DIY Flower Crowns

I'm so excited to bring back this DIY series with you guys with another fantastic blogger and guest post. This week we have Lotts, I adore her pretty blog and when I saw her flower crowns I knew I had to share them with you! Over to you Lotts!

Hello! It’s Lotts from Lots and Lotts here and I’m really excited to be sharing one of my favourite tutorials of all time with you all today – flower crowns! Flower crowns are not only really easy to make but they look fabulous and can be tailored to suit all styles. My tutorial is for a delicate crown but I have included some fuller versions, which I adore, on my inspiration board.

INSPIRATION BOARD

Ok lets get making…

You will need the following materials

Flowers (of course!)

Florists wire 

Florists stem tape 

STEPS

Step 1. First cut a length of wire longer that the circumference of your head. Make a circle shape so that it fits snugly around your head but allowing enough space to add your flowers. For this crown I used fine wire doubled up but I also recommend this thicker wire too {http://www.carnmeal.com/details/299/aluminium-floral-designer-wire}

Select you flowers, use a mix of buds, leaves and sprigy flowers to give balance and depth to your crown.

Step 2. Taking three flowers at a time cut the stems about 7cm from the base of the bud.

Step 3. Gently wrap with the fine florists wire. Use your judgment, too lose and the flowers will come loose, too tight and you will snap the stems.

Taking another piece of wire fix your bunch of flowers onto the wire. If you are going to do a full crown with no wire showing then it makes no difference where you start but if you are going to have your wire on show then aim to cover up where you have twisted your wire together.

Step 4. Take your florists tape and wrap the stems and wire so they are covered, stop wrapping about 1.5cm from the end of the bunch.

Step 5. To complete your design, repeat the above steps ideally using a different mix of flowers each time.

Step 6. When you had added your desired amount of flowers you will need to finish the ends off. Once you have attached your final bunch to the band cut the stems close to end of the wire.

Wrap your florists tape around the final bunch and onto the wire. Cut off any extra tape. If you want to cover up your wire keep wrapping the tape around the whole band.

The most important thing when making these crowns is to have fun, you really don’t need too many flowers to create a real masterpiece. I made these crowns with a group of blogger friends and we had lots of giggles trying different styles and gradually making them bigger and bigger – I must warn you these are rather addictive!  

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