Personal
Flowers
Floral Design
Ms. Perry
Personal Flowers
• Personal flowers include:
• Flowers to Wear
• Flowers to Carry
• Think of how flowers might
be used in a wedding or a
special occasion.
• Do you hold any flowers?
• Do you wear any flowers?
Flowers to Wear
•Hair Pieces
•Corsages
•Boutonnieres
•Accessories
•Botanical Jewelry
Flowers to Wear
•Hair Pieces
•Pins
•Head Wreath
•Clips
Flowers to Wear
• Corsages
• Wearable floral
arrangement for women
• Can be worn on shoulder,
wrist, arm
• Should be coordinated with
outfit, occasion and
individual
Flowers to Wear
• Popular Types of Corsages
• Single-flower: uses one flower and
is good for bulk orders.
• Single-spray: or garland corsage,
can be made from all the same
type or variety of blooms.
• Double-spray: two single-spray
corsages placed end-to-end
Flowers to Wear
Football Mum Corsage
• Materials: chrysanthemum, salal leaves, mum adhesive,
bows, streamers, #22 wire, floral tape, novelty items,
finishing spray, floral knife, mum corsage backing and
scissors
Flowers to Wear
•Boutonnieres
• Comes from the French word meaning
“buttonhole”
• Is traditionally worn in the buttonhole
of a lapel on a jacket
Flowers to Wear
• Design Considerations
• Should work with, not against an
outfit i.e. compliment it
• It is best to avoid flowers that
require a lot of water to stay
fresh
• Could use a corsage stem if
necessary
• Try to use rugged or hardy
flowers
• Designs should be light-weight
Flowers to Wear
•Prep and Construction
1. Prepare nonperishable items
first
2. Use strategies to minimize
plant transpiration
3. Organize into groups to
facilitate quick assembly
4. Wire foliage first, then
flowers
5. Assemble your corsage!
Flowers to Wear
•Accessories
• Purses
• Hats
• Sash
Flowers to Wear
• Botanical Jewelry
• Leis
• Necklaces
• Bracelets
Flowers to Carry
•Bouquets
•Hand-Tied
•Cascade
•Presentation
•Round Cluster
•Tussy-Mussy
Flowers to Carry
•Hand-Tied
• Flowers chosen to match style
and color of gown
• Usually a variety of flowers
• Arranged as if ‘just-picked’
from garden
• Tied with ribbon or lace
• Stems showing out of base
Flowers to Carry
•Cascade
• Flows downward like a waterfall
• Traditional style, best used with
full gowns with long train
• Length can vary greatly
Flowers to Carry
• Presentation Bouquet
• Usually long-stemmed flowers
• Held in the crook of the arm,
where your elbow bends
• Can be simple or elaborate,
should fit the style of dress
• Should be of adequate size to fit
comfortably with some spillover,
along the length of your lower
arm
• Similar to Miss America or
Homecoming Queen bouquets
Flowers to Carry
• Round Cluster
• Tight, round, grouping (dome
shaped) of flowers
• Minimal use of foliage or leaves
• Can be mixed bouquet or single
type of flower
• May have a collar around the
cluster
Flowers to Carry
•Tussy Mussy
• Victorian style posy
• Arranged in a decorative
holder
• Metal, fabric, coneshaped
• Made to bring attention to
the holder
Today’s Activity
• Working in your table groups, create a poster by drawing
a football mum corsage, with parts labels, illustrating the
basic components, using LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
COLORS.
• Use one computer per table to research images of
football mum corsages and accessories
• Draw the types of accessories that you decided to add to
your football mum corsage, using arrows to indicate
where they are attached.
• Due at the end of the period TODAY