IKEA Inspired Instructions - Build A Bouquet
Combining Germany’s love of IKEA, with our love of arranging bouquets, we’ve created our very own IKEA inspired instructions to build a perfect and professional looking bouquet.
Read on below the image to see each step in full detail:
How To Build a Bouquet
First, you will need:
- Foliage
- Focal Flowers
- Secondary Flowers
- Filler Flowers
- Flower Food
- Vase with Water
- Transparent sticky tape
IKEA Inspired Assembly Instructions To Build a Flower Bouquet
Step 1 - Cut your flowers on an angle
By cutting your flowers at an angle, you will increase the overall surface area in the stem - allowing the flower to absorb more water in the vase.
You should also cut them at different lengths. This will help add some texture and shape to your arrangement.
Step 2 - Remove any excess leaves
Remove any leaves or damaged petals - especially those that sit below the waterline in your chosen vase.
If you don’t, these leaves can actually start to rot in the water, and contribute to your bouquet wilting and dying a lot faster. For that reason, this is an important step that shouldn’t be missed.
Step 3 - Use sticky tape to create a template
Create some structure in your vase with clear tape, wire, or floral tape.
To do this, make segments on the top of the vase to indicate the different sections of flowers you’d like to add. This will help you in a couple of steps’ time, when you start to add your flowers, as you already have a ‘template’ ready.
Be sure to keep the tape on the vase while the flowers bloom to keep the shape of the bouquet - plus, it’ll make it easier to craft your next flower bouquet too!
Step 4 - Add flower food
Add some flower food to the water.
By feeding and nourishing your flowers, you can ensure that they are properly cared for with all the nutrients they need in order to stay fresh and bloom.
Step 5 - Add foliage and greenery
Start to add foliage to the vase which will create a base of greenery. We recommend adding larger greenery at the back and smaller greenery at the front for the best effect.
Some examples of foliage you could use in your bouquet include myrtle, lemon leaf, eucalyptus, and grevillea - but remember, the choice is yours!
Step 6 - Add your main focal flowers
Your main focal flowers are the star of the show, so be sure to add these to your vase (closer to the front). Arrange them as you wish.
Some focus flowers Euroflorist recommends include sunflowers, roses, hydrangeas and lilies.
Step 7 - Add your secondary flowers
Add your secondary flowers to the vase and arrange these around the focus flowers.
For this, it’s best to use flowers with a different shaped head to the focal flowers, as well as different colours to create some depth and volume to the bouquet.
Some secondary flower examples include spray roses, chrysanthemums, or mini carnations.
Step 8 - Add your filler flowers
Add smaller, filler flowers to the vase and arrange around your focal flowers to create some shape. You can also add these in groups of 3 to areas of the bouquet to create some further volume.
Some filler flowers you could use include baby’s breath, thistle, snapdragons, or limonium.
Step 9 - Arrange the flowers in a criss-cross
Once all your flowers are added to the vase, you may want to rearrange slightly to create some more depth and shape to the bouquet.
To do this, place your flowers at an angle in the vase, so the stems look like a criss-cross - this also helps to hold the arrangement in place.
Remember, you don’t need to make your bouquet perfectly symmetrical as odd numbers make more shape to the arrangement.