Do-It-Yourself Wedding Floral Crown

Spotted! Spring.

Yes, finally it’s springtime over here in New York, where everything green and colorful blooms just about everywhere. So, we thought to share this DIY project from Brittany Watson Jepsen of The House That Lars Built for Etsy Weddings complete with materials needed and easy steps to follow to welcome the changing of the seasons specially after a cruel winter we just had.

Infusing DIY into your wedding adds an invaluable personalized touch. A way to transform your beautiful affair into something unforgettable. Secondary, it’s one inexpensive concept but definitely extraordinary.

Here’s one with boundless outcomes!

Materials:
Flowers of your choice and clippers. The pliable flowers are best to work with for the base of the crown. Try bending the stem first to make sure it doesn’t crack. If it does, consider trying something else. For this floral crown, black dahlias were used, tidsel (the greenery for the base), astilbe (the pink), craspedia (the yellow balls), and virburnum berries (the turquoise and purple).

Step 1:
Cut and line up the first round of flowers for the base of your crown. Ideally, the stems should be 5-9″ long each. You can cut them down but it’s harder to work with shorter stems. It’s suggested using greenery first and then adding the colors into it.

Step 2:
Lay one stem perpendicular on top of another.

Step 3:
Bend the stem under.

Step 4:
Bring the stem up to the top and then press it down so it lies next to the first.

Step 5:
While holding the two stems in place with your left hand, place another stem on top and bend it under.

Step 6:
Bring the stem up again and then place it parallel with the others.

Step 7:
Repeat the process until it’s the size of the circumference of the head. Different greenery were added into the middle to create more of a focal point when it’s worn.

Step 8:
When you get to the end, wrap the last stem tightly around the others to secure them in place, making sure that it doesn’t break.

Step 9:
To finish off the circle, weave the last stems into the beginning of the crown by tucking them in.

Step 10:
Now you can start adding in other flowers. Longer pieces were added first so that the shorter flowers can be seen at the end.

Step 11:
Place your showstopper flowers evenly around the crown. Black dahlias were used as main piece.

There are several different versions to a floral crown. You can switch off flowers for the base of the crown instead of adding the flowers in at the end, or you can keep it simple and just use one variety.