How Do You Make A Calla Lily Bouquet For A Bridesmaid?
Calla lilies, with their long stems and elegant petals, can be a beautiful accent to your wedding day. With their multitude of colors — white, ivory, pink, purple, orange, yellow and even black — callas are easily adaptable to your wedding theme or color scheme. To make easy, hand-tied bouquets of calla lilies for your bridesmaids, follow these instructions. Pick out 10 to 12 calla lilies, making sure they are clean, fresh, healthy and as uniform as possible. Use floral tape to bind two flowers together at the stems beneath their buds. Add more lilies as you go, building around the center. Bind the stems with more tape so that the bouquet is secure, taping over the same spot. Mist the flowers with water as you build your bouquet to keep them hydrated. After all the flowers have been bound together with floral tape in the arrangement you prefer, use the flower clippers to cut the ends of the stems to a uniform length. Be sure to cut the stems at an angle. Secure with a wide ribbon, wr
