Bridesmaid Bouquets

When the bride walks down the aisle, a girl walks after her and stands beside her near the alter. Then another girl follows her to stand next to the Maid of Honor, that's her, "the bridesmaid". Even though it's the bride's day of looking the best, her bridesmaids follow very closely as the second most beautiful ladies in the room. Their rich colored elegant satin gowns, beautifully done hair and the vibrantly fresh flowers in their hands often catch the attention of the guests. Flowers and bouquets are a necessity at all weddings. After the bridal bouquet, the bridesmaid and the Maid of Honor bouquets have to be the best. If you want to know what are the different styles of bridesmaid bouquets that are available, take a look at the following paragraphs and find out which is your choice.

Bridesmaid Bouquet Ideas

There are many ideas of making these lovely bridesmaid bouquets. You can have simple designs which can be made by yourself. The best part about making these bridesmaid bouquets is that they can be made with unique flowers with colors that match the bridesmaids dresses. Find some such creative bridesmaid bouquet ideas given below just for you.

Handtied Posies
These bouquet designs are nothing but a bunch of flowers put together and tied up collectively so they can be held in the hands. They are the easiest to make and look very elegant and pretty. This design of making bridesmaid bouquets is very well-known and many women prefer posies. They are also very convenient to hold and don't get too messy as they are handtied. Let's take a look at how to make bridesmaid bouquets in a few easy ways.

Things You Need

• 5 stalks of Casablanca lilies
• 5 stalks of Ivory roses
• White transparent ribbon
• Wire
• Scissors
• Green tape

Directions

• Firstly you will have to trim the stalks of the flowers in the desired lengths. Make sure you pick half bloomed and fully bloomed flowers as they look beautiful.
• Then with the wire, hold all the flowers together by the stalks to make the bouquet. Also make sure you have put enough foliage so that the bouquet doesn't look empty.
• Once the wire has held the flowers in place, with the help of green tape, cover the stalks so they are compact and neatly held.
• If the flowers are not being held upwards, put some more foliage around the posy to hold the flowers in the center.
• After this, tie the ribbon around the stalk and make a lovely big bow with it. You can use any flowers with strong stalks to make these posies.

Overarm Bouquets
These designs of bouquets look very Victorian and elegant. They are meant to be held over your arm so they fall like a trail and look very attractive. These bouquets are generally preferred for bridal bouquets but the smaller ones can be used as bridesmaid bouquets. There are many flowers which have long and flexible stalks which easily give the bouquet an overarm look. Though calla lily bouquets look great, you can use flowers like orchids, gladiolas, carnations, etc. also as they are colorful and elegant. The colors that can be used for overarm bridesmaid bouquets are red, lavender, ivory, yellow, pink, and orange. You have to follow the same procedure as mentioned above to make these overarm bouquets. But make sure you keep the lengths of the stalks uneven with the shorter flowers in the beginning and then the longer stalks.

Pomanders
A pomander is also an excellent bouquet idea for bridesmaid bouquets. They are unique and look very presentable with the gowns. They are balls made of flowers and have a ribbon running through the bouquet which is to be held in the hands. These pomanders are made with mostly roses as they have sturdy stalks and are held together easily. With the liberty of roses and carnations, you can have these pomanders in extravagant colors like red, ivory, yellow, pink, orange, black, purple and many more. Gerberas, sunflowers and Casablanca lilies can be used to make these attractive and colorful pomanders as well.

Thus with so many ideas for bridesmaid bouquets, you must have found your choice of style. You can come up with some of your own ideas as well and make these lovely bridesmaid bouquets all by yourselves.