I am a huge fan of flower crowns and I have been for as long as I can remember. It probably started in childhood when my mum would make me one out of wild flowers.
Recently, flower crowns have become a big wedding trend due to Pinterest. And it may start to look as if it is unacceptable to wear one just because you are in the mood. Though in my opinion, it is stupid to associate them with only weddings.
I made mine out of flowers that I got from New Covent Garden Flower Market. They were so lovely and had an amazing smell – this is a rare thing for the modern flowers.
As I had a lot of flowers I decided to make a matching corsage and 2 versions of the flower crown. The more the merrier.
For the flower crown and corsage you will need
flowers:
• “Darcey” Garden Roses
• Lilac
• Green Skimmia
• Additional foliage
hard goods:
• Scissors
• Green Florist tape
• Straight wire
• Floristic wire
Let’s start
1.) Take the flowers and cut all the stems to an appropriate length.
2.) Wire and tape large blooms individually so that they’ll stay in place on the crown. I inserted a wire inside the rose stem to add extra structure and then wired rose to a Green Skimmia with a thin wire.
Then do the same with the lilac.
3.) Prepared little bunches look a bit messy with all the wiring sticking out and I bet you would not want wire ends to scratch your head. The solution to this problem is Green Florist tape. Just wrap it up around the stems and wire. It is very easy as the tape is sticky and need no glue.
4.) Now that you have your main elements ready it is time to make the base. Measure the right amount of wire to fit your head. And make sure that you left a bit extra to tie the ends.
5.) Then cover your crown base with foliage.
6.) Place flower bits around the crown base and tie them up. Mine had wire ends, so tieing them up was easy.
And your flower headband is ready.
Time to try it on
If lilac is not your thing, then you can use roses only. Roses also stay fresh for longer.
I used the same principles for the corsage. The radius of the bracelet was a bit bigger than my wrist, but as its made of wire I adjusted it.
