How to make handtied rose bouquets

make hand-tied rose bouquets

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There is nothing more elegant than a hand-tied bouquet of roses. Popularized on the flower dealing streets of Holland, hand-tied bouquets are created by arranging the stems of flowers in the crook of your hand between your thumb and forefinger. You insert one stem at a time into the crook, crossing the stems as you slide them in so that the roses form a domed top to the bouquet and the stems form a narrow spot under the blooms and splay out in an expanding star burst pattern toward their ends. The narrow neck is then fastened and the stem ends are cut straight across so that the bouquet will stand on its own.

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Things You'll Need

• A dozen (or more) roses
• Rubber band or twine
• Raffia or ribbon
• Clean sharp pruning shears
• Scissors

Instructions

1. • 1

     Strip all the leaves from the bottom two thirds of the rose stems and discard them.

   • 2

     Hold your thumb and forefinger together to make an "O" shape.

   • 3

     Slide a rose stem into the "O" with the other hand, inserting it between halfway and two thirds up the stem. Place the second rose into the "O" at a 45-degree angle to the first, allowing their stems to cross.

   • 4

     Add more roses at an angle evenly around the the bouquet, working clockwise until you have a smooth dome of blooms on top of the bouquet, a narrow neck in the middle and evenly splayed stems on the bottom.

   • 5

     Snugly bind the narrow neck of the bouquet with twine or a rubber band. If using twine, pull the end of the twine up through the stems to secure. When the bouquet is secure, cover the rubber band or twine with lengths of raffia or decorative ribbon as desired.

   • 6

     Trim stem ends straight across as your desired length with clean sharp pruning shears to finish.

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