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- At this point, I'm just gonna go ahead

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and tape the whole length of the stem.

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You'll probably have to do this a couple times

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to get it nice and smooth.

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You would use the same technique that you would

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for wrapping a single stem, it's just a thicker stem.

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I kind of look at the stem and select

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a good place to trim right about here, I'm thinking.

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Use the wire clippers.

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And them I'm gonna add a couple more layers

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to just make sure that I've smoothed

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all of these different endings of the wire.

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Ultimately I'm gonna put ribbon on this

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so that'll kind of help smooth any other areas that you can

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just keep taping.

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You also wanna kind of finish the bottom edge

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so you can put the tape down and then wrap it around

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and tape up the stem a bit, again

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just using the same technique that you've been using

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all along with the floral tape.

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So we've kind of smoothed the sharper points

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created by the different lengths of the wire

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by taping it three or four times,

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just in this lower area.

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I like to create a bouquet that's flat on the back

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so that when the bride holds it flush to her body,

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she's not smashing the flowers on her beautiful dress,

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and I would recommend doing that with real flowers too.

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So you're kind of creating a nice space here

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where she can hold the flowers flush to her.

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If you'd like to kind of finish the back of the bouquet

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to make sure that it's nice for the bride when she's

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walking down the aisle,

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she's not looking at this jumble of wires,

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so I've created a couple of these anemone leaves

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that are basically from blowing up one of these

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smaller leaf templates about 200%

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and then you can cut one leaf into four pieces.

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I'll show you how to do that.

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I'm freehand cutting this leaf,

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'Cause that's what I like to do,

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but you could definitely just blow up

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the template that's provided online.

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And when you cut this you would just smoothly

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cut it into four pieces, so you would ultimately have,

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basically, like, one more section there would be

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if you had blown this up.

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And then to give it some natural veins,

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I just kind of crease.

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Make sure that the front side of the paper

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is facing upwards.

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Texture up.

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And then I just kind of go through

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and roughly fold in curving lines.

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It really helps give the leaves dimension

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and it kind of captures the shadows.

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And it makes it seem like their coming alive.

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Just like that, and you're gonna basically

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tape this little tab onto the back of the bouquet.

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You can do one at a time.

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You're basically looking to just create a fan

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to block out all that mechanics.

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Tape it just like that.

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Tape that little tab in place.

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Go around one or two times.

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Add another one.

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Kind of hold that little tab there and tape that in place.

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And then add one more leaf to the far side.

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Okay then.

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Okay, and that's just a nice way to kinda

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cover the mechanics so that the bride's not looking

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at a bunch of unsightly wire.

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And then you have all your beautiful flowers on the front.

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If you had wanted to continue on

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and create this into an arrangement,

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you would basically just continue it

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adding the flowers around the back

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and you wouldn't need the leaves

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and you wouldn't need to finish the stem, really

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in any other way other than just taping it as we showed you.

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If you do want to create this into a bridal bouquet

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I think it's really nice to finish it with ribbon.

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I have just this beautiful silk ribbon here

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to finish the bouquet with and I estimate you won't

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need any more than three yards,

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probably two, depending on how much you like the tail,

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how long you'd like the tails to be

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and how much loopy bow you like

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or if you don't want a bow at all

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you don't have to put one on.

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To finish the bouquet, you're gonna wanna

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measure out about a yard and a half of the ribbon.

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And then, bring this to the end.

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This portion will make up half of your bow.

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So then you bring the ribbon to the end,

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wrap it around the stem.

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Again, the floral tape is great.

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You can kind of pinch it on there and it sticks.

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And you're gonna just kinda gather it up around,

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and then evenly twist the ribbon up the handle.

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Then, using the remainder of the ribbon,

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you're gonna wrap up the stem.

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And you are gonna see this part so you just wanna

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keep this nice and clean.

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As neat as possible.

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This part's always a little tricky.

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It's gotten thicker at the top

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so I'm just gonna fold it over and then continue wrapping.

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Okay, that's all the way to the top.

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I wanna make sure that the wrapping is as neat

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and even as possible, 'cause this is the part

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that you will be able to view.

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Then you're gonna flip it over.

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At this point you can lay the bouquet down.

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And I'm gonna go ahead and cut that free.

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And then you're gonna take both sides of your ribbon

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and tie a knot in the front.

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And you wanna get that up high as you possibly can,

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to the base of the stems;

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at the very top of the stem.

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And then we come back and tie a bow.

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I don't see this as being a very big floppy bow.

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It's kind of a, just a little delicate bow

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at the very top, and they can flop down a little bit.

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Depending on the style of your bride,

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I like to ask her how long she would like her tails.

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Depending on the style of her dress,

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and her overall aesthetic,

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what effect she's going for.

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Sometimes long trail-y ribbon tails

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are really nice and then sometimes

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it's just a clean, tailored thing.

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For this bouquet, I imagine trimming about here.

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Looks about ten inches down the ribbon tails.

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I just like a simple diagonal cut

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on the ends of the ribbons.

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We're all done.

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Looks really pretty, huh?

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And now you've learned a lot of the techniques in the books.

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You've learned how to pleat petals,

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which is one of the most difficult techniques in the book,

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and you've also learned the most common bleaching technique,

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which is the dip-dye bleaching.

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Really feel free to experiment with the shape.

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It could be asymmetrical,

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you could have one bloom coming out,

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you could have something trailing out of the bottom,

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and you can totally mix.

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You don't have to use this color palette,

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you could do all white blooms.

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I love the white anemone with the black center.

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You could mix in peonies.

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You could really do whatever you want.

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The possibilities are endless and it's also paper,

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so you could make some combination

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that doesn't even exist in nature.

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And the wonderful thing about paper too is that

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it'll last forever if you take good care of it.