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Floral DIY

We have tons of floral DIY ideas and tutorials including: paper wedding flowers, bouquets with swords, origami, and even 8-bit flowers. We also have ideas for DIY succulent terrariums, flower crowns, and more! Get flowery, paper-y, or fashion-y with your wedding florals!

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How to make a travel-ready paper flower bouquet

I love flowers and definitely wanted to have something to carry to our ceremony, but my flowers had to survive a road trip from Seattle to Moab, the desert environment, a trip back, and still had to look good a month later at our reception! That’s a tall order for a bouquet. I ended up inventing my own method for making paper flowers…

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How to make a beautiful bohemian flower crown

After surfing around a little on Pinterest and Etsy, I realized I wanted a beautiful flower crown! It also went nicely with my Medieval fantasy wedding theme. I decided I would make one myself. So can you! It is easier than you think. To show you in real-time how to do this, check out my video tutorial…

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Corsages made from dried leaves, blueberries, and… Wonder Woman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

I’ve seen a few remixed boutonniere ideas floating around out there for gents — ones with Spiderman, Superman, Batman, etc. But what about boutonnieres or corsages for the lady folk? Here’s what I used to create mine.

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This LEGO wedding bouquet has hidden minifigs

We’ve posted before about hiding things in your bouquet (sparkly spiders? memorials?), but you can also sneak your favorite flavor of geeky hobby in there. Rose hid a couple LEGO people in her bouquet. For more photos, be sure to check Rose & Nick’s bookish nerds know how to party wedding.