VIDEO: Paper Greenery Wedding Bouquet
Queen of Green
The greenery wedding trend began in 2016 and has only grown since Pantone named Greenery their Color of the Year for 2017. It’s a fresh color with a wild and organic look that symbolizes abundance, so it’s no wonder it has been so popular for such special events. Using greenery instead of flowers gives you more freedom to play with textures and shapes than floral blooms and to add your own creative flair.
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Crafting Instructions
The base of the bouquet is made by covering half a foam ball with tissue. The tissue will make it so that none of the foam will show through, plus it is much easier to glue the leaves to the tissue than the foam. DIY is best taught visually, so watch our full video tutorial below to make your own botanical bridal bouquet.
What Next?
For another paper greenery project you can make for your wedding or home decor, see our lush greenery chandelier. Browse through all of our frosted paper flower tutorials for more opportunities to use this gorgeous paper, or take a look at our collection of SVG cut files to inspire more projects you can make with your cutting machine. We believe creativity brings people together, and you can learn more about why we do what we do on our membership page. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for daily doses of DIY goodness, and always feel free to leave a comment with any project suggestions you have! See you soon ~ Lia & Team
Tools
- Cutting Machine (recommended) or Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun
- Foam Cutting Knife
- Needle Nose Plier Wire Cutters
Materials
- Lia Griffith Frosted Paper – Succulent Pack & Conifer Pack
- 6″ Foam Ball
- Green Tissue Paper
- 2 Wooden Skewers or 1 Dowel
- 24-Gauge Floral Wire
- Ribbon
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Leave a CommentI’m trying to upload this file to my Cricut Explore 2 canvas and I get an error message every time “Unable to upload image”. I’ve not had this issue with any other cut files from this website and of course this is the one I most need because I’d like to make this beautiful bouquet for my daughter’s wedding. Thanks for any advice!
I just updated this project and added the files to the post. The older SVGs need a tiny tweak due to the Cricut software updates, so this should work for you now. I also updated the materials list.
Wow, Lia, thank you! BTW this is for my daughter Lia’s wedding….you don’t see this spelling very often.
Awww! I love that! I want to see pics of the final arrangements. 🙂
Absolutely love it but I live in the UK so it’s far tooo expensive for me to order the same paper. Is there any UK suppliers you can suggest or tell me what type / thickness the paper should be?
Our crepe paper is sold on Amazon UK and here is a list of vendors in all countries: https://liagriffith.com/source-list/
For a full overview of all types of crepe paper, is top row “10 Things to Know” is a great video to review: https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/
Hello Lia,
I love this pattern for greenery and was wondering if I could use double sided crepe paper instead? Keep all these beautiful patterns coming and will definitely be renewing my membership when the time comes. Thank you!!!
Hi Marie! The pattern for paper won’t work as well with crepe paper, but we did just create a pattern for filler greens! https://liagriffith.com/crepe-paper-filler-greenery/. So glad you’ll continue to be part of our community 🙂
Hello,
When I went to the paper link in the materials list above, I did not see green vellum as stated in your materials list. I wrote to the company to ask about the green vellum, and they said you did not use green vellum in the project:
“The colors that are listed in that link, are the colors that are being used for that project. So all 8 colors that are there is what she had used. I am not sure which green she used for the leaves themselves, but they are not green translucent. I am not sure if that is what you are meaning by green vellum. she does have some leaves on there, but they are clear translucent. They are up against the green which looks a little green.”
Is this correct? The leaves look like they are green to me.
Thank you in advance!
Hi! We definitely used green vellum. We had ordered it quite awhile ago so it must have been discontinued and they’re linking what they have that’s similar (same as the Botanic text weight that is no longer available). I haven’t been able to find another option but will continue digging around and will update if I find something 🙂
HI! i cant find the amount i need to cut from each leaf..
Hi! The video has very detailed instructions, but I didn’t count the exact number as I went. I made two bouquets in the end and used a different combination on each.
Where do I find which paper color for each leaf?
There’s a link under Materials listing the colors that will lead you directly to the paper site.
Hi Lia,
I just joined and have been watching your videos. I see that you mentioned you use the Cricut Explore, can that machine cut the crepe paper pedals? Or is it only for the thicker paper flowers?
Welcome!! I use the Cricut for my paper flowers and leaves (I actually use text weight paper– cardstock doesn’t curl as nicely!) The new Cricut Maker machine cuts crepe paper beautifully but I’ve never had success cutting it on the Explore.
Hello Lia, absolutely stunning! Question for you. You have videos in various places it seems. I wonder if you have ever done columbines? My daughter is recently engaged and a flower she wishes to include in the festivities is the Colorado Columbine. Also another question…does crepe paper punch easily?
Admiringly,
HeatherBCrafty
Hi Heather, great suggestion! We’ll add that one to our idea list– it would look beautiful in crepe. I haven’t tried to punch crepe much, but I suppose it depends on the brand and shape!
What a great tutorial Lia, thankyou. Now I just need more hours in the day. I look forward to trying this project once I get a few other ones finished.
I hear you, I could use a few extra hours each day, too!!
Where do I find how many of each leaf I need?
The video has very detailed instructions, but I didn’t count the exact number as I went. I made two bouquets in the end and used a different combination on each.
It’s lovely, I would be proud to walk down the aisle carrying that bouquet or any of the bouquets you’ve made.
That means a lot, thank you! 🙂
This is just beautiful! I was wondering if the Cricut pastel shimmer paper would work as well as paper paper.
Oh yes! We love Cricut’s shimmer papers.
Where are the SVG files?
Follow the link in the post– they’re available to download on paper-papers.com. https://www.paper-papers.com/news/paper-botanical-bridal-bouquet/
OH my gosh – this is absolutely stunning 🙂
Thanks so much Janet!
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