Make a Corsage Using Lily of the Valley
Edited by Fleurista, Amanda, Jen M, Eng
Startup
Welcome to VisiHow. In this tutorial, we show you how to make a corsage using lily of the valley.
Steps
- 1Ours are actually just about at their end, but they will do for our purposes. We are going to keep this natural. These leaves are pretty good, and do last quite a bit.Pick up the leaves from the lily of the valley.
- 2One side is a little bigger, but that's okay.Bend the tips back to the stem.
- 3We'll squish until we like the way it looks. It's pretty cute.Down at the bottom, squish it all together.
- 4Pick up the Floratape and pull out about a forearm's length.
- 5Start fairly high up the stems and work downwards to create a rather long taped section. Ours are not keeping the shape that we wanted, but we're hoping that maybe towards the end, they will. They do look nice from one side, so we'll probably face them in that direction.Pull and twist while wrapping the tape around the bottom of the leaves.
- 6When the tape hits the bottom of the stems, break it off and smooth the ends down.
- 7Examine and decide which side will face outward.
- 8We do want to take some time to position things. Flowers have faces. Every flower has a face that wants to see us and say hi. So we want to position flowers so that most of the little faces are forward. It's a fairly quick process, but we're taking a bit of extra time to show it.Place the flower in front of it to see how it might look.
- 9We might put one in behind the leaves and one in front.Hold up some additional flowers to decide on a position.
- 10Set the leaves aside for now.
- 11They're so fragrant and lovely. We're going to wire them individually and then put them together so that they're sturdy.Pick up the lily of the valley.
- 12Wire comes in different gauges. Some are thicker, some are thinner. We're using a thinner one for this purpose.Pick up the wire.
- 13Cut the wire in half.
- 14Starting about midway down from the top of the flower, place the loop close to the stem, at the base of the flowers there. Press the lengths of the wire in close against the stem as they reach towards the bottom.Bend the piece of wire in half.
- 15Pull out a length, as before.Get the Floratape.
- 16Begin taping midway up the stem, right beneath where the flowers start.
- 17If you have any questions or comments, leave them in the section below.Thanks for watching VisiHow!
Video: Make a Corsage Using Lily of the Valley Part 1
Wire and Tape the Stems
Welcome to VisiHow! In this tutorial, we show you how to make a corsage using lily of the valley. Thank you for joining us for part 2, where we continue to wire and tape the stems.
Steps
- 1The top loop of wire should be well above where the tape starts, about midway through the flowers. We're creating a taped stem with wire running through it.Start taping with the Floratape from the bottom of the lower-most flower and pull and twist as we move downwards.
- 2Break off the tape and smooth down any ends once the tape reaches the bottom of the stem.
- 3Now we have what looks like a stem.
- 4So far, we have one stylized leaf and one wired set of lily of the valley.
- 5This would cost like $3 a stem, conservatively, and it's a fantastic flower. It can be found in the northeastern United States and such where the climates are a little bit cooler. It's pretty sturdy actually.We could just tape them both together, put a curlicue down at the bottom with the stem, or just leave it straight, and we'd have a really nice single lily of the valley corsage.
- 6We had one that was falling off.Trim any blooms that don't look right.
- 7Usually before we use the flowers, we should give them a good long fresh drink.Wire and tape the remaining flowers.
- 8We can place one lower than the other, and we can bend them a bit because we've got them on wires. Try to handle the flowers as little as possible.Place the flowers against the leaves.
- 9Follow the same process as before by pulling out about a forearm's length and beginning to tape from right beneath the lowest flowers. We pull and twist as we tape downwards.Wrap all the stems together with Floratape.
- 10If you have any questions or comments, leave them in the section below.Thanks for watching VisiHow!
Video: Make a Corsage Using Lily of the Valley Part 2
Put it All Together
Welcome to VisiHow! In this tutorial, we show you how to make a corsage using lily of the valley. Thanks for joining us for part three, where we make a florist's bow and assemble the corsage. Sometimes we leave the stems sticking out of the bottom beneath the tape, and maybe curl them. It's kind of a cute look. But we won't do that in this tutorial. We will put them all together as one.
Steps
- 1Sorry you guys! The earlier in the season we get lily of the valley, the better. It is fantastic, and it dries pretty well too.Be gentle while twisting and taping, because the movement whips the poor little flowers around.
- 2We will gently bend our two flowers apart a little and move them around a bit. We want this to match another piece we made, a little headband. We're going to put some ribbon on it.When the taping is finished, examine the piece and make any desired adjustments.
- 3Start by making a little loop on a length of ribbon.Put together a bow.
- 4Twist the loop.
- 5Make a second, slightly bigger loop, and twist that as well.
- 6This is where we'll stop for now.Make a third loop, the same size as the first, up behind the first loop.
- 7Bend it in half around the middle of the gathered loops, where we've been holding them with our thumb and fingers.Get some wire.
- 8We're making a little bow on a stem.Twist the two halves of wire together.
- 9Start adjusting the bow to fluff it all out.
- 10Trim the ends to a nice length and shape.
- 11Keep fluffing and adjusting until it seems right.Place the bow over the corsage to check how it looks.
- 12After placing the bow, use the same technique to wrap all stems in Floratape, covering everything and creating one smooth stem.
- 13Wind the "stem" around a pencil.Add the final touches.
- 14Add a pin so the corsage can be attached to clothing.
- 15Admire the finished product!
- 16If you have any questions or comments, leave them in the section below. In this design, we used two lily of the valley blooms, two lily of the valley leaves, Floratape and thin-gauge floral wire. For the finishing touches, we used a small white ribbon for the bow and a pin.Thanks for watching VisiHow!
Video: Make a Corsage Using Lily of the Valley Part 3
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