Everything You Need to Know

What you need:

• 2 bunches Calycina Heather (full length)
• 1 bunch long stem lavender Sweat Peas
• 1 bunch long stem pink Sweat Peas
• 1 bunch white Veronica
• 2 bunches white Anemones
• 1 bunch white Lisianthus
• 6 blush roses
• 2 bunches blue Scabiosa
• 1 bunch pink Hyacinth 
• 2 med. Tea Leaves (body of leaf abt. 15")
• a Gala Bouquet Holder (purchase here)
• Oasis Floral Adhesive (purchase here)
• 24 gauge green enameled paddle wire (purchase here)
• 3-4 small flower vials 2 in x 1/2 inch
• one wired floral pick (purchase here) 
• 46 inches of 1/5 inch W. pink satin ribbon

Tools:

• small garden shears (purchase here) or regular garden shears (purchase here)
• heavy duty scissors (99 cent store)

Steps: 8

Rated: Advanced

This bridal bouquet was created with all specialty flowers.  The construction was very complicated and it was quite the production piece.  The last steps included individually gluing small pink hyacinth flowers to the heather.  Some of the longer strands of heather were wired together to achieve the desired length and some of the blue Scabiosa blooms were tubed or placed into floral vials with their own water supply.  The Sweat Peas were ordered long to achieve the look.  In the end it was a very dramatic bouquet that had a romantic, slightly wild look to it as if it were gathered that morning out on a moor.  Incidentally the name anemone comes from the Greek word 'anemoi' which means wind.  In Greek mythology anemone flowers symbolize the love the goddess Aphrodite had for Adonis, the hunter.  In the myth Aphrodite turned the blood that fell from Adonis' wounds into 'windflowers' or Anemone flowers.

https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-aphrodite-adonis/

Actually the earliest references we have of bridal bouquets are from the ancient Romans and Greeks.  Those brides in ancient times carried fruits, flowers, and herbs to ward off evil spirits.  Today's brides carry flowers but the ancient brides actually carried bouquets of garlic, chives, sage and dill, so they were fragrant, but in an herbal way.  To read about this see:

 http://greekweddingtraditions.com/the-bridal-bouquet-history/                                                                               

One other thing to mention is that these 'windflowers' are fragile and cannot withstand heat.  They actually open and close up like a Morning Glory.  Now, if you have your flowers and supplies shall we begin.