Sugar to my life.: #18 DIY: Crochet Flower Handbouquet

Assalamualaikum.

Ever wondered about how your wedding flower hand bouquet would be? (if you are not yet married). For me i have always wanted a simple hand bouquet, pastel in colour, with no heavy beads nor accessories. but you know time can change someone's taste kan. So i ended up having a crocheted flower hand bouquet for my own wedding. Yeayyy! (okay masih belum move on pasal majlis kahwin. Haha)

After upon several googling that i made, i decided to DIY my own hand bouquet. Pretty confident i must say. Aku ni jenis tak kesah sangat orang nak cakap apa pun. Janji aku puas hati. Hahaha.

Actually DIY ing your own things for your wedding can cut cost waaaayyy more than you think. So i wanna help those b-2-b out there who would want simple and a lesser cost flower hand bouquet (simple if you know how to crochet. Emm) a disclaimer, I didnt make my own crochet flowers, i asked my mum. Haha.

So lets start. What you'll need:

1) Crocheted Flowers

Kebetulan, my mom is so expert in this crocheting things. She can crochet bags, scarves, baby booties and even snow caps. And masa tu my mom memang tengah into it lah orang cakap. So i pun nyelit lah mintakkan my mom crochet some flowers (only the flowers, without stem). Hahaha

It would look like the flowers below. Do several of them. Mine are roses. Hehe

Picture courtesy of google

2) Sponge with the hand bouquet holder

It would look like in the picture below. Tak sure apa orang panggil tapi banyak jual kat kedai bunga.

I got mine at kedai bunga which was RM5.90 sebiji.

Picture courtesy of google

3) Brooches (Silver, or any kind)
I got mine at pasar masjid jamek. Kena pandai pilih. Ada yang mahal, ada yang jual murah. yang penting kena rajin survey. Ekeke.
Yang aku beli lebih kurang macam kat bawah ni ada jual 3 RM10.

Picture courtesy of google

4) Dawai
This one depends on your accesories. Untuk bunga tak kisah sangat, sebab bunga ringan je. Untuk brooch kena yang tebal sikit

Picture courtesy of google
Gambar hiasan je. Pemilihan code tu depends kat masing masing. Tapi jangan lembik or nipis sangat tau. Aku pun dah tak ingat dawai aku pakai code dia apa. Haha

Steps:

1) Paling first sekali, crochet your flowers. Make about15-18 of them. Colours depend on you guys.

For me, i chosed pink, deep pink, white, light yellow, deep yellow, red, orange, maroon, green for some leaves. Hehe

2) Attached the flowers to the wire. One flower to one wire. Cut the edges of the wire, but leave aprrox5-6cm of wire (so that we can drive it into the sponge later)

3)Attached the leaves, also to the wire (individual wire)(same steps as the flower)

4) Style your flower bouquet, depending on your creativity. I styled mine randomly. Hahaha. Once you put all of the flowers, put the leaves on (as in the picture above)

5) Then we need to cover the handle. For me i chose cream colored ribbons and coil around the handle. Make a ribbon shape out of the ribbon and tie to the handle. Find another type of lace, also tie it on the handle (so that it looks 'fluffy')

6) For the brooches, tie the wire to the brooches. Number of brooches depends on how blingy you want your hand bouquet to be. Hehe. I used 5 of them.

And then..