the additional flowers.
Once the bouquet is set, use the floral tape to bind the stems together tightly.
Then using the cotton twine, wrap and tie to preference.
