1 00:00:00,681 --> 00:00:04,119 - The easiest way to secure the stems in the bouquet, 2 00:00:04,119 --> 00:00:05,543 once you're finished, is actually 3 00:00:05,543 --> 00:00:06,753 to put a rubber band around it. 4 00:00:06,753 --> 00:00:07,957 Which is one of my favorite tricks. 5 00:00:07,957 --> 00:00:08,790 - Cool. 6 00:00:08,790 --> 00:00:10,580 - [Expert] Go ahead and grab your shears. 7 00:00:10,580 --> 00:00:13,541 We're going to get all this done with a little trim. 8 00:00:13,541 --> 00:00:15,705 Something that's really important to keep in mind, too, 9 00:00:15,705 --> 00:00:18,872 is to have your stems be in proportion 10 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:21,499 to the size of the arrangement. 11 00:00:21,499 --> 00:00:23,208 So I really dislike it when stems 12 00:00:23,208 --> 00:00:25,829 are super-long, or they're really tight together. 13 00:00:25,829 --> 00:00:26,664 And again you'll see, 14 00:00:26,664 --> 00:00:28,498 once we've put the rubber band around it, 15 00:00:28,498 --> 00:00:30,249 how it all comes together, 16 00:00:30,249 --> 00:00:33,245 and how the shape of the bouquet falls. 17 00:00:33,245 --> 00:00:35,331 So go ahead and just give it a trim. 18 00:00:35,331 --> 00:00:37,207 You can always trim more. 19 00:00:37,207 --> 00:00:38,040 - [Christina] Right. 20 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:38,917 - [Expert] So trim less at first. 21 00:00:38,917 --> 00:00:40,120 - [Christina] You can't trim less. 22 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:44,039 - [Expert] You can't trim less, but you can trim more. 23 00:00:44,039 --> 00:00:45,585 - [Christina] So are we looking at 24 00:00:45,585 --> 00:00:47,620 approximately the same height? 25 00:00:47,620 --> 00:00:49,454 The flowers and stems should be about the same height? 26 00:00:49,454 --> 00:00:50,287 - [Expert] Exactly. 27 00:00:50,287 --> 00:00:51,460 So as I have this right here, 28 00:00:51,460 --> 00:00:54,293 I feel that this is fairly similar 29 00:00:54,456 --> 00:00:56,999 to the actual size of the bouquet. 30 00:00:56,999 --> 00:00:58,039 Which is going to help when we put 31 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:00,289 the rubber bands around it. 32 00:01:01,579 --> 00:01:02,915 So I'm going to hand you a rubber band here. 33 00:01:02,915 --> 00:01:04,915 This is my secret trick. 34 00:01:05,088 --> 00:01:06,499 Well, a lot of other people do it, too. 35 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:08,290 But it's one of the best. 36 00:01:08,290 --> 00:01:11,294 When you have this style of bouquet that you're going for. 37 00:01:11,294 --> 00:01:15,211 So make sure that you find a fairly stiff stem. 38 00:01:16,340 --> 00:01:18,507 Or a couple of them, even. 39 00:01:18,623 --> 00:01:19,456 - [Christina] Oh, so you don't go 40 00:01:19,456 --> 00:01:20,374 around the whole thing at once. 41 00:01:20,374 --> 00:01:21,538 - [Expert] No. 42 00:01:21,538 --> 00:01:23,577 - [Christina] I should have listened. Right. 43 00:01:23,577 --> 00:01:26,085 Where's my stiff guy, back here? Okay? 44 00:01:26,085 --> 00:01:27,624 - [Expert] So if you have gone through a couple, 45 00:01:27,624 --> 00:01:29,629 go ahead and put it up as close to the base 46 00:01:29,629 --> 00:01:31,037 of the bouquet as you can. 47 00:01:31,037 --> 00:01:31,870 - [Christina] Okay. 48 00:01:31,870 --> 00:01:32,750 - [Expert] We'll have to be careful 49 00:01:32,750 --> 00:01:35,543 with these delicate cafe au lait petals, as well. 50 00:01:35,543 --> 00:01:39,204 So I have this rubber band around a couple of the stems. 51 00:01:39,204 --> 00:01:41,997 What you're going to do is you're going to 52 00:01:41,997 --> 00:01:44,997 wrap it around the entire stem base. 53 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:47,247 - [Christina] Smart. 54 00:01:47,247 --> 00:01:49,214 - [Expert] Just like this. 55 00:01:49,214 --> 00:01:50,056 - [Christina] Okay. 56 00:01:50,056 --> 00:01:52,000 - [Expert] And then you're going to go around the same one, 57 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,250 or go around a couple more. 58 00:01:55,627 --> 00:01:56,877 Just like that. 59 00:02:01,122 --> 00:02:02,790 Until it feels pretty tight. 60 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:04,293 - [Christina] Okay. 61 00:02:04,293 --> 00:02:06,996 - The reason why I like this style so much, 62 00:02:06,996 --> 00:02:10,458 is because you can go ahead and put down your bouquet, 63 00:02:10,458 --> 00:02:12,458 and it's totally secure. 64 00:02:13,420 --> 00:02:15,546 - [Christina] Right, so to the novice, 65 00:02:15,546 --> 00:02:18,415 like me, it looks like once you get the rubber band 66 00:02:18,415 --> 00:02:20,290 around, you kind of need to do a little rearranging. 67 00:02:20,290 --> 00:02:21,835 - Exactly, which is what you can do. 68 00:02:21,835 --> 00:02:24,037 So the rubber band has secured everything, 69 00:02:24,037 --> 00:02:25,876 but again you can go ahead and adjust stems 70 00:02:25,876 --> 00:02:27,830 with the rubber band on. 71 00:02:27,830 --> 00:02:29,957 Whereas tape holds everything in place, 72 00:02:29,957 --> 00:02:32,709 what I like to do is tape after I rubber band. 73 00:02:32,709 --> 00:02:34,205 Once you have the rubber band around it, 74 00:02:34,205 --> 00:02:37,251 hold it up to my body in front of a mirror. 75 00:02:37,251 --> 00:02:38,541 See how the orientation looks. 76 00:02:38,541 --> 00:02:39,374 - Great. 77 00:02:41,042 --> 00:02:42,747 - And again, you can adjust it. 78 00:02:42,747 --> 00:02:44,623 Sometimes I just keep rubber bands on 79 00:02:44,623 --> 00:02:47,211 until I'm ready to actually ribbon the bouquet. 80 00:02:47,211 --> 00:02:49,332 And you can keep it in water with the rubber band. 81 00:02:49,332 --> 00:02:50,663 If you have to transport it, 82 00:02:50,663 --> 00:02:52,371 it's easier to have it in a rubber band, 83 00:02:52,371 --> 00:02:54,336 because what you can just do is adjust the flowers 84 00:02:54,336 --> 00:02:56,327 when you get to where you need to be. 85 00:02:56,327 --> 00:02:57,849 So is yours all rubber banded, 86 00:02:57,849 --> 00:02:59,247 and you have the flowers where you want it? 87 00:02:59,247 --> 00:03:00,080 - [Christina] Ready to go. 88 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:00,913 - [Expert] I think it looks amazing. 89 00:03:00,913 --> 00:03:01,795 - [Christina] You do. - I do. 90 00:03:01,795 --> 00:03:03,626 Once the rubber band is around the bouquet 91 00:03:03,626 --> 00:03:06,874 you can go ahead and place it down on the table. 92 00:03:06,874 --> 00:03:10,333 And this is actually how we're going to put the ribbon on. 93 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:11,872 I find to be the easiest way. 94 00:03:11,872 --> 00:03:12,997 Because the back of the bouquet 95 00:03:12,997 --> 00:03:14,792 doesn't have a lot of flowers on it, 96 00:03:14,792 --> 00:03:16,578 you can go ahead and just set that down. 97 00:03:16,578 --> 00:03:17,583 - [Christina] Okay. 98 00:03:17,583 --> 00:03:21,333 - I love ribbon that is a super accent color, 99 00:03:21,784 --> 00:03:24,582 like a color that's not even a part of the color palette. 100 00:03:24,582 --> 00:03:25,543 - Totally unexpected. 101 00:03:25,543 --> 00:03:27,333 - Depending on what people want. 102 00:03:27,333 --> 00:03:31,038 Because I feel like this complements so well, and I ... 103 00:03:31,038 --> 00:03:32,358 blue's my favorite color. 104 00:03:32,358 --> 00:03:33,502 - [Christina] Let's do it. 105 00:03:33,502 --> 00:03:34,374 - [Expert] Before we ribbon it, 106 00:03:34,374 --> 00:03:36,493 we're going to need some tape. 107 00:03:36,493 --> 00:03:37,326 - [Christina] Okay. Thank you. 108 00:03:37,326 --> 00:03:38,159 - [Expert] So I'm going to give that to you. 109 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:40,742 Floral tape is totally awesome, 110 00:03:40,873 --> 00:03:44,914 because when you stretch it, it actually sticks to itself. 111 00:03:44,914 --> 00:03:46,314 - [Christina] Oh, I see. 112 00:03:46,314 --> 00:03:47,290 - [Expert] Yeah. Pretty cool, huh? 113 00:03:47,290 --> 00:03:48,873 And it rips really easily as well. 114 00:03:48,873 --> 00:03:50,663 So what I like to do is measure out, 115 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:52,618 I don't know, two to three feet. 116 00:03:52,618 --> 00:03:54,455 And then you can go ahead and just rip it. 117 00:03:54,455 --> 00:03:57,455 Or cut it with scissors if you need. 118 00:03:59,371 --> 00:04:01,237 And then this part is a little tricky, 119 00:04:01,237 --> 00:04:03,793 and definitely takes some time to get used to, 120 00:04:03,793 --> 00:04:06,000 but what I do is I start with a point, 121 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,167 and I hold my finger down. 122 00:04:08,420 --> 00:04:10,629 And I start to pull the tape so it gets 123 00:04:10,629 --> 00:04:13,462 that sticky glue action happening. 124 00:04:16,122 --> 00:04:18,872 And again this just really helps to solidify 125 00:04:18,872 --> 00:04:22,122 the flowers in the place that they are. 126 00:04:22,663 --> 00:04:23,832 As you're wrapping it around, 127 00:04:23,832 --> 00:04:25,667 just make sure you pull it at every point, 128 00:04:25,667 --> 00:04:28,209 so that the glue really sticks to itself. 129 00:04:28,209 --> 00:04:30,872 - [Christina] So, no taping until you're 100% satisfied 130 00:04:30,872 --> 00:04:32,794 with the bouquet arrangement. 131 00:04:32,794 --> 00:04:35,328 - That's what I would say, yeah. 132 00:04:35,328 --> 00:04:38,745 I don't like to have a large gap of tape, 133 00:04:39,043 --> 00:04:40,542 or a large segment of tape, 134 00:04:40,542 --> 00:04:43,167 or anything that you want to hide, really. 135 00:04:43,167 --> 00:04:44,788 I never think that the ribbon should 136 00:04:44,788 --> 00:04:46,457 take up more room than it needs to, 137 00:04:46,457 --> 00:04:48,245 even though it's a pop of color, 138 00:04:48,245 --> 00:04:50,705 it really should have sort of a thin band 139 00:04:50,705 --> 00:04:52,622 around the actual stem. 140 00:04:53,079 --> 00:04:54,585 - [Christina] So we're gonna wrap a few times, 141 00:04:54,585 --> 00:04:56,792 but keep it concentrated in the same spot. 142 00:04:56,792 --> 00:04:57,625 - [Expert] Exactly. 143 00:04:57,625 --> 00:04:58,458 - [Christina] The floral taping. 144 00:04:58,458 --> 00:05:02,625 - [Expert] I would say probably about an inch of space. 145 00:05:02,795 --> 00:05:04,205 - [Christina] All good. 146 00:05:04,205 --> 00:05:06,204 - [Expert] And if you have extra tape, 147 00:05:06,204 --> 00:05:07,955 because you don't need to wrap it that many times, 148 00:05:07,955 --> 00:05:10,957 just go ahead and rip it, and pull the last part 149 00:05:10,957 --> 00:05:13,958 so that it can really stick to itself. 150 00:05:13,958 --> 00:05:14,954 - [Christina] Great. 151 00:05:14,954 --> 00:05:16,541 - [Expert] I'm going to catch a couple of petals in there. 152 00:05:16,541 --> 00:05:18,581 Let's go ahead and add our ribbon. 153 00:05:18,581 --> 00:05:19,414 Do you want blue as well? 154 00:05:19,414 --> 00:05:20,863 - [Christina] Yes I do. 155 00:05:20,863 --> 00:05:23,457 - I'm going to give you probably about three feet. 156 00:05:23,457 --> 00:05:26,167 The length of ribbon that you choose to cut 157 00:05:26,167 --> 00:05:28,667 is totally dependent on if you want a trailing ribbon 158 00:05:28,667 --> 00:05:31,292 coming down the bouquet, which is fairly trendy right now. 159 00:05:31,292 --> 00:05:32,626 But I still really like it. 160 00:05:32,626 --> 00:05:35,082 I think it adds to that sort of loose and natural look. 161 00:05:35,082 --> 00:05:37,997 Or if you just want a single piece wrapped around 162 00:05:37,997 --> 00:05:39,792 the stem base, that's totally fine. 163 00:05:39,792 --> 00:05:42,832 So I'm going to go ahead and give that part to you. 164 00:05:42,832 --> 00:05:46,001 What I like to do is start from the back here. 165 00:05:46,001 --> 00:05:48,874 And to be totally honest, you can do that too, Christina. 166 00:05:48,874 --> 00:05:50,957 It really doesn't matter. 167 00:05:51,455 --> 00:05:54,705 But, I fold over this piece right here. 168 00:05:55,875 --> 00:05:59,958 And then I go ahead and just give it a good wrap. 169 00:06:00,951 --> 00:06:02,955 Oh, and I tuck in this straggler piece, 170 00:06:02,955 --> 00:06:04,666 so that you can't really see it. 171 00:06:04,666 --> 00:06:08,333 Just have it nice and clean. Just like that. 172 00:06:08,497 --> 00:06:10,539 So I just wrap it around once or twice. 173 00:06:10,539 --> 00:06:14,530 Again, the inch or two inches is really how wide 174 00:06:14,530 --> 00:06:15,874 I like my ribbon base. 175 00:06:15,874 --> 00:06:17,291 - [Christina] Okay. 176 00:06:17,291 --> 00:06:20,582 - [Expert] And then once you have that little bit, 177 00:06:20,582 --> 00:06:24,749 you're going to go ahead and give it a little cut. 178 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,254 So you can cut it right here. 179 00:06:27,254 --> 00:06:28,751 - [Christina] Always at an angle, right? Just-- 180 00:06:28,751 --> 00:06:31,792 - [Expert] You can do it at an angle, or straight. 181 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:35,162 What you can do next is tuck this part under. 182 00:06:35,162 --> 00:06:37,332 - [Christina] Okay. Got that. 183 00:06:37,332 --> 00:06:38,831 - [Expert] And then we'll go ahead and pin it. 184 00:06:38,831 --> 00:06:42,081 So, if you want to watch me here, yeah. 185 00:06:42,333 --> 00:06:45,789 So what I do is I kind of tuck that under, 186 00:06:45,789 --> 00:06:46,789 so that it's really clean, 187 00:06:46,789 --> 00:06:48,668 and then I'm going to go ahead and give it two pins, 188 00:06:48,668 --> 00:06:51,205 so that we can pin in this ribbon. 189 00:06:51,205 --> 00:06:55,122 The secret to this is to put the pin in at an angle, 190 00:06:55,122 --> 00:06:57,202 and to definitely catch some of the stem, 191 00:06:57,202 --> 00:06:59,634 so that it's not poking you as you're holding it. 192 00:06:59,634 --> 00:07:01,967 So I push it in at an angle. 193 00:07:02,613 --> 00:07:05,209 And here I've pushed it up, so that it's actually 194 00:07:05,209 --> 00:07:07,455 hidden in the center of the stem base. 195 00:07:07,455 --> 00:07:09,165 - [Christina] Got it. 196 00:07:09,165 --> 00:07:13,332 - [Expert] I go ahead and just give this point two pins, 197 00:07:13,998 --> 00:07:15,498 just to secure it. 198 00:07:15,536 --> 00:07:18,708 Because I always like to add the little trailing ribbon 199 00:07:18,708 --> 00:07:20,791 that I was talking about. 200 00:07:20,917 --> 00:07:21,750 - [Christina] Okay, I see. 201 00:07:21,750 --> 00:07:24,455 So this is just sort of a base, and then we're going to add 202 00:07:24,455 --> 00:07:25,455 the trailing ribbon second. 203 00:07:25,455 --> 00:07:26,288 - Exactly. 204 00:07:26,288 --> 00:07:27,121 - [Christina] Great. 205 00:07:27,121 --> 00:07:29,830 - So you can go ahead and take your longer piece of ribbon, 206 00:07:29,830 --> 00:07:31,913 and sort of put it behind 207 00:07:32,992 --> 00:07:35,382 where you've already placed the ribbon. 208 00:07:35,382 --> 00:07:37,382 And just kind of tie it. 209 00:07:40,287 --> 00:07:42,374 So this is where you can get creative. 210 00:07:42,374 --> 00:07:44,331 Like play around with it a couple of times. 211 00:07:44,331 --> 00:07:48,498 Sometimes I just put it in a single knot like that. 212 00:07:48,857 --> 00:07:51,293 And then I just add an extra pin in, 213 00:07:51,293 --> 00:07:54,710 just to make sure that it's super secure. 214 00:07:56,037 --> 00:07:59,622 And then you have pieces of trailing ribbon. 215 00:07:59,622 --> 00:08:00,916 You can make them really long. 216 00:08:00,916 --> 00:08:02,663 You can make them floor length if you'd like. 217 00:08:02,663 --> 00:08:04,999 You can make them a couple inches long, 218 00:08:04,999 --> 00:08:06,247 or a couple feet long even. 219 00:08:06,247 --> 00:08:07,080 Totally up to you. 220 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,996 I usually like it to hit the bottom of the stem base, 221 00:08:09,996 --> 00:08:12,913 or recently I've liked that, so ... 222 00:08:13,623 --> 00:08:16,456 I just kind of measure it out to the bottom of the stems, 223 00:08:16,456 --> 00:08:18,500 and then we're going to go ahead and cut it. 224 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:19,333 That looks super pretty. 225 00:08:19,333 --> 00:08:21,583 And even, why don't I make mine a little shorter, 226 00:08:21,583 --> 00:08:22,998 and you can make yours a little longer. 227 00:08:22,998 --> 00:08:24,335 - [Christina] Okay, and do we pin this, 228 00:08:24,335 --> 00:08:26,038 or are we just going to leave the single-- 229 00:08:26,038 --> 00:08:26,874 - [Expert] Yeah, so go ahead 230 00:08:26,874 --> 00:08:29,624 and put one more pin right there. 231 00:08:30,203 --> 00:08:32,668 Make sure you hide it in the stems, perfect. 232 00:08:32,668 --> 00:08:36,336 And then it's totally secure, it doesn't look too overdone, 233 00:08:36,336 --> 00:08:38,956 or like there's too many pins, or like that is the focus. 234 00:08:38,956 --> 00:08:41,290 Because I never think that that should be the focus. 235 00:08:41,290 --> 00:08:43,333 You can go ahead and fold your ribbon in half, 236 00:08:43,333 --> 00:08:45,999 this is like my favorite little trick. 237 00:08:45,999 --> 00:08:48,455 What you do is you start from the corner up here, 238 00:08:48,455 --> 00:08:51,129 and you just go at a little diagonal, 239 00:08:51,129 --> 00:08:52,412 so that the bottom is finished, 240 00:08:52,412 --> 00:08:54,171 like a little flag. - Oh, perfect. Okay. 241 00:08:54,171 --> 00:08:57,624 - [Expert] You can also just do the corners at an angle. 242 00:08:57,624 --> 00:08:59,712 Regardless, I like the edges of the ribbon 243 00:08:59,712 --> 00:09:02,290 always to be finished, if you want them-- 244 00:09:02,290 --> 00:09:03,123 - [Christina] Pretty. 245 00:09:03,123 --> 00:09:05,124 - [Expert] This way or that way, totally up to you. 246 00:09:05,124 --> 00:09:07,539 - [Christina] Let me try this way. 247 00:09:07,539 --> 00:09:08,623 - [Expert] Yeah, that's perfect. 248 00:09:08,623 --> 00:09:09,665 - [Christina] Okay. 249 00:09:09,665 --> 00:09:10,582 Number two. 250 00:09:17,212 --> 00:09:18,706 - [Expert] I'm going to make mine a little shorter. 251 00:09:18,706 --> 00:09:21,418 And then I'm going to go ahead and trim the stems, 252 00:09:21,418 --> 00:09:23,211 so that they're totally complete. 253 00:09:23,211 --> 00:09:24,581 - [Christina] Okay. 254 00:09:24,581 --> 00:09:28,081 - So what I can do here is fold this over. 255 00:09:28,623 --> 00:09:31,373 Give it a little finishing touch. 256 00:09:32,667 --> 00:09:35,334 Do it to the other side as well. 257 00:09:35,627 --> 00:09:36,747 I'm going to hold up my bouquet 258 00:09:36,747 --> 00:09:40,498 to make sure the ribbon is exactly where I want it placed. 259 00:09:40,498 --> 00:09:42,077 And I'm going to give these stems 260 00:09:42,077 --> 00:09:45,417 just a final fresh trim, before you transport them in water, 261 00:09:45,417 --> 00:09:47,372 so that when they get to their destination 262 00:09:47,372 --> 00:09:48,755 they're as happy as possible. 263 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:50,997 And the last couple of things 264 00:09:50,997 --> 00:09:52,628 we have left to do on these three 265 00:09:52,628 --> 00:09:54,873 are to trim the stems, and to trim the ribbons, 266 00:09:54,873 --> 00:09:56,848 so that they look absolutely perfect. 267 00:09:56,848 --> 00:09:57,681 - [Christina] Cool. 268 00:09:57,681 --> 00:10:00,155 - [Expert] You can go ahead and trim just, I don't know, 269 00:10:00,155 --> 00:10:02,541 I'd say another half an inch off of this one. 270 00:10:02,541 --> 00:10:04,127 - [Christina] Okay, and it looks like you tend to cut yours 271 00:10:04,127 --> 00:10:05,376 so they're all straight across. 272 00:10:05,376 --> 00:10:07,166 - [Expert] I do cut mine fairly straight. 273 00:10:07,166 --> 00:10:10,333 But the stems are usually at an angle. 274 00:10:10,873 --> 00:10:12,204 - [Christina] You cut the stems at an angle. 275 00:10:12,204 --> 00:10:13,037 - [Expert] Yes. 276 00:10:13,037 --> 00:10:14,704 If you can cut the stems at an angle, 277 00:10:14,704 --> 00:10:16,917 they usually take water better that way. 278 00:10:16,917 --> 00:10:20,663 If there is a node at the end of one of the stems, 279 00:10:20,663 --> 00:10:22,834 like there is here, sort of, 280 00:10:22,834 --> 00:10:24,750 I would go ahead and cut above the node, 281 00:10:24,750 --> 00:10:26,748 so that it can take a little more water. 282 00:10:26,748 --> 00:10:28,167 - [Christina] Okay. 283 00:10:28,167 --> 00:10:29,663 - While you're transporting these flowers, 284 00:10:29,663 --> 00:10:30,664 if you made them at home, 285 00:10:30,664 --> 00:10:33,078 and you need to take them to another location, 286 00:10:33,078 --> 00:10:36,659 is to make sure that they're in a thin bath of water. 287 00:10:36,659 --> 00:10:39,248 So you're trimming it right now, 288 00:10:39,248 --> 00:10:41,834 what you would want to do is have short vases, 289 00:10:41,834 --> 00:10:43,835 short glass vases, that you can go ahead and fill 290 00:10:43,835 --> 00:10:44,999 a couple of inches of water, 291 00:10:44,999 --> 00:10:47,039 so that the stems are just barely in the water. 292 00:10:47,039 --> 00:10:48,833 - Okay. So you don't spill out in your car. 293 00:10:48,833 --> 00:10:50,626 - So you don't spill out in your car, 294 00:10:50,626 --> 00:10:53,413 and I would hate to have one of your silk ribbons 295 00:10:53,413 --> 00:10:56,252 be soaked in water, as you're handing it off. 296 00:10:56,252 --> 00:10:59,252 So that's important to keep in mind. 297 00:10:59,328 --> 00:11:01,624 I'm going to give this bouquet one last trim, 298 00:11:01,624 --> 00:11:02,832 so that these are ready to go. 299 00:11:02,832 --> 00:11:04,747 And I would say that these three bouquets 300 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:06,413 would be great in a bridesmaid's crew. 301 00:11:06,413 --> 00:11:07,246 What do you think? 302 00:11:07,246 --> 00:11:08,079 - [Christina] Totally. 303 00:11:08,079 --> 00:11:09,665 - The last things to keep into consideration 304 00:11:09,665 --> 00:11:10,915 as you're building these bouquets 305 00:11:10,915 --> 00:11:13,790 are to think about the color palette, 306 00:11:13,790 --> 00:11:16,496 the textures of the elements that you're using, 307 00:11:16,496 --> 00:11:19,209 the size of them, and how they all fit together. 308 00:11:19,209 --> 00:11:20,456 - [Christina] And you could use the same tips 309 00:11:20,456 --> 00:11:23,042 that you've shared for any season. 310 00:11:23,042 --> 00:11:27,209 - Absolutely, so any time of year you can really find, 311 00:11:27,389 --> 00:11:28,788 you know, many different varietals 312 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:31,250 in the same sort of color family, 313 00:11:31,250 --> 00:11:33,164 of the same sizes, and things like that. 314 00:11:33,164 --> 00:11:36,170 So don't be afraid to get creative when you are 315 00:11:36,170 --> 00:11:40,001 coming up with your bridesmaid or bouquet recipe. 316 00:11:40,001 --> 00:11:42,537 Getting creative, and finding some unique things 317 00:11:42,537 --> 00:11:43,981 is the best way to do it in my book. 318 00:11:43,981 --> 00:11:44,814 - Great.