How To Work With Awkward-Shaped Flowers in a Bridal Bouquet

[@katyb2793]

I love this bouquet so much, I keep coming back and rewatching the video 😁

[@katyb2793]

And then discovered I'd accidently hit the dislike button 🥴

[@FlowerMoxie]

I'm so glad!! XXX, Amy

[@mikelsbug817]

I have been scouring the Dark corners of the interconnected web nets trying to find help with a loose, organic, all-flower bouquet. This was a lifesaver. Thank you!

[@FlowerMoxie]

Yay! So happy you found us on the web nets!!!

[@doingthehealingjourney]

So love your videos, thank you. And that you can be your authentic self ❤❤

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you so much for the sweet words!

[@kgui4388]

Really lovely arrangement. I like that you dont waste and that you keep at it till it looks and feels right.

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you for your kind comment! You really have to keep at it and tweak it sometimes. Sometimes I can whip together a bouquet in 10 minutes without much adjustment (never happens on camera, lolll), and sometimes I'll have to fussy with the flowers for 20-30 minutes. I've just learned that slight adjustments are where the magic is and it doesn't pay to get in a tizzy and start over. I'm glad I can help you in any way! XXXX, Amy

[@hollyjasinski7207]

So informative and entertaining! I especially appreciate your sense of humor in the captions 🤣

[@FlowerMoxie]

I'm so glad you found it helpful, thank you for such a nice shoutout! XXXX

[@abbybogart7382]

Definitely laughed inappropriately loudly at "scrabbling around like a rat is part of the process." I felt that one in my soul 😂

[@FlowerMoxie]

Ha! I'm so glad! That's 80% of being a proper florist. 😅

[@loveinflower3084]

Thank you, this was really useful. Love the funny comments throughout! I'll def practice breaking down the globby hydrangea and spiky delphinium. Go mini-carnations!

[@ziartia8129]

super fun to watch, I have been doing the whole shaking thing to loosen things up for a while and never really watched someone else describe it ... it works! whoo hoo nice work it's beautiful

[@FlowerMoxie]

Same! I didn't start doing that until I had been fussing with trying to make more airy bouquets and now I use that technique all the time because they all start to fall in on themselves. Thank you for the kind word! XXXX, Amy

[@nomadnikita]

Can you please make a video of making centerpieces in vases for events like baby showers or bridal showers? You're so good and I love the help and tips you provide! I'm an beginner but i want to be sure that i'm balancing my arrangements in a natural/organic way for vase centerpieces without foam etc.

[@FlowerMoxie]

Sure, thank you for the request. Also, follow our Insta because I make a lot of reels/tutorials. @flowermoxie

[@janephillips6604]

Very pretty!! Love the look of spring colors!

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you so much!

[@neeceegirl1965]

OMG i just found your channel and I absolutely adore your videos. So informative and I love the language, it’s definitely “real” and I’m here for it.

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you so much! We're so glad you found us!

[@Shakeitupcreationsmia]

That bouquet is gorgeous ❤❤❤

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you!!

[@margaretrichmond3887]

That turned out really pretty

[@FlowerMoxie]

Def took a hot minute to get there, lolllll My creations are always on the edge of being fails, but I can typically pull it together in the end. XXXXX

[@Ann-lz8bv]

I truly just love what you do, the colours are amazing together! Thank you for what you do ❤️

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you for your kind comment, Ann! XXXXX, Amy

[@sugarartistrykzn]

Absolutely gorgeous and very informative😍. Any chance you can give the flower recipe for this bouquet please?

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you! We don't have an exact recipe as each bouquet will end up being a little different but here's a guide to get you started: 2-3 hydrangeas 4-6 blue delphinium 3-5 stems tweedia 2-3 white stock 2-3 white spray rose 2-3 blush carnations 3-4 white cushion flower 4-5 peach butterfly ranunc 3-4 peach ranunc 3-4 peach mini carn 3-4 quicksand roses sprigs of variegated pitt or another variegated greenery

[@helenkladi2341]

Always love your videos-tutorials/ Agree about short stems - especially useful in wedding photo success/

[@FlowerMoxie]

Right?!?!?! It hurts my soul when I see my old work with long-ass stems. I'm like "COME ON, AMY, FIGURE IT OUT!!!" lolllll

[@lilyroberts6431]

the advice I got for holding bouquets is "tips to bits" ... as in the tips of the stems touching your bits. Puts in in the right location every time lol

[@FlowerMoxie]

Absolutely genius! 😂❤

[@amazingstrawberries]

So helpful and so pretty! Should snapdragon be handled the same way as the delphinium?

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you for the kind comment! Yes, sometimes I have to remove some lower buds, but not as many because Snaps are a bit shorter....so I feel less guilty stripping them down. XXXX, Amy

[@dominicajoyce8281]

You make awkward flowers beautiful 💐

[@amypowers7880]

So beautiful!! Amazing tutorial as always.

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you , sweet Amy!!!!

[@melissahislop5716]

So pretty! I love all that blue with the peachy tones. What kind of vase do you use to keep hydrated during storage and/or transport? I often find that my bouquets, which I created in an airy style get so tight and compact after transporting in a vase.

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you so much, Melissa! I typically buy a 6x6 round or square vase at the Dollar Store or Hob Lob to transport my Bridal Bouquets in. I feel I always need something way wider than the typical cylinder vase I store the Bridesmaid bouquets in. Just think squatty and fatty for the bridal bouquets. 🤣

[@k_flower1984]

Một tác phẩm hoa cô dâu đẹp tuyệt , cảm ơn chị đã chia sẻ , chúc chị ngày mới vui vẻ

[@FlowerMoxie]

Cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều cho nhận xét tốt của bạn!

[@thegeorges2384]

Beautiful

[@carolgarringer4786]

Love that I have permission to cut down hydrangeas! No snacks, unless you count chewing on my cuticles.

[@FlowerMoxie]

You so have permission to cut those honkers down!!!! And don't nibble yer cuticles, lollllll I love you, Carol!!!! 🤣💓

[@sashawhitley7170]

I have a DIY request! I'm a bride on a budget and interested in re-using my bridesmaids bouquets as centerpieces. Is there a best way to design the bouquets to be easier to re-use and really add some WOW factor to the table while also looking good in bridal party pics? Thanks!

[@FlowerMoxie]

Hello Sasha! Here's my best advice: - Make them a little bit bigger than our recipes, maybe add a bit more greenery and some roses/carns - Buy 3-4'' vases for them. It seems small, but it will make the arrangement look bigger! - Make sure you cut the bouquets short to fit down into the vase so it doesn't look like a bouquet. You can test this out at home to make sure you cut'em right. - Have someone remind your girls to pop them in the vase....many times they forget so there are a lot of sad, empty vases on tables. lolllll Good luck, beautiful girl!!!! XOXOX

[@katharinenielsen6579]

Soooo pretty!

[@Opotomuss]

35 seconds in and already can tell this is gonna be awesome 😂

[@aimeegallard]

Gorgeous. Again, i love you

[@capricia906]

Stunner!!! Did you say you wired the ranunculus?

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you, Angie! Yes, I typically have to wire over 50% of them. Basically, their heads are often too heavy and large for the stem so they will curve and bend under their own weight. Here's a video on how to do this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIDXhnyfn6-JhM0

[@capricia906]

@@FlowerMoxie thank you! I will be needing to wire some in a few weeks for my nieces bouquet. I’m sure I can find a video out there somewhere on how to do it properly. The hook method through the center of the blossom? I worked in a flower shop in the 80s so I completely relate to all of your cascade comments🤪🤪I love how things have changed.

[@FlowerMoxie]

@@capricia906 Did you see my video on how I wire it listed above?? Sometimes if the stem is too knobby, then I will stab its head and then wrap the wire down the stem. That only works if the stem won't be seen. Some florists go through the head, but I've tried countless times and never hit the stem.

[@capricia906]

Of course you did a video about wiring ranunculus 🤪🤪🤪. It’s perfect! Thank you! I’m feeling way more ready for my important job😍

[@FlowerMoxie]

@@capricia906 You're going to do great! We having a monthly DIY Challenge where you can win $1k of free flowers if you win. This past month was to make a bout, and we're announcing the new challenge on July 1st. You can check it out here: flowermoxie.com/pages/diy-flower-challenge

[@EstelaRGaray]

I like it very much!

[@courtneymontanio9965]

Did you have a recipe for this and did you have to go over on stems to fill in gaps etc? How do you go about pricing but also stopping when it "feels right"?

[@FlowerMoxie]

Our recipe is in the description. Knowing when it's done is a mix of practice and running out of stems LOL

[@Elizabeth-jd3mn]

Gorgeous❤

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you! 😊

[@jenelopebean]

Hydrangea definitely needs water, proceeds to throw on table LOL

[@FlowerMoxie]

OH I KNOW!!!! I didn't catch that until later, bless me......🤣🤣

[@Bravonewyork]

When clients come in for a custom bouquet they always want hydrangeas, Japanese delphinium and these awkward flowers. I get nervous but always pull thru 😂 and they love it!!

[@FlowerMoxie]

I have no doubt your bouquets are stunning!!

[@elisabethamber]

Can you use the delphinium you stripped off for anything else? Like bud vases or bouts? I just don’t want to feel like I’m throwing money away 😅

[@FlowerMoxie]

We totally get it! You can wire or glue delphinium buds very easily into a bout or a corsage! Sometimes with really long stems you can cut the stem in half and then use that section in a bud vase or centerpiece.

[@CourtneyHanaway]

Beautiful!

[@amyliz2000]

Totally snacking on some beef jerky though and wondering where that hydrangea went, not gonna lie. Lol!

[@marymkaelin]

Do you tighten up your zip tie after you trim the ends or just leave it loose like that?

[@FlowerMoxie]

I keep it loose until I get the flowers where I want them and have adjusted. Then I'll tighten it!

[@katyb2793]

Could you save the delphinium petals you had to remove to put in with flower girl's rose petals? Or would they be browned and dead too quickly?

[@FlowerMoxie]

You should be able to save them! If removing petals from roses or delphinium, be sure to place the loose petals in a plastic bag and mist some water inside of it. Pop the bag in the fridge until the days of the wedding. The petals should hold up just fine!

[@katyb2793]

@@FlowerMoxie oh that's perfect! Imagine the bride and groom having delphinium confetti thrown on them at the end of the wedding 😍

[@claudiarojas2584]

Que hermoso 😍💐🙃👰💐🙃🙌

[@niciwatson]

I love it 😍 ❤

[@FlowerMoxie]

Thank you!!

[@manaynay]

Snacking on chips! I feel called out.

[@FlowerMoxie]

Ain't no shame, sis, I just hope they were Pizza Combos. XOXOX

[@jenniferpokrzywka2920]

I love the typed comments. I learn a lot but ur typed comments make me laugh

[@ivettev4229]

*places one untrimmed hydrangea on top of linear delphiniums* "See how this can be weird?", she says, as she recreates a floral arrangement I have clumsily made multiple times in my home 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@FlowerMoxie]

If it's beautiful to you then that's what matters! Practice makes perfect and we've all had to start somewhere!

[@ivonneperez5105]

🤩 hermoso

[@nailpolish1493]

My goal is to be as good as her.

[@HildeAzul]

You had me at “weird assholes,”!!!!

[@FlowerMoxie]

😂😂😂

[@Jenifer.flute20]

I love hydrangeas but they’re so hard to work with because they need so much h water and go south very quickly.

[@FlowerMoxie]

They're very heavy drinkers. When we use them with foam, we make the hole in the foam for the hydrangea stem, remove it, and pop them in at the last minute!

[@mortviolette284]

What about Nigella, Corn Flower, Blue Anemones, Muscari, and Campanula? Those all come in blues.

[@FlowerMoxie]

You are correct, but some I don't sell because they are too fussy or too seasonal for my DIY customers. When I build packages/collections I have to reach for items I can pretty much get all year, and things that are a bit more hardy.

[@kellic8665]

Trader Joe’s Buffalo chicken dip is the snack, and also this bouquet is perfection 😍

[@FlowerMoxie]

Don't even come at me with that dip!!!! It's shark week and all I want is cheesy things and carbs, and BCD is my favorite!!!!! 🤣

[@kellic8665]

@@FlowerMoxie 🔥 🐔 🤤🤤🤤

[@noagenda4035]

But I don’t see the pretty blue hydrangeas anymore?

[@FlowerMoxie]

Hydrangea can be awkward to use in bouquets since it's so big! We like to use it as a base and feed other stems through it to hold our stems in place, but the result is that you don't see a lot of the hydrangea, but it does peek through! If you'd like the hydrangea to be more of a star in the bouquet, we would recommend using about 5-7 stems so that way they really show off and then feed in your other flowers!

[@noagenda4035]

@@FlowerMoxie thank you for replying. I have been learning from your videos and really appreciate what you have done here. I did not even expect anyone to reply, I was just expressing my confusion out loud. Thanks again.

[@elizabethbergherm295]

Have you used tuberose?

[@FlowerMoxie]

I have! I LOVE the scent and texture. I've found they don't have the longest vase life, but would be great if you could source them locally for a wedding! XXXX

[@janicelavoie2457]

Lovely, surprised you still have nail polish on...

[@FlowerMoxie]

Oh man, that's a feat! I have paper-thin nails and the only thing that clings on is gel nail.

[@janicebrandon-trehearn526]

Dont like the rude comments

[@FlowerMoxie]

Hey Janice, everyone has a different sense of humor, and I can understand that you don't appreciate mine. The good news is this is a free tutorial, so if it's not a fit for you, then you don't have to watch it. I wish you the best!

[@Justdessertsforme]

@@FlowerMoxie it is not a matter of humor, the context of the typed responses you have do not have any relevance with your beautiful flower arranging in the tutorial.

[@teresacline3368]

Cover the bush with the bush 😂

[@tito2010otit]

4:40 next let’s take all the pedals off the rose we just need the stems 😂

[@FlowerMoxie]

Those flowers are actually delphinium! When working with linear flowers like delphinium , stock and snapdragons, in a bouquet, since you'll only see the top of the flower. To keep the handle of the bouquet clean and neat, you end up stripping off the lower blooms.

[@tito2010otit]

12:44 could have just used one big one and threaded the rest of the flowers through it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@FlowerMoxie]

You can do that but sometimes, depending on the design, you might find that it's necessary to edit the stem, like we did with that hydrangea.

[@Zab_Zab]

The flowers are beautify, but your constant sexual references honestly put me off, So unnecessary and takes away from the rest of the video. I get that you're trying to fill in awkward silences, but music would have been much better suited.

[@FlowerMoxie]

We know our attempts to inject humor or fill in awkward silences with light-hearted banter aren't always for everyone. Our intention is always to create an engaging and enjoyable experience for our viewers while providing valuable content!

[@Zab_Zab]

@@FlowerMoxie There is a difference between light-hearted banter and being distasteful. If it were one or two isolated references, that would have been better too. The rest of your brand seems very classy and modern, but the constant tasteless references takes away much more than it could ever add. I'm just saying that there are better ways to break those silences than to cheapen your overall brand.

[@Stacyaj10]

Why be perverse? We aren’t here for a trashy comedy skit.

[@FlowerMoxie]

We're sorry if our sense of humor didn't resonate with you. Creating your own wedding flowers can be stressful, so we try to keep things light!