Lesson Overview
Goal: Build arrangements so beautiful, people will have to second-base them.
Make it happen: The day before your wedding. Say it with me: "My wedding day will not be a design day."
Read Time: In under 10 minutes.
Lesson Five
Design Time
Today is the day you make family history as the coolest cousin/kid/sibling/auntie. Who is making their own arrangements? YOU ARE. And who is going to have the best time doing it? ALSO YOU.
Course Overview
Lesson 1: Gather Your Buckets (jump to lesson)
Lesson 2: Find Your Helpers (jump to lesson)
Lesson 3: Wedding Week Organization (jump to lesson)
Lesson 4: Prep and Organization (jump to lesson)
Lesson 5: DesignTime (jump to lesson)
Lesson 6: TBD (jump to lesson)
Task: Print recipes and set up stations
- Post It Up: Time to be overly organized. Pass out your recipes and tape up the list of everything you need to make so you and your helpers can rock and roll. Have a few devices available (away from water buckets, please) in case someone needs to watch a tutorial.
- Pull Bridal Bouquet Flowers First: Snag all the best stems for the bridal bouquet and set those aside. Although you will build your bridal bouquet last, you want to make sure the show-stoppers are saved for you!
- Pre-Section Recipes: If you have the space and extra vases, pre-section your recipes out and create stations for arrangement types.
- Green Out Your Centerpieces In Advance: See the video below for more details! Although this is option, it's a great way of getting a head start the night you get your blooms. Just make sure you've set aside all bouquet greenery first.
- Build A Mock-up: Make one centerpiece or bridesmaid bouquet before your helpers arrive to set a solid reference point.
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Assign Arrangements to Helpers: Repetition is your friend. If one person focuses on 1-2 arrangement types, they will finish faster and faster.
- When building a lot of centerpieces, it’s helpful to have one person filling out greenery and another person backfilling with blooms.
- Assign tasks based on skill or the artistic level of the helper. Give your non-crafty friend easy things to do like bud vases, greening out centerpieces, simple bouts, etc.
- Pack for Transport: Remember the flower boxes we told you to save? If you’re able to pre-pack your arrangements in boxes and laundry baskets without them getting smooshed overnight, knock it out while everyone is there. This will make for easy/quick loading on the wedding day!