A Wedding Flower Tutorial for Do it Yourself Brides
and Event Planners

Part Four: Create your Floral Plan:

All of us have a friend, trusted associate, or crafty family member whom fits the criteria for Do-It-Yourself floral elegance coordinator! Sometimes the simplest plans are the best. Surely there are some sweet human resources willing to help execute the plan from processing and arranging to special crafts and transportation you may utilize if you take some time to arrange a schedule for them.

Plan to have your dry supplies on hand before the flowers arrive and complete any cleaning, tool appropriation and floral arranging preparation ahead of time for a smooth stress-free operation. Mark and make orders and deliveries on a schedule that gives you one day of processing and hydrating time, and two days of arranging and transportation with setup time, or fit projects into an hourly plan per item in order of arrangement (start with large display arrangements, follow with medium and small arrangements and leave personal hand-tied items and corsage work for the last). Budget your hourly time increments for each project on your schedule and determine assistance you may need and when.

Choose your vases, containers, and craft items with your budget, style and level of floral comfort in mind. For instance sculptural altar pieces requiring foam and kissing ball projects take longer than wrapping a corsage, adorning a basket, or placing round shaped blooms in a glass bubble vase.

Get the project basics, the preparation, the craft item shopping, the delivery orders with tracking numbers, the assistant, and the site transportation down on a schedule. You may make adjustments along the way, but this is good place to define and budget you resources floral overall foral plan. You'll know your look and your bloom/stem estimates to achieve each piece. Start simple and small - then add details.

Research magazines, florists, craft websites, photos, favorite items, your dreams, a favorite pattern, a book, a movie - everything and anything that appeals to you or gives you inspiration.

Now you are ready to give www.Fiftyflowers.com a visit, chat or call a consult if necessary, and arrange delivery of your blooms! You know your look, you have an idea of bloom numbers, you have palette general pallette in mind and you have a vast selection Flower's www.Fiftyflowers.com flora to achieve it! Let the experts at www.Fiftyflowers.com take your adjectives, inspiration and descriptions and use their numerous years of experience, color pairing knowledge, quantity suggestions, seasonal availability and varietal knowledge to achieve it beautifully!

An Example Pre-Arrangement Shopping List:

Aisle Runner
Aisle Petals (silk or fresh)
Floral Foam bricks, molds, balls and/or shapes Floral Foam Pew Clips Vases and Containers Floral Picks, Wire, and Tape Wire Cutters Floral Knife (I like the Stanley Contractor's Blade!) Corsage Magnets or Pins Holding Containers (glass or plastic buckets etc.) Blooms Additional Line Flowers, Branches and/or Fill Stems Ribbons and Trims (satin, fabric, container paints, organza etc.)

More Info:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_floral_displays/0,1792,HGTV_3420,00.html
http://www.byreconly.com/sf_vendors/flowers_sf.htm
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=howTo&p=
HomeDecor/flowr_arrng.html&rn=RightNavFiles/rightNavLawnGarden
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/gifandpac.html

(Continues on Part Five: Pulling it all Together!)