Last week I had this in my hand.
It was pretty but it need something else.......maybe more flowers and made in a different colour as well.
Well I settled for teal because it is the one colour that went well with the dark navy blue that I had. Then my mind went blank!
How was I going to decorate the bottom of the bouquet? I didn't want to use lace as I didn't want to introduce another fabric into the bouquet and I really wanted to use the same white organza that I used to make the little dainty white flowers. But how was I going to do it?
This sat in my mind for 3 days and it was very annoying. I want it to be light and fluffy to contrast against the bold kiku that I made but everything I tried just didn't work for me. Not fluffy and stiff enough for my liking but then yesterday it struck me! Why not try some musubi folding techniques?
I spent so much time learning how to tie my obi that something must be suitable for finishing my bouquet and it came to me, make a series of round petal folds with the organza and voila!
Well I am glad to report that it worked and here is the result.
I rearranged the original bouquet I found the rotational symmetry was not pleasing to the eye. Normally a certain amount of symmetry is attractive but since all the flowers I made are all symmetric, I didn't want the bouquet arrangement to be the same.
A little bit of asymmetry adds a little bit of excitement.
I am also happy with the size as well, it is a nice round bouquet which will sit nicely in a bride's hands.
Here you can see how the organza round petals nestle the bouquet. It makes the bouquet look softer.
And I can't resist a closeup of the flowers.
This bouquet will be appearing in my etsy shop very soon and it is a truly one off piece. The chances of finding another scarf like this one is going to be impossible so whoever buys it will be acquiring a unique kanzashi bouquet. I think I will be pricing it around the $300 if you are interested.
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