Features Of Autumn Bouquets

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Autumn colors inspire and enchant. You always want to touch this triumph of nature and admire it all the time. It is this desire that inspires the compilation of colorful and exquisite autumn bouquets, which are the most popular and affordable home decoration. Such compositions are distinguished by deep, rich and at the same time noble shades. Seasonal floristry allows you to skillfully combine different tones, textures and create original arrangements. Today we will focus on the techniques and methods of drawing up autumn bouquets

How are autumn bouquets created?

Composing autumn bouquets does not require any special skills, in a matter of minutes you can get a unique improvisation that will decorate the house, cheer up, delight and serve as a romantic gift. A feature of autumn compositions is the combination of dried flowers, fruits and living plants. Flowers harmoniously combine with colorful leaves, berries, branches, herbs. The main condition in the work is not to lose the autumn theme, to maintain the appropriate palette, in which red, burgundy, yellow, and orange are in the lead. You also need to adhere to moderation in the range and avoid excessive variegation. It is important to correctly group the parts by shade, to observe smooth transitions between contrasting tones.

It is not recommended to include plants and flowers that symbolize spring and summer. The leitmotif of the autumn bouquet is abundance, prosperity, harvest, satiety. Each composition should look luxurious, lush, rich. Florists at this moment move away from minimalism and asceticism and adhere to rounded, smooth-volumetric outlines. With a lot of imagination, you can experiment with complex shapes.

What can be used for an autumn bouquet?

A characteristic feature of the autumn bouquet is considered to be the refusal to use cut flowers and the inclusion of ripe fruits, spectacular branches, dry grasses and ears. The ability to compose compositions on the street opens up the opportunity to fantasize and experiment, choosing from the abundance of natural wealth presented to the gaze.

Any materials in the spirit of autumn will serve as improvised materials: late flowers, foliage, elements associated with harvesting (bunches of berries, ears of wheat, oats, barley). The most important thing in the process of creation is not to deviate from the main theme. Before starting work, you need to prepare a "palette": colorful leaves of trees, fruits, dried flowers. You may need elastic bands, scissors, pruning shears, wire, colored paper. When picking berries, try to preserve the integrity of the bunches, it is always better to harvest them with the branches.

You can use everything that you find while walking: acorns, cones, branches with bunches of berries (hawthorn, viburnum, mountain ash, wild rose). Fruity options allow for a rustic, laid-back style. Among the flowers, preference is given to gerberas, dahlias, asters, chrysanthemums. You can use roses, but only in certain tones. Orange, pale pink, white, cream buds are ideal for bringing vital freshness and solemnity. Curved twigs decorated with small fruits and nuts would be a good arrangement. The classics of the genre are physalis, barberry.

Autumn leaf bouquets

The most common autumn symbols are bright leaves. They are most often used to make bouquets. The easiest way is to collect foliage, choose colors to your liking, align to size and place in a vase. This option is short-lived and fades quickly - it will please only two or three days. You can, of course, first make a herbarium, and then carefully place the dry leaves in the chosen stand, but the fragility of the material causes some difficulties in connection. Difficulties arise with maintaining the integrity of the petioles.

A composition of leaves collected in a certain way - in the form of a rose - will stand much longer. For this, the simplest origami techniques are used. For work, you will need wide, large leaves (maple or grape). The sheet is folded in half and bunched into a roll. This design is placed on the second sheet and the same manipulation is done. As a result, the first "roll" appears in the middle. The more layers, the more “fluffy” the flower is. If you want to make all the "roses" of the same size, you should select leaves of the same size.

To give a "blooming" look, you need to slightly bend the petals of the inflorescence in the process of folding. One bud usually requires 4-5 leaves. An interesting look is achieved through the selection of several shades. For example, the middle is made of a yellow leaf, and the edges are red, or a smooth transition is created. Diversity is introduced into the composition with the help of monochromatic roses of different colors.

In conclusion, the structure is fixed with a thread or elastic band of a suitable color, fixed on sticks-legs or wire. You can make the legs more colorful by wrapping them in a maple leaf. In this form, the autumn "flowers" are installed in the selected container. Can be decorated with branches with berries, dried flowers.