How to create a Glamelia Lilly Bouquet

Alternative Wedding Bouquet 

Popular in the 1940's, Glamelia Wedding bouquets are a glamorous option for brides looking for a vintage style bouquet.

Here you will see step by step instructions to create a Lilly Glamelia or Composite Bouquet using a very simple easy to use technique.

Ingredients needed to create Glamilia Lilly Bouquet

• Approx 8-10 open Lilly Heads

• Glue

• 22 x 20g x 10’ (26cm x 0.9mm)  

• Florist Tape (Stemtex)

• CD Disk

• Fabric Ribbon to decorate the handle

Step 1:   Using florist tape, tape four 20g florist stub wires together side by side.

Repeat 5 times so that you end up with 5 thick supporting wires

   Step 2:  Insert two single 20g wires up through the stem of a tight Lilly bud and tape to secure . Tape your 5 supporting taped wires alongside the wire stem and tape all wires together to form a handle

 Step 3:  Remove the petals from approximately 10 open Lilly heads.

Individually glue 4-5 petals around the Lilly bud and then glue an extra row of petals around this. (Approx 7-9 more petals)

Step 4:  Using a CD/DVD disc. Glue a row of petals around the center of the hole in the disk. Keep adding extra layers of petals on top on this row, filling in any spaces and working towards the outside of the disc. This will take approximately 5 rows.

Step 5 :  Insert the handle from the original Lilly bud down through the centre of the disc. Glue to secure. If you still see any spaces you can continue to add in extra petals where required.

To finish decorate your handle with fabric ribbon and the rear of the CD disc with a Fabric frill or glue on ivy leaves.

Spray with Chrysal Glory.

 Details of our Floristry Courses can be found on www.flowerschoolireland.com

The Stunning Sinead O' Brien gives a new meaning to "Thrash the Dress" for our Brooch Bouquet Shoot

Deciding to do something a little different to show case our Brooch Bouquets recently and with the help of the amazing photographer Ger Dunne from Fantastic Photography and our beautiful cousin Sinead O'Brien in the gorgeous setting of Bushy Park we decided we would "thrash" a wedding dress in a more elegant manner.

.

Thankfully it was such a beautiful day and Sinead was as usual up for fun, the water from the waterfall in Bushy park just didn't seem that cold :) or did it ?????

On hand on the day was the fabulous Make Up Artist Tanya Pepper whose makeup skills are second to none and specialises in Bridal Make Ups.

Sinead feels the chill of the water 

 A close up of the Pearl & Crystal Bridal Bouquet, this bouquet is similar to the one that can be designed using our distant learning kit for more detail of these brooch Bouquet Kits that contain 30 Brooches and step by step DVD  see our web site http://www.kaysschool.com/broochbouquetdiy.html

For more detail on Brooch Bouquets for sale or Brooch Bouquet Kits or Workshops email us on info@kaysschool.com 

Bridal Bouquet with Brooches

Wedding Bouquets with Brooches 

These Heirloom Bridal Bouquets are taking the wedding industry by storm at the moment,  We have seen the demand for our all Brooch Bouquets grow steadily over the past few months and 2013 looks like the year of the Brooch Bouquet,

With many brides traveling away to get married many are choosing to bring their brooch bouquet with them.
But generally it is the sentiment of these Brooch Heirloom Bouquets that have seen them become so popular.

Many Brides coming on our 1-2-1 Brooch Bouquet workshops are now bringing their Mum, Sisters, or Brides maids with them to help in the assembly of the Bouquet, with one bride bringing her teenage daughter to help her make her bouquet that someday will be her heirloom bouquet to use herself.

Creating a Teardrop Shape Brooch Bouquet

Carla Creates her own Wedding brooch Bouquet 

Brides are also including their own mementos into their bouquet from broken watches, ear rings, wedding rings, photos of relatives who have passed, swats of fabric from their own christening gowns, or their mums wedding gowns and even a secret locket that contains a message to the next owner of the brooch bouquet.

Anything can be included into the Brooch Bouquets and we encourage you to take photos of yourself making the bouquet to include in your wedding album.

Michelle Creates Her Own Brooch Bouquet on our 1-2-1 Workshop

For brides not in the position to come to us to make their Bridal Bouquet we offer and DIY Brooch Bouquet Kit that you can use at home in your own time.  These kits are designed with the complete novice in mind and are very user friendly for the complete beginner.
Each kit contains all the brooches you need to create a standard posie shape bouquet  (30 brooches), step by step DVD instruction, step by step notes, all the accessories and fabric that you need to complete your own brooch Bouquet .

We have found that it is not only brides to be that are creating their own brooch bouquets, we have had those who are looking to start their own business or add to their existing business by offering these brooch bouquets for sale.

Brooch bouquets vary in price depending on the number of brooches that are included in the bouquet.  Artificial Flowers or Fabric Hand Made flowers can also be included.  Brooch Bouquets of different shapes are becoming more and more popular also.

For more information on our Brooch Bouquets to either order or to design yourself  see www.kaysschool.com or email info@kaysschool.com

Brooch Bouquets designed for the Kathy De Stafford 2013 Bridal Collection

We were only thrilled to be asked recently if we would create a selection of Brooch Bouquets to accompany the new 2013 collection of stunning dresses designed by the amazing Kathy DeStafford.
Deciding to keep with the traditional all brooch that we are finding to be the most popular style of bouquets requested by brides, but diversifying from the posie shape we created some more interesting shapes.

Teardrop Style Brooch Bouquet 

Once you have complete making a posie shape brooch bouquet using our distant learning kits all these other shapes are very easy to create, full details and information can be emailed out to you on request, just drop us an email at info@kaysschool.com

Free Style Brooch Bouquet 

The Heart shape brooch bouquet was originally inspired by the titanic "Heart of the Ocean" but has been recreated using the popular choice of all pearl & crystal brooches 

For more information on any our our Brooch Bouquets & Brooch Bouquet Kits , drop us an email or see our website www.kaysschool.com

How you can make your own Brooch Bouquet

Brooch Bouquets and Heirloom Bouquets Shoot

it was on a fabulous sunny day in September that we gathered in Bushy Park in Terenure, Dublin 6 for to shoot some of our Heirloom and Brooch Bouquets.  With the expert advice from Ger Dunne from Fantastic Photography we looked at some of the different locations around the park and decided on the stepping stones as a good photo opportunity.

 Our model above Sinead showed of some of the Brooch Bouquets we have as samples in the school that we use to teach students how they can design their own brooch bouquets. In the first picture Sinead is carrying a heart shaped titanic inspired brooch bouquet designed using over 70 brooches in blue and pearl.
The bottom picture show Sinead carrying a genuine Vintage Heirloom Brooch Bouquet designed by Kay using some very old and antique brooches and scarf pins

On our Brooch Bouquet workshops we train you to make a Brooch Bouquet using all new brooches like the bouquet in the center photo, but once you have acquired the skills to create these bouquets, you can use the skills  to create any type, shape, style old or new bouquet using any type of materials

For more information on our 1-2-1 Brooch Bouquet workshops or our Brooch Bouquet Distant learning kits see our website www.kaysschool.com or email us on info@kaysschool.com

Below Abbie and Dervilla show us some more of the all brooch bouquets and some fabric handmade rose bouquets.
Kay's School of Floristry has now become recognised as Ireland's leading school for training people in the art of brooch and heirloom brooch bouquet making.  we can design training specific to your needs and requirements.  For further information drop us an email on info@kaysschool.com or visit our website www.kaysschool.com

Bushy Park Brooch Bouquet Harley Davidson Shoot

Team Kay's recently organised a photo shoot in Bushy Park in Dublin to show off Kay's new collection of alternative bridal bouquets.  Organised at the last minute we enlisted the help of the fabulous Make Up Artist tot he stars Tanya Pepper of Elegant Touch Professional Makeup Artist and Celebrity Hair Stylist Lorraine Whelan to prepare our Models for the day ahead. 

Once all our girls were ready we all headed over to Bushy Park, thankfully the weather played an enormous part as the sun glowed the whole day.  Yes we spent the whole day in the park and the crack was 90 :)
A friend of Kay's School,  Paul brought along his pride and joy  Harley Davidson Bike and the girls all got a chance to hop on and do some posing

Our stunning bride with a cerise pink fabric flower and brooch bouquet 

Sinead show off Kathy de Staffords Dress with her matching pink brooch bouquet 

Red & Black Rock Chick Bridal Bouquet 

Black Rocker brooch bouquet with fabric roses

Once we had finished our fun and said good bye to Paul and his bike we then headed towards the little shell house in the forest in the park, and we got come amazing shots here.  Ill post pics of this part of the shoot at a later date and also our take on "trash the dress" :)

For more details of our school or indeed brooch bouquets for sale or brooch bouquet kits, where you can create your own brooch bouquet, visit our new website http://www.kaysschool.com/index.html or email us on kschool@ireland.com


Photos by the amazing Ger from Fantastic Photography