- 1). Remove leaves and thorns from each floral stem with your hands or a stem stripper tool. Store the flowers in a bucket of lukewarm water while creating the bouquet.
- 2). Arrange flowers into a spherical shape while holding the bunch in one hand. Begin the arrangement with four flowers and vary the heights of remaining 16 to 36 flowers to create the "ball" shape. Vary the colors in one flower type such as roses and arrange according to personal preference.
- 3). Twist a thick rubber band around the stems approximately three inches from the flower, or where the stems come together naturally to avoid breaking stems. Twist another rubber band about five inches below the first band.
- 4). Trim the stem bunch under running water on an angle with a pair of sharp scissors. The stems should be approximately six to seven inches long.
- 5). Tuck one end of a strand of ribbon matching the wedding colors underneath the top rubber band and secure with a dab of hot glue. Wrap the ribbon around the stems, covering all visible green between the two rubber bands and tuck the opposite ribbon's end into the lower band. Secure with a hot glue gun. Store the bouquet overnight in the refrigerator.
- 6). Hot glue any beading or bows to the bouquet handle after wrapping the stems in ribbon.
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