If you want to save on the design of a bouquet in the store or you need some kind of exclusive packaging, you can make very unusual, original solutions for flowers with your own hands. All materials for decor are available, and the options and ideas are numerous (some photos are presented in the article as samples).
DIY packaging for flowers
Professional florists create completely different, fabulous beauty of composition, and not only specialized materials, but also objects such as baskets, vases, boxes, craft packages, paper cones are used as design elements.
Dressing a bouquet can be done in the following ways:
- Wrap in corrugated paper.
- Make out sisal.
- Use a sisal blank on the frame.
- Make beautiful organza packaging.
- Complete the composition with a mesh of synthetic or natural material.
- In some bouquets, burlap will look appropriate and even elegant.
- Take traditional packaging from foil, special paper and film, complementing them with exclusive elements (butterflies, dragonflies, feathers).
- You can combine all of the above options in any combination so that you get a beautiful DIY packaging for flowers. The main thing is not to overdo it. The bouquet should remain a composition where flowers are the main element, and not another decor.
What is required
If you are a layman in the field of floristry and are thinking about how to make packaging for flowers unusual and beautiful, the answer is simple: it is enough to combine interesting materials, the assortment of which is now very large. To arrange a bouquet, the following required elements will be required:
- Scissors.
- Stapler.
- Floristic tape, scotch tape, wire.
- Thermogun with glue sticks.
Choose the remaining materials based on what is more suitable for a particular bouquet and is not difficult to buy in your city or order online. Much depends on how long it takes to create a bouquet. Materials for packing flowers are used as follows:
- Corrugated, tissue, rice, wrapping paper.
- Sisal (rolled or on frame).
- Felt with a pattern or plain.
- Polysilk.
- Mesh and organza with and without snow effect.
- Artificial berries, fruits, twigs.
- Canned Moss.
- Fine decor (butterflies, beads, shells).
The assortment is very large, but this does not mean that all of the above will suit you. Flowers should be of primary concern.
Packing of flowers: master class
You can choose any materials from the list above, but the sequence of work will be similar. The technology is as follows:
- Fold the flowers carefully, cut the stems.
- If necessary, add artificial floristic elements (stems, leaves, spirals, etc.).
- Tie the bottom of the stems with satin or another ribbon. This will give the bouquet strength and accuracy.
- Prepare the main packaging material and wrap the bouquet with it. If necessary, use floristic tape, scotch tape or a regular stationery stapler.
- Add decor by attaching the elements to the wrapper or directly to the bouquet.
- An additional package that creates the convenience of transporting a gift can be a kraft bag or cone with handles made of satin ribbons. On its surface you can stick a card or tag with a congratulation, a wish.
How to arrange a room flower in a pot
You already know how to make packaging for flowers that are cut and arranged in a bouquet, but sometimes the question arises of whether it is possible to beautifully decorate a plant in an ordinary flower pot. There are also several ways, but the materials will be the same as for decorating the cut bouquet.
Do packaging from a roll decor as follows:
- Cut out a circle of decorative material with a diameter equal to the sum of the size of the bottom and the height of the pot, as well as the flower itself, if you want it to fit entirely in the wrapper.
- If wetting material is selected, wrap the pot in cling film so that leaking moisture does not spoil the beauty.
- Place the pot in the center of the packing circle, tuck the material up and form smooth folds from it around the entire perimeter of the pot.
- If desired, you can use any additional decor.
The flower pot is easy to hide in a beautiful box. Work like this:
- Take a flower and wrap the pot with cling film, as in the previous method.
- Take a suitable box or make it yourself from cardboard.
- Cut a hole in the lid along the diameter of the pot.
- Put the flower in the box so that the pot is not visible.
- Use the decor at your discretion.
So, do-it-yourself packaging for flowers can be made very beautiful and original. You will not only save on making a gift in a store, but you will also be able to show your creative abilities and develop a unique design of a floral composition.