Inspiration for your summertime bouquet. Just-picked or garden-style bouquets have a looseness and spontaneity to them. They often mix leafy branches with a variety of textures, large face flowers, and delicately detailed multi-bloom flowers. We love to cluster like flowers to mimic how they would grow in nature – or in a garden. The overall silhouette is asymmetrical and a little wild. Informal, natural beauty.

DIY Bouquet Tutorial

Trying your hand at a DIY bouquet this season? Tap below for guidance. The right technique makes all the difference.

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��What You'll Need:

• Japanese Floral Clippers
• Floral Stem Tape
• Wedding Workshop
• 2" Silk Ribbon, Midnight
• 2" Silk Ribbon, Seafoam
• 2" Silk Ribbon, Soft White

Photos by Jen Huang

Style No. 1: IKEBANA

Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral arranging or “making flowers alive.” Often minimal, asymmetrical, and unexpected, these arrangements typically rely on flower frogs and low bowls as bases.

Expert tip: Less is more! Build your arrangement slowly to avoid over-crowding.
Supplies used: Ceramic Flower Frog Bowl

Style No. 2: Pastoral

Informal and a little wild. These arrangements look like beautiful, naturally-occurring groups. The garden, indoors!

Expert tip: Create texture with a variety of bloom sizes and shapes. For both of these we combined wide, solid petals with delicate, detailed blooms.
Supplies used: Essential Tools

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Style No. 3: Modern

Unexpected combinations, exaggerated lines, and asymmetry. A touch of drama. This style is fun, edgy, and best of all – forgiving! Great for beginners.

Expert tip: Go against the grain when picking blooms. Mix formal roses with herbs and wildflowers.
Supplies used: Vases

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Style No. 4: Airy

Negative space counts as much as a bloom with these. Keep the number of flower varieties minimal and let plenty of space remain between stems.

Expert tip: Branches are brilliant at getting stable, elegant height. Try flowering dogwood, as seen above, or cherry blossoms.
Supplies: Floral Clippers

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Now, Your Turn

Show us what you create. Tag us on Instagram . The most important tip to remember — have fun.

When creating an arrangement of this size, proper vase setup is crucial.

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Vase Setup 101

This part isn’t glamorous, but so essential! Doing this part right will ensure your blooms last as long as possible and your arrangement stays in place.

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Step 1

Start with a clean, dry vessel. Leftover flower debris creates a breeding ground for bacteria, which shortens the lifespan of your flowers, so "clean" is important!

Step 2

Use a generous amount of floral frog putty to adhere the pin frog to the bottom.��We use Sure Stik.

Step 3

Create a cylinder or sphere (depending on vase shape) out of TFS floral netting. It's okay if you need to crush it into the vase a little — the pressure against all sides will help keep everything stable.

Step 4

Further stabilize your mechanics by taping it down in a cross with your TFS waterproof tape.��

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A solid foundation makes all the difference. We hope this helps!

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Straightforward and restrained, we love the less-is-more approach of a single-flower bouquet. Whether your overall aesthetic is minimal, or you simply want to let the focus fall on other details, scroll on for our top tips on letting one flower work its magic.

Varieties

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How-To

It's easy to veer into flower ball territory when creating a single-flower bouquet, so you'll want to take care to layer blooms from the inside out so as to create depth.

• Using your non-dominant hand to imitate the mouth of a vase, crisscross a few stems to create the outline of your bouquet shape.

• Sink a few stems deep into the middle for substance to build on top of. Vary heights and fan the blooms out as you go.

• To keep things neat and manageable, trim your stems as you work, and wrap with stem tape to stabilize as you go.

• Remember to do a final cut just before placing in water to rehydrate!

• If you're making your bouquets ahead of time it's nice to save the ribbon for the day of the event, to keep it from getting soaked in transport.

For visual instructions, tap the video below. With intentional placement, you can still build all the depth and interest of a varied bouquet.

On the Table

The single-flower look lends itself well to tabletops, too. Try layered bud vases with multiple stems of one variety each. Easy, beautiful, done.

For more guidance:

• The TFS guide to making your own bouquet

• Our complete guide to DIY wedding florals

• Words of advice from Sierra and the TFS team

We’d love to see what you make!

— TFS