1 00:00:00,839 --> 00:00:02,328 - We're going to begin with a bouquet 2 00:00:02,328 --> 00:00:04,915 and we have some really beautiful flowers right here. 3 00:00:04,915 --> 00:00:07,717 And I'm super excited to just jump in and start building 4 00:00:07,717 --> 00:00:09,169 but Emily why don't you tell us 5 00:00:09,169 --> 00:00:12,527 how you like to start building and what the first step is. 6 00:00:12,527 --> 00:00:14,580 - Sure, so my approach to arranging 7 00:00:14,580 --> 00:00:17,598 is a picked from the garden type of look. 8 00:00:17,598 --> 00:00:20,848 I like to choose a variety of textures, 9 00:00:21,380 --> 00:00:24,959 colors, and elements when arranging the bouquet. 10 00:00:24,959 --> 00:00:27,449 And the first step is to actually make a 11 00:00:27,449 --> 00:00:31,032 sort of skeleton or cage with the greenery. 12 00:00:31,318 --> 00:00:32,410 - Do we need to do anything to the 13 00:00:32,410 --> 00:00:34,679 individual flowers before we start? 14 00:00:34,679 --> 00:00:37,438 - Exactly, so often times you will 15 00:00:37,438 --> 00:00:41,538 first get bunches of flowers that you will need to strip 16 00:00:41,538 --> 00:00:45,609 the leaves of so that the stems are actually fairly clean 17 00:00:45,609 --> 00:00:48,158 when you are ready to build your bouquet. 18 00:00:48,158 --> 00:00:49,360 I like to do that first. 19 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,379 So all of my stems are ready so I can just build together. 20 00:00:52,379 --> 00:00:53,908 Cause actually you're holding the bouquet 21 00:00:53,908 --> 00:00:55,996 with one hand and adding with the other. 22 00:00:55,996 --> 00:00:57,855 - You don't want to mess up your creative flow. 23 00:00:57,855 --> 00:00:58,688 - Exactly. 24 00:00:58,688 --> 00:01:00,186 When you purchase your flowers 25 00:01:00,186 --> 00:01:01,626 there are going to be a couple parts of them 26 00:01:01,626 --> 00:01:04,058 that you actually might not want in the bouquet. 27 00:01:04,058 --> 00:01:07,176 So it's totally okay to strip the stems of the leaves, 28 00:01:07,176 --> 00:01:09,498 which I often do just with my hands. 29 00:01:09,498 --> 00:01:11,177 Sometimes you might want to use your shears 30 00:01:11,177 --> 00:01:13,178 but this is the way I do it. 31 00:01:13,178 --> 00:01:14,935 You can do it fairly quickly and just remove 32 00:01:14,935 --> 00:01:19,102 the pieces that you don't want showing in your bouquet. 33 00:01:23,057 --> 00:01:25,238 We have all of our flowers stripped so what we're 34 00:01:25,238 --> 00:01:29,405 going to do is grab a couple of the greenery pieces. 35 00:01:29,751 --> 00:01:30,863 And today we actually have. 36 00:01:30,863 --> 00:01:32,780 - [Christina] Oak leaf. 37 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:35,693 - [Emily] And there's some bay leaf in there too Christina. 38 00:01:35,693 --> 00:01:37,443 - [Christina] Okay let me grab that. 39 00:01:37,443 --> 00:01:39,663 So this is not a culinary bay, right? 40 00:01:39,663 --> 00:01:41,352 This is more of an ornamental bay? 41 00:01:41,352 --> 00:01:42,685 - [Emily] Decorative. 42 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:46,626 We start our bouquets with a framework of greenery. 43 00:01:46,626 --> 00:01:49,941 If some on your stems have extra pieces of greenery 44 00:01:49,941 --> 00:01:52,058 below where you're holding it. 45 00:01:52,058 --> 00:01:55,900 You can go ahead and take your clippers and take them off. 46 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:57,581 It looks like yours are fairly clean Christina. 47 00:01:57,581 --> 00:01:58,930 - [Christina] Yeah mine are pretty good. 48 00:01:58,930 --> 00:02:03,097 - [Emily] So I'm just going to go ahead and take these off. 49 00:02:03,149 --> 00:02:04,831 And then what I like to do is actually 50 00:02:04,831 --> 00:02:07,498 put it as a cross in my fingers. 51 00:02:07,947 --> 00:02:10,598 Instead of having it really tight together, 52 00:02:10,598 --> 00:02:13,057 and this usually creates a tighter bouquet at the top. 53 00:02:13,057 --> 00:02:13,890 - [Christina] Got it. 54 00:02:13,890 --> 00:02:15,097 - [Emily] So because I like mine so loose 55 00:02:15,097 --> 00:02:16,630 I go ahead and arrange them starting 56 00:02:16,630 --> 00:02:18,248 with an X at the bottom. 57 00:02:18,248 --> 00:02:21,684 And if you need extra greenery go ahead and grab some. 58 00:02:21,684 --> 00:02:23,485 Sometimes I like to use two pieces, 59 00:02:23,485 --> 00:02:25,305 sometimes I use three pieces. 60 00:02:25,305 --> 00:02:26,138 - [Christina] Mine are pretty full 61 00:02:26,138 --> 00:02:28,027 so I think I'm just going leave these how they are. 62 00:02:28,027 --> 00:02:29,018 - [Emily] They are, they look perfect. 63 00:02:29,018 --> 00:02:29,994 - Don't you think? - Absolutely. 64 00:02:29,994 --> 00:02:30,827 - [Christina] Do you think I should 65 00:02:30,827 --> 00:02:31,660 even take one of these off? 66 00:02:31,660 --> 00:02:32,802 Well we can see how it goes. 67 00:02:32,802 --> 00:02:33,859 - [Emily] I think we'll see how it goes. 68 00:02:33,859 --> 00:02:34,692 - [Christina] Okay. 69 00:02:34,692 --> 00:02:35,873 - It's important, too, to notice 70 00:02:35,873 --> 00:02:38,682 if your stems are a little stiff you can actually 71 00:02:38,682 --> 00:02:41,773 use them as support for some of the looser flowers. 72 00:02:41,773 --> 00:02:45,181 You can go ahead and grab a larger piece of lupine. 73 00:02:45,181 --> 00:02:46,848 - Lu Pine, whatever. 74 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:48,182 - Tomato, tomahto. 75 00:02:48,182 --> 00:02:49,530 - We can't figure out what it's called (laughs). 76 00:02:49,530 --> 00:02:50,581 - [Emily] So you can go ahead and use this 77 00:02:50,581 --> 00:02:54,748 as part of the structure in the front of the actual bouquet. 78 00:02:56,572 --> 00:02:57,405 - [Christina] Okay. 79 00:02:57,405 --> 00:02:59,332 - And great, you took off your leaves. 80 00:02:59,332 --> 00:03:00,553 Something I like to keep in mind 81 00:03:00,553 --> 00:03:02,753 is that you never actually see the back of the bouquet. 82 00:03:02,753 --> 00:03:03,586 - Yeah. 83 00:03:03,586 --> 00:03:05,051 - Typically so we don't really focus 84 00:03:05,051 --> 00:03:06,172 on the back of the bouquet. 85 00:03:06,172 --> 00:03:08,390 I look at it more as a painting from 86 00:03:08,390 --> 00:03:09,650 the front of the bouquet. 87 00:03:09,650 --> 00:03:12,092 So that's where most of our focus is going to be. 88 00:03:12,092 --> 00:03:14,743 So this larger structural piece, 89 00:03:14,743 --> 00:03:17,494 I like to put in the back and think of it as 90 00:03:17,494 --> 00:03:20,033 you're building it out from the front. 91 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,773 So this piece is going to be there. 92 00:03:21,773 --> 00:03:23,413 And then the next consideration 93 00:03:23,413 --> 00:03:26,954 is the color and how it's going to continue with this piece. 94 00:03:26,954 --> 00:03:29,223 And the structure of the next piece as well. 95 00:03:29,223 --> 00:03:32,772 So as you're building, kind of keep those things in mind. 96 00:03:32,772 --> 00:03:34,695 For the next color, let's find something 97 00:03:34,695 --> 00:03:36,985 that continues with this color really well. 98 00:03:36,985 --> 00:03:40,902 So let's actually grab one of our garden roses. 99 00:03:41,543 --> 00:03:43,094 - [Christina] Think I'm going to have to grab one from you. 100 00:03:43,094 --> 00:03:44,181 I don't think I have any over here. 101 00:03:44,181 --> 00:03:45,681 Thanks, beautiful. 102 00:03:47,204 --> 00:03:48,403 - [Emily] So you can see how 103 00:03:48,403 --> 00:03:51,403 this color is going to be continued. 104 00:03:52,104 --> 00:03:56,271 And this rose actually acts as one of our focal pieces 105 00:03:56,603 --> 00:04:00,013 but the bouquets will actually have a larger focal piece, 106 00:04:00,013 --> 00:04:02,323 a smaller focal piece, and then pieces that 107 00:04:02,323 --> 00:04:04,854 I like to consider as accent pieces. 108 00:04:04,854 --> 00:04:05,687 - [Christina] Great. 109 00:04:05,687 --> 00:04:06,683 - [Emily] So if you have any extra 110 00:04:06,683 --> 00:04:09,271 stems that you don't want on there. 111 00:04:09,271 --> 00:04:11,451 And it's important to take into consideration 112 00:04:11,451 --> 00:04:13,060 when someone's actually hold this 113 00:04:13,060 --> 00:04:14,314 that they don't want the. 114 00:04:14,314 --> 00:04:16,235 - [Christina] They don't want to be jabbed with it. 115 00:04:16,235 --> 00:04:18,145 - [Emily] Right, they definitely don't want to be jabbed 116 00:04:18,145 --> 00:04:19,965 but you don't want it to be too thick 117 00:04:19,965 --> 00:04:21,274 or uncomfortable for them to hold. 118 00:04:21,274 --> 00:04:22,107 - [Christina] Okay. 119 00:04:22,107 --> 00:04:24,211 - [Emily] So just keep that in mind as you're building. 120 00:04:24,211 --> 00:04:26,243 It's important to consider the size of the flower 121 00:04:26,243 --> 00:04:28,765 and also how you're holding it as your building it. 122 00:04:28,765 --> 00:04:32,932 So you can see here that I have my X still being continued. 123 00:04:33,743 --> 00:04:34,576 - [Christina] Okay. 124 00:04:34,576 --> 00:04:37,274 - [Emily] And what I do is I build flowers on to 125 00:04:37,274 --> 00:04:39,094 each part of the front and have 126 00:04:39,094 --> 00:04:41,275 the stems coming down to each side. 127 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:43,315 I really like those loose looking stems, 128 00:04:43,315 --> 00:04:46,722 again like they were just thrown together from the garden. 129 00:04:46,722 --> 00:04:49,765 As you're building the piece from the front, 130 00:04:49,765 --> 00:04:52,221 also consider all of the flowers coming down 131 00:04:52,221 --> 00:04:55,204 and over and sort of rounding out in the front. 132 00:04:55,204 --> 00:04:59,159 So you can go ahead and grab some of this Queen Anne's Lace. 133 00:04:59,159 --> 00:05:00,373 So gorgeous right now on all the 134 00:05:00,373 --> 00:05:02,483 freeways of California right now (both laugh). 135 00:05:02,483 --> 00:05:03,636 - [Christina] I love this purple version. 136 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:05,203 I feel like you usually see it it's kind of whitish. 137 00:05:05,203 --> 00:05:07,545 - [Emily] It looks really antiquy. 138 00:05:07,545 --> 00:05:09,255 My piece is particularly large, 139 00:05:09,255 --> 00:05:11,063 so I'm actually going to kind of put that in front. 140 00:05:11,063 --> 00:05:12,335 - [Christina] Okay. 141 00:05:12,335 --> 00:05:14,154 - [Emily] But I'm continuing with my X here. 142 00:05:14,154 --> 00:05:15,122 So this how I do it. 143 00:05:15,122 --> 00:05:18,584 You can just hold it with your thumb in the front. 144 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:22,501 So let's go ahead and continue this pink color. 145 00:05:23,053 --> 00:05:25,053 Grab a darker pink color and if you have one, 146 00:05:25,053 --> 00:05:27,486 and if you don't you can go ahead and borrow some of mine. 147 00:05:27,486 --> 00:05:29,154 - [Christina] Okay I got it. 148 00:05:29,154 --> 00:05:30,643 - [Emily] And you can already start to see 149 00:05:30,643 --> 00:05:32,594 how when you put the colors together 150 00:05:32,594 --> 00:05:35,543 it really is starting to create the color story. 151 00:05:35,543 --> 00:05:36,773 So if you look at this right now 152 00:05:36,773 --> 00:05:39,690 you're like, that's a pink bouquet. 153 00:05:39,878 --> 00:05:43,185 We have our gradient of colors starting within this bouquet. 154 00:05:43,185 --> 00:05:45,615 So you put the pinks kind of next to each other, 155 00:05:45,615 --> 00:05:47,093 and then we'll continue with the oranges 156 00:05:47,093 --> 00:05:49,554 and some of the lighter colors 157 00:05:49,554 --> 00:05:51,347 to create a more complete color palette. 158 00:05:51,347 --> 00:05:52,569 - [Christina] Okay great. 159 00:05:52,569 --> 00:05:54,528 - [Emily] And I actually have an example 160 00:05:54,528 --> 00:05:57,477 of how you continue the gradient of color within this one. 161 00:05:57,477 --> 00:05:58,310 - [Christina] Yeah, that one's gorgeous. 162 00:05:58,310 --> 00:05:59,329 - [Emily] So you can see that I have the 163 00:05:59,329 --> 00:06:01,637 oranges on the bottom right-hand side 164 00:06:01,637 --> 00:06:04,019 and some of the lighter pinks towards the middle 165 00:06:04,019 --> 00:06:06,527 next to the Queen Anne's Lace that's on the right side. 166 00:06:06,527 --> 00:06:09,328 - Yeah I love the kind of ombre thing 167 00:06:09,328 --> 00:06:10,718 that ends up happening sometimes. 168 00:06:10,718 --> 00:06:12,405 I think you know one of our favorite bouquets 169 00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:14,605 that you've like ever made we've shown on our site. 170 00:06:14,605 --> 00:06:15,438 - Thank you! 171 00:06:15,438 --> 00:06:16,944 - It was like, so popular. 172 00:06:16,944 --> 00:06:18,535 so beautiful - I appreciate that. 173 00:06:18,535 --> 00:06:21,196 Yeah no, I feel like it's really, really important 174 00:06:21,196 --> 00:06:22,624 and one of those things that you'll 175 00:06:22,624 --> 00:06:24,165 just get better with with time. 176 00:06:24,165 --> 00:06:26,186 It's like noticing how the colors go together. 177 00:06:26,186 --> 00:06:27,976 Think about the shape of the flower 178 00:06:27,976 --> 00:06:30,046 and the color of the flower as well. 179 00:06:30,046 --> 00:06:33,404 Sometimes when you don't put colors that continue together, 180 00:06:33,404 --> 00:06:35,363 it can look like a polka dot bouquet. 181 00:06:35,363 --> 00:06:36,196 I don't know if you've ever seen that? 182 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:37,029 - Yeah of course. 183 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:39,076 - It's like a couple reds interspersed. 184 00:06:39,076 --> 00:06:41,282 I call those polka dot bouquets. 185 00:06:41,282 --> 00:06:42,245 - [Christina] Okay, yep. 186 00:06:42,245 --> 00:06:44,126 - And again, this is how I do it. 187 00:06:44,126 --> 00:06:48,004 And there's a variety of ways that you can do it. 188 00:06:48,004 --> 00:06:50,421 So if we continue taking into 189 00:06:51,315 --> 00:06:54,482 consideration varietals and the color, 190 00:06:54,504 --> 00:06:58,444 let's go ahead and grab a color that's going to move 191 00:06:58,444 --> 00:07:02,194 in sort of the more orangy, peachy direction. 192 00:07:02,223 --> 00:07:03,233 - [Christina] Okay, yep. 193 00:07:03,233 --> 00:07:04,982 - [Emily] And these beautiful strawflowers, again, 194 00:07:04,982 --> 00:07:07,732 one of my top, top three flowers. 195 00:07:08,083 --> 00:07:09,263 - [Christina] These are awesome (laughs). 196 00:07:09,263 --> 00:07:10,913 - I love them so much and I love them too 197 00:07:10,913 --> 00:07:14,472 because you can use them in a variety of ways 198 00:07:14,472 --> 00:07:16,323 and the color actually remains 199 00:07:16,323 --> 00:07:18,213 even after you've taken it out of water. 200 00:07:18,213 --> 00:07:19,963 So these are great flowers to dry. 201 00:07:19,963 --> 00:07:21,793 I love them in boutonnieres because the color 202 00:07:21,793 --> 00:07:25,913 will last all day and even into the weeks to come. 203 00:07:25,913 --> 00:07:27,662 - And it's nice because they don't 204 00:07:27,662 --> 00:07:29,714 actually require a lot of water to stay looking nice. 205 00:07:29,714 --> 00:07:30,547 - [Emily] Exactly. 206 00:07:30,547 --> 00:07:31,460 - [Christina] So you could make 207 00:07:31,460 --> 00:07:32,574 your boutonnieres ahead of time. 208 00:07:32,574 --> 00:07:35,155 - [Emily] so fun and they come in so many beautiful colors. 209 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:37,566 For this peachy one, I'm going to go ahead 210 00:07:37,566 --> 00:07:41,566 and sort of put it in the middle of the bouquet. 211 00:07:41,665 --> 00:07:44,082 And let's continue the color. 212 00:07:44,123 --> 00:07:45,713 As you can see here and it's sort of moving 213 00:07:45,713 --> 00:07:47,525 over to the right-hand side. 214 00:07:47,525 --> 00:07:49,954 So to me this looks like the beginning of a painting. 215 00:07:49,954 --> 00:07:51,234 And you can add a lot more colors 216 00:07:51,234 --> 00:07:53,512 to make it look like a complete painting. 217 00:07:53,512 --> 00:07:54,962 With this Queen Anne's Lace, it's actually doing 218 00:07:54,962 --> 00:07:57,124 is becoming my focal flower in the front. 219 00:07:57,124 --> 00:07:59,170 And this rose is becoming your focal flower in the front. 220 00:07:59,170 --> 00:08:00,003 - [Christina] Yeah I actually. 221 00:08:00,003 --> 00:08:01,942 Which I actually think is great. 222 00:08:01,942 --> 00:08:03,791 The bouquets do not need to be the same. 223 00:08:03,791 --> 00:08:06,012 In fact, the bouquets can be a little different. 224 00:08:06,012 --> 00:08:08,232 I suggest making them all a little different. 225 00:08:08,232 --> 00:08:09,352 It just makes it more fun and again, 226 00:08:09,352 --> 00:08:12,232 looks like they were just picked from the garden. 227 00:08:12,232 --> 00:08:14,099 - And this is like, as someone who 228 00:08:14,099 --> 00:08:15,012 doesn't normally make bouquets, 229 00:08:15,012 --> 00:08:16,902 this is definitely feeling a little bit awkward 230 00:08:16,902 --> 00:08:18,430 but just in the last few minutes 231 00:08:18,430 --> 00:08:20,632 its become, as you've arranged thing around 232 00:08:20,632 --> 00:08:22,251 it does beCome more comfortable. 233 00:08:22,251 --> 00:08:23,940 - As soon as we put the rubber band around it too. 234 00:08:23,940 --> 00:08:26,320 I'll show you how you can mess with some pieces 235 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:27,972 to make it look exactly like you want it. 236 00:08:27,972 --> 00:08:29,583 And then we'll go ahead and put the tape on it. 237 00:08:29,583 --> 00:08:30,792 - [Christina] Cool, okay. 238 00:08:30,792 --> 00:08:33,043 - [Emily] Let's continue with this color, with this peach. 239 00:08:33,043 --> 00:08:35,332 And I love this yellow center in this strawflower. 240 00:08:35,332 --> 00:08:37,450 - Yeah so beautiful - Is it not so beautiful? 241 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:38,771 - [Christina] It's totally beautiful. 242 00:08:38,771 --> 00:08:40,503 - [Emily] Okay, so these flowers 243 00:08:40,503 --> 00:08:42,503 have sort of become our focal flowers. 244 00:08:42,503 --> 00:08:43,693 And I'll mention too Christina, 245 00:08:43,693 --> 00:08:46,142 we can kind of take off these little guys 246 00:08:46,142 --> 00:08:47,737 who aren't looking so good. 247 00:08:47,737 --> 00:08:49,402 So we still want to make sure 248 00:08:49,402 --> 00:08:52,152 everything's looking super sharp. 249 00:08:52,752 --> 00:08:55,532 Because these are acting as our focal flowers, 250 00:08:55,532 --> 00:08:58,312 let's try and put in one of the Cafe au Lait dahlias. 251 00:08:58,312 --> 00:08:59,145 - [Christina] Yeah. 252 00:08:59,145 --> 00:09:01,523 - [Emily] Which are one of the most popular wedding flowers 253 00:09:01,523 --> 00:09:04,692 and are perfectly in season in summer and into fall. 254 00:09:04,692 --> 00:09:06,904 They are definitely one of my favorite as well. 255 00:09:06,904 --> 00:09:11,071 I will say that they don't last for too long out of water. 256 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:13,108 - [Emily] But let's mess around with it and see if it works. 257 00:09:13,108 --> 00:09:16,125 - [Christina] I'm mean mine is so big, it's all, goodbye. 258 00:09:16,125 --> 00:09:18,215 - [Emily] And what you can always do is 259 00:09:18,215 --> 00:09:19,884 move pieces around a little bit. 260 00:09:19,884 --> 00:09:21,984 And let's go ahead and see how it looks in here. 261 00:09:21,984 --> 00:09:24,524 And if it doesn't look great, you can just remove it. 262 00:09:24,524 --> 00:09:26,545 Look at that huge dahlia! - I mean, 263 00:09:26,545 --> 00:09:27,812 - [Emily] It looks so amazing 264 00:09:27,812 --> 00:09:29,204 if didn't look okay - Did you know 265 00:09:29,204 --> 00:09:31,215 that they call them dinner plate when they get this big. 266 00:09:31,215 --> 00:09:33,337 - [Emily] Often times, yes. 267 00:09:33,337 --> 00:09:34,318 - [Christina] But if feels like, 268 00:09:34,318 --> 00:09:36,437 even though this guy is so huge, 269 00:09:36,437 --> 00:09:39,986 if i just sort of carefully nudge these up a little bit. 270 00:09:39,986 --> 00:09:40,819 - Absolutely - You know then 271 00:09:40,819 --> 00:09:42,535 it doesn't eclipse them quite so much. 272 00:09:42,535 --> 00:09:44,506 - [Emily] I love to mention too as we're going 273 00:09:44,506 --> 00:09:47,266 because I haven't yet, that it's important 274 00:09:47,266 --> 00:09:51,326 to take the plane of the arrangement into consideration too. 275 00:09:51,326 --> 00:09:54,102 So you don't want everything in one tight ball. 276 00:09:54,102 --> 00:09:56,035 At least that's how I do it. 277 00:09:56,035 --> 00:09:57,448 So as you're doing this and why 278 00:09:57,448 --> 00:09:59,573 I hold the arrangements in this way 279 00:09:59,573 --> 00:10:02,075 is so that you can actually push these stems up 280 00:10:02,075 --> 00:10:05,596 and adjust the plane on the arrangement as well. 281 00:10:05,596 --> 00:10:07,187 - [Christina] Oh I see, okay so you don't have 282 00:10:07,187 --> 00:10:08,879 to grab the flower head, you're actually 283 00:10:08,879 --> 00:10:09,988 going to push from the bottom. 284 00:10:09,988 --> 00:10:11,009 - [Emily] Exactly. 285 00:10:11,009 --> 00:10:11,997 - [Christina] That's probably a way better way to do it. 286 00:10:11,997 --> 00:10:13,157 - [Emily] Well the worst thing to do 287 00:10:13,157 --> 00:10:14,649 is to grab it by the head and have it break. 288 00:10:14,649 --> 00:10:17,617 And then you have to replace that one within the bouquet. 289 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:19,339 When you're building it it's so close to you 290 00:10:19,339 --> 00:10:21,577 and it actually feels like the flowers might be 291 00:10:21,577 --> 00:10:22,917 really messy and out of place, 292 00:10:22,917 --> 00:10:24,548 but from far away, it looks amazing 293 00:10:24,548 --> 00:10:26,559 when they are on different planes. 294 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,097 So as you can see this strawflower is coming out 295 00:10:29,097 --> 00:10:31,354 and this Queen Anne's Lace is 296 00:10:31,354 --> 00:10:33,390 actually tucked in a little bit. 297 00:10:33,390 --> 00:10:35,739 And what you can do is adjust the stems even more 298 00:10:35,739 --> 00:10:37,738 to make them even more on different planes 299 00:10:37,738 --> 00:10:40,080 and make it look like it was naturally thrown together. 300 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,138 - [Christina] Okay so what do 301 00:10:41,138 --> 00:10:42,490 we think about this big dahlia? 302 00:10:42,490 --> 00:10:43,561 - [Emily] I think that dahlia 303 00:10:43,561 --> 00:10:45,160 is a little too big for the bouquet. 304 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,771 - [Christina] Yeah, I mean gorgeous, but. 305 00:10:46,771 --> 00:10:47,990 - [Emily] Gorgeous but a little too big. 306 00:10:47,990 --> 00:10:49,573 It's definitely ... 307 00:10:49,850 --> 00:10:51,220 - [Christina] So move this to one side? 308 00:10:51,220 --> 00:10:52,619 - [Emily] Absolutely. 309 00:10:52,619 --> 00:10:55,184 I think grab that smaller one and see if that works for you. 310 00:10:55,184 --> 00:10:56,787 - [Christina] Okay, ah! 311 00:10:56,787 --> 00:10:57,817 - [Emily] Better! 312 00:10:57,817 --> 00:10:59,237 That looks so pretty! - That looks better right? 313 00:10:59,237 --> 00:11:01,130 - Yes, perfect. - Very good. 314 00:11:01,130 --> 00:11:03,997 - [Emily] So we'll go ahead and continue to 315 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,497 move our color along the side. 316 00:11:07,363 --> 00:11:10,116 What we've done is we've kind of built the left side 317 00:11:10,116 --> 00:11:12,188 but we'll add a couple more things at the very end. 318 00:11:12,188 --> 00:11:14,527 And we're just completing the right side here. 319 00:11:14,527 --> 00:11:17,110 So I have a darker strawflower. 320 00:11:17,266 --> 00:11:19,569 Kind of an orange family that I'm going 321 00:11:19,569 --> 00:11:22,289 to go ahead and add to this side also. 322 00:11:22,289 --> 00:11:23,637 And even if yours isn't orange. 323 00:11:23,637 --> 00:11:25,409 Yep, just go ahead and keep adding 324 00:11:25,409 --> 00:11:26,767 the colors that continue together. 325 00:11:26,767 --> 00:11:28,967 It does not need to look anything like mine. 326 00:11:28,967 --> 00:11:31,220 In fact, if they are different, better. 327 00:11:31,220 --> 00:11:32,596 - [Christina] That idea is the space huh? 328 00:11:32,596 --> 00:11:33,778 - Absolutely - Okay. 329 00:11:33,778 --> 00:11:35,788 - [Emily] So I lowered these Gaillardia flowers 330 00:11:35,788 --> 00:11:38,748 that have these beautiful orange and yellow tips. 331 00:11:38,748 --> 00:11:40,589 If you see this by itself it might 332 00:11:40,589 --> 00:11:42,000 not seem like your favorite flower. 333 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,626 But when you actually add it into the bouquet 334 00:11:44,626 --> 00:11:46,868 the color continues perfectly and I think just 335 00:11:46,868 --> 00:11:50,980 adds that little bit that just makes it complete, to me. 336 00:11:50,980 --> 00:11:52,602 - [Christina] That's beautiful. 337 00:11:52,602 --> 00:11:54,422 - [Emily] We want to keep it a little wild. 338 00:11:54,422 --> 00:11:56,030 - [Christina] Apparently my tendency 339 00:11:56,030 --> 00:11:58,094 is to keep everything more organized. 340 00:11:58,094 --> 00:11:59,381 - [Emily] It's okay, that is a good thing. 341 00:11:59,381 --> 00:12:00,421 - [Christina] I mean, maybe. 342 00:12:00,421 --> 00:12:03,202 It looks better when it's a little wild for sure. 343 00:12:03,202 --> 00:12:04,343 That's why we're learning today. 344 00:12:04,343 --> 00:12:06,082 - [Emily] Absolutely. 345 00:12:06,082 --> 00:12:09,415 Sometimes, you might just want one item. 346 00:12:10,398 --> 00:12:13,248 So because this dahlia is our focal point 347 00:12:13,248 --> 00:12:14,529 we're just going to have one of them. 348 00:12:14,529 --> 00:12:17,090 If we had more, it would be a gigantic bouquet. 349 00:12:17,090 --> 00:12:18,910 Because the gaillardia are a bit smaller, 350 00:12:18,910 --> 00:12:23,077 you can go ahead and add two or even three if you have them. 351 00:12:23,672 --> 00:12:26,324 And again that's totally up to you. 352 00:12:26,324 --> 00:12:30,491 I like to have something that I like to call a rogue flower. 353 00:12:30,912 --> 00:12:34,292 So I have one, like totally sticking out of nowhere. 354 00:12:34,292 --> 00:12:37,606 And it's just one like, free flowin on the side! 355 00:12:37,606 --> 00:12:38,741 - [Christina] Can I pop it into the back? 356 00:12:38,741 --> 00:12:40,832 - [Emily] Absolutely, in fact, that's perfect. 357 00:12:40,832 --> 00:12:42,833 - [Christina] Okay, there's my rogue. 358 00:12:42,833 --> 00:12:45,555 - [Emily] There's your rogue and I have my rogue. 359 00:12:45,555 --> 00:12:48,302 And look how pretty these look together. 360 00:12:48,302 --> 00:12:50,412 And when we even add the third one in, 361 00:12:50,412 --> 00:12:53,735 this finished one, if these were in a bridesmaid's line 362 00:12:53,735 --> 00:12:55,346 they would look perfect together 363 00:12:55,346 --> 00:12:57,970 even though they're not the same. 364 00:12:57,970 --> 00:13:01,913 In fact, I love the variety, I absolutely love it. 365 00:13:01,913 --> 00:13:05,580 So let's add a very few more accent flowers. 366 00:13:08,024 --> 00:13:09,545 You have the blushing bride over there, 367 00:13:09,545 --> 00:13:11,532 which I'm obsessed with again, 368 00:13:11,532 --> 00:13:14,615 - You want one? - Sure I'll take one. 369 00:13:14,865 --> 00:13:16,914 These actually need to be stripped of their leaves 370 00:13:16,914 --> 00:13:18,492 which is important to do before hand. 371 00:13:18,492 --> 00:13:20,531 But since our hands are full, you can go ahead 372 00:13:20,531 --> 00:13:23,146 and try and do it with one hand. 373 00:13:23,146 --> 00:13:25,164 Don't get me wrong, it's hard to take off these leaves 374 00:13:25,164 --> 00:13:28,164 when your left hand has the bouquet in it. 375 00:13:28,164 --> 00:13:29,472 And I suggest not to put it down 376 00:13:29,472 --> 00:13:31,374 cause then you'll have to kind of start all over again. 377 00:13:31,374 --> 00:13:32,675 - [Chirstina] (laughs) okay. 378 00:13:32,675 --> 00:13:36,842 - [Emily] so we'll just take off a couple, if there are any. 379 00:13:36,883 --> 00:13:39,050 Just need to snip the end. 380 00:13:40,534 --> 00:13:42,793 And then lets add this blushing bride. 381 00:13:42,793 --> 00:13:45,916 I'm going to go ahead and put it to the side that 382 00:13:45,916 --> 00:13:48,493 has the most white or lighter colors. 383 00:13:48,493 --> 00:13:49,453 - [Christina] Yeah it's nice to have. 384 00:13:49,453 --> 00:13:50,804 - [Emily] I actually think that it's 385 00:13:50,804 --> 00:13:53,070 really beautiful next to the Cafe au Lait. 386 00:13:53,070 --> 00:13:55,273 Let's look at the two of these together. 387 00:13:55,273 --> 00:13:56,631 Right they look good in a row. 388 00:13:56,631 --> 00:13:57,464 - [Christina] Super cute. 389 00:13:57,464 --> 00:13:58,394 - [Emily] I like the variety. 390 00:13:58,394 --> 00:13:59,572 - [Christina] I can also see how 391 00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:02,202 more you did of these and you get into a flow. 392 00:14:02,202 --> 00:14:04,040 So your first one might take a little time, 393 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,371 but then your second and third 394 00:14:05,371 --> 00:14:06,793 if you were making a bunch of them, 395 00:14:06,793 --> 00:14:08,632 would start to go a little faster. 396 00:14:08,632 --> 00:14:10,204 - [Emily] Bouquets are definitely challenging. 397 00:14:10,204 --> 00:14:12,143 It's taken me a couple years to be able 398 00:14:12,143 --> 00:14:14,009 to learn how to hold them properly. 399 00:14:14,009 --> 00:14:16,952 And then when you have six to eight bridesmaids, 400 00:14:16,952 --> 00:14:19,959 how long it's going to take you and things like that. 401 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:21,162 So let's go ahead and assess how 402 00:14:21,162 --> 00:14:23,715 everything looks in the bouquet together. 403 00:14:23,715 --> 00:14:26,223 Make sure that pieces are on different planes. 404 00:14:26,223 --> 00:14:28,794 And that your focal flower is is the front. 405 00:14:28,794 --> 00:14:30,304 - [Christina] So I'm feeling like 406 00:14:30,304 --> 00:14:32,193 I could use something like right here. 407 00:14:32,193 --> 00:14:33,026 You know? 408 00:14:33,804 --> 00:14:35,104 - Definitely, let's kind of move 409 00:14:35,104 --> 00:14:37,272 the dahlia to the front a little bit. 410 00:14:37,272 --> 00:14:39,414 Or you could even put another one there. 411 00:14:39,414 --> 00:14:40,924 - [Christina] Well I have this pretty tulip 412 00:14:40,924 --> 00:14:41,757 that I could potentially ... 413 00:14:41,757 --> 00:14:42,999 - [Emily] Go ahead and do that. 414 00:14:42,999 --> 00:14:45,233 - Right in here right? - Absolutely. 415 00:14:45,233 --> 00:14:49,316 I love tulips because they have so much movement. 416 00:14:50,734 --> 00:14:52,122 And they can really add a lot. 417 00:14:52,122 --> 00:14:53,782 I'm not actually going to add one to mine. 418 00:14:53,782 --> 00:14:55,081 I think it's good - Yeah yours is looking 419 00:14:55,081 --> 00:14:56,688 - [Emily] I think it's good, I think it's going. 420 00:14:56,688 --> 00:14:57,521 - [Christina] I always add, 421 00:14:57,521 --> 00:14:59,550 I have like major issues editing. 422 00:14:59,550 --> 00:15:02,150 So I just want to keep adding and adding and adding forever. 423 00:15:02,150 --> 00:15:02,983 - [Emily] And that's okay. 424 00:15:02,983 --> 00:15:04,701 The bouquets can get large (laughs) 425 00:15:04,701 --> 00:15:06,411 and like to take it - It's definitely not small. 426 00:15:06,411 --> 00:15:07,430 - [Emily] And then take something away. 427 00:15:07,430 --> 00:15:08,950 And it's just perfect how you put 428 00:15:08,950 --> 00:15:10,639 the blushing bride on a different plane. 429 00:15:10,639 --> 00:15:12,160 Now it's sticking out and it's definitely 430 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,091 going to draw your eye towards that item. 431 00:15:14,091 --> 00:15:14,924 - [Christina] Got it. 432 00:15:14,924 --> 00:15:16,241 - [Emily] So I think it's perfect. 433 00:15:16,241 --> 00:15:19,472 This is actually garlic, our little purple pieces. 434 00:15:19,472 --> 00:15:20,979 - [Christina] That could go maybe right here. 435 00:15:20,979 --> 00:15:22,061 - It could be great. 436 00:15:22,061 --> 00:15:23,451 What I really like to use these 437 00:15:23,451 --> 00:15:26,284 for because they have stiff stems. 438 00:15:26,310 --> 00:15:28,310 Are sort of in the back. 439 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:30,272 - [Christina] Little guy in the back, yeah. 440 00:15:30,272 --> 00:15:32,305 - [Emily] And you can even do too, if you want. 441 00:15:32,305 --> 00:15:34,402 - Okay, will you pass me one? 442 00:15:34,402 --> 00:15:35,485 - Absolutely. 443 00:15:37,287 --> 00:15:38,120 - Thanks. 444 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,772 - So this strawflower right here, 445 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:41,689 has sort of the - Purple 446 00:15:41,812 --> 00:15:43,812 - Magenta, purpley tone. 447 00:15:43,942 --> 00:15:47,497 So what I want to do is to connect these two colors together 448 00:15:47,497 --> 00:15:48,448 - Alright. - With your eye. 449 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:51,068 So that when your eye is actually reading the arrangement 450 00:15:51,068 --> 00:15:53,730 or the bouquet, it continues from color to color. 451 00:15:53,730 --> 00:15:55,100 - [Christina] So I'm going to pop mine right over here 452 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:57,010 cause my darker flowers are kind of on this side. 453 00:15:57,010 --> 00:15:59,038 - [Emily] That is absolutely perfect. 454 00:15:59,038 --> 00:16:00,928 - [Christina] Or I mean I could put it with that. 455 00:16:00,928 --> 00:16:04,588 - I'm going to put one more in the back here. 456 00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:06,359 And actually something that I should mention, 457 00:16:06,359 --> 00:16:08,789 is that you can go ahead and actually pop flowers 458 00:16:08,789 --> 00:16:11,911 that have thin stems through the middle if you want. 459 00:16:11,911 --> 00:16:13,743 So if you kind of loosen up your fingers, 460 00:16:13,743 --> 00:16:17,910 you can go ahead and even sort of pop that through. 461 00:16:17,922 --> 00:16:19,957 And just go ahead in wiggle that in. 462 00:16:19,957 --> 00:16:21,710 But as you can see here, 463 00:16:21,710 --> 00:16:24,793 I feel like my colors have continued. 464 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,139 I'm going more towards the oranges on this side 465 00:16:27,139 --> 00:16:29,042 and the purples are all connecting right here 466 00:16:29,042 --> 00:16:32,031 and I love how I have some of my rogue flowers 467 00:16:32,031 --> 00:16:36,198 and how the greenery is still acting as a structure. 468 00:16:37,630 --> 00:16:41,180 And if you were to take this finished bouquet 469 00:16:41,180 --> 00:16:42,309 and hold it up to you. 470 00:16:42,309 --> 00:16:44,860 Like I mentioned, you have a back of it 471 00:16:44,860 --> 00:16:47,376 that you really don't need to pay attention to. 472 00:16:47,376 --> 00:16:48,209 - Okay. 473 00:16:48,872 --> 00:16:50,491 - [Emily] It looks super awesome. 474 00:16:50,491 --> 00:16:51,481 I think I'm just going to add 475 00:16:51,481 --> 00:16:53,040 one more piece down here to the bottom. 476 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,183 - [Christina] Okay. 477 00:16:54,183 --> 00:16:55,090 - [Emily] With these dahlia leaves, 478 00:16:55,090 --> 00:16:56,952 you have to be particularly careful as well 479 00:16:56,952 --> 00:16:59,285 cause they bruise so easily. 480 00:16:59,451 --> 00:17:00,792 I'm going to add these to mine 481 00:17:00,792 --> 00:17:04,452 and I feel like mine is pretty close to being done. 482 00:17:04,452 --> 00:17:05,641 - [Christina] I think mine is pretty good. 483 00:17:05,641 --> 00:17:06,891 - I love yours. 484 00:17:07,224 --> 00:17:08,272 - I love yours. 485 00:17:08,272 --> 00:17:09,522 - Oh thank you. 486 00:17:09,883 --> 00:17:11,601 I'm just going to go ahead and adjust a couple more 487 00:17:11,601 --> 00:17:14,132 here by pushing up the stems on the bottom. 488 00:17:14,132 --> 00:17:16,081 I feel like we're fairly finished with these. 489 00:17:16,081 --> 00:17:17,383 - [Christina] Yeah that looks really good. 490 00:17:17,383 --> 00:17:19,412 - Really happy with the way that they're looking. 491 00:17:19,412 --> 00:17:22,421 Next step is to go ahead and rubber band the stems 492 00:17:22,421 --> 00:17:24,053 so that they all stick together. 493 00:17:24,053 --> 00:17:24,886 - Okay.