New Year's bouquet is not only a stylish decor element, instantly creating a festive atmosphere, but also a relevant gift for familiar and loved ones. Despite the abundance of varieties presented in stores, make a festive product much more interesting on their own. This is how it will turn out to take into account all the preferences of the one who is meant, and create it with an individual approach.
Peculiarities
In the New Year bouquets, as a rule, either alive, or artificial branches of coniferous trees are used as the basis: fir, pine, spruce or thui. They immediately immerse themselves into the vessel with water or installed in the container filled with a floristic sponge. The durability of compositions for the new year depends on whether only living plants are used or exclusively artificial materials. In the second case, the bouquet with proper appeal will be preserved the presentable appearance not one year, but in the first one or later the branches will begin to turn yellow, and the needles fall out.
The simplest New Year's bouquet looks like an ohaper of coniferous branches, decorated with a couple of cones and Christmas tree toys, after which is located in a suitable container. Such a composition is created in literally in a couple of minutes, but has the right to be called a bouquet and creates the necessary festive atmosphere in the room. It must be said that it is mainly not required to create a classic composition, except for cones and living branches. By the way, this type of New Year's decor can be performed altogether only from the cones.
An important component of the winter bouquet is the container in which it is placed. Vase, a pot or other vessel should not only be decorated in a festive, but also in colors and stylistically combined with the floral composition. Almost any subject is suitable as a container. It can be a glass, and a plate, and a wicker basket, and a vase, and boots, and a classic kashpo for flowers. Miniature works will fit perfectly in a mug or wooden box. As for the form of New Year's creation, it is not necessary to be limited to the classics.
The festive composition can be made in the form of a decorated Christmas tree, a bowl, rectangular wall installation or even Christmas dwarf.
Review of species
All sorts of varieties of bouquets for the new year can be divided into three categories.
- The first implies the use of only natural materials. Such a bouquet is obtained by the most fragrant, atmospheric and environmentally friendly, but, unfortunately, the short time is preserved. Fir branches, bumps, live flowers, rowan branches and often tangerines are used to create a floral composition. The combination of fir branches and snow-white roses decorated with a unobtrusive decor looks very elegant.
- The second category includes bouquets made only from artificial materials. As a rule, artificial branches of trees are taken as a rule, which are then made up with New Year's balls, candles, satin bows, miniature figures and other decor. In the same category, it is possible to include products from soap, in which individual bars are made in the form of cones, tangerines and other thematic items.
The main advantage of such a winter bouquet is its durability.
- The third category includes combined work. For example, spruce paws can be decorated with balls or bows or combine artificial branches and ripe citars. Durability Such products also do not differ.
The mansion is sweet edible bouquets. In principle, it is impossible to call them only New Year, since this type of gifts is relevant all year round. But, adding several thematic details, unusual compositions can be quite present, going to visit the new year celebration, or place in the center of the table. Most often edible bouquets are made fruit or executed from candies and dried fruits.
However, there are also variations from small bottles of alcohol with champagne as the basis of the composition, as well as from tea.
How to choose?
Selecting or creating a New Year's bouquet as a gift, it is extremely important to take into account who it is intended.For woman
Women are almost always happy to receive flowers as a gift, so you can buy some kind of Classic bouquet From irises or callers, but decorated in winter subjects. Creating a floristic composition yourself, it is recommended to use green, blue, white and red shades. The twigs should be imposed with artificial snow, and a bright combination dilute cotton boxes. Give it better to work in a basket or on a unique frame.
The relevant decor includes silver plated and gold-plated nuts, bumps, ripe tubers and, possibly, expensive candies.
For a man
The perfect male bouquet does not contain colors, but consists of delicious parts. It can be both small bottles of alcohol, and a variety of sweets, depending on the taste of the belonging. Interesting, sausages, or some alcoholic drink, packed together with a snack look. Make a bouquet for men is better in dark colors with preservation of clear lines.
For a child
Children's bouquet should be not only beautiful, but also original. It is recommended to give preference to bright colors and original forms, for example, assemble the composition in the form of a Christmas tree or a snowman. A compulsory addition to a gift for a child should be a thematic soft toy or candy.
How to assemble with your own hands?
To independently make a classic winter bouquet of spruce branches, as the basis, it is necessary to choose a pretty durable and steady vessel, for example, made of clay or ceramics. The vase is better not to take, since the hanging branches can create an unnecessary advantage, leading to the overturning of the decorative element.
However, if there is only such a vessel, it should be additionally touched from the inside, putting on the bottom, for example, a few pebbles. To preserve freshness bouquet it is better to use a floristic sponge. You can purchase this filler in a specialized store. Sponge must be tightly placed inside.
The basis of bouquet is fresh fir branches. The processing of individual elements will be carried out with the help of scissors and a sharp knife. First of all, a spruce base is formed - individual twigs are simply inserted into the floral sponge. If they do not very reliably hold, you can create an additional aluminum wire frame. Reliably fastened and beautifully placed branches are decorated with rowan berries, ribbons, nuts and cones. Finished work is covered with a layer of artificial snow or sparkles.
Just just a Christmas bouquet of fruit is also compiled. Such a decoration can be put in the head of the table, and at the end of the evening, to offer guests as dessert. Apples of different varieties, tangerines, oranges, rigid pears can be used for work, slightly unrivable bananas and grapes.
All the fruits are worth taking fresh and visually perfect, that is, without any damage, but with a wax raid. If work is planned to be stored for several days, you can even buy not quite ripe fruits.
In addition to edible components, wooden sticks, tape and paper should also be prepared.
Washing and drying fruit, you can start forming a bouquet. All the fruits are planted on wooden spanks. The greater the weight of the fruit, the more wooden sticks are required for the base. This means that the largest fruit can fit on 3, or even 4 sticks. If citruses or grenades are used in the paper, then they are covered with the top, and the pulp is protected by the food film from the tangle.
Between themselves, ready-made fruit sticks are sealed with a wide scotch. Branches of green plants are inserted into the gaps that are generated between the fruits. If flowers are used as decor, they should be inserted into special floral extension cords. The finished bouquet worst into the craft paper and tied up with a twine.
Beautiful examples
Finished bouquets can inspire on their own creativity.
The unique atmosphere will create a combined bouquet decorated in a red festive color. Live or artificial conifer branches are used as the basis. The center of the composition defining the mood becomes a glass bottle "Coca-Cola", many people thanks to advertising associated with winter holidays. Other edible elements are ripe pomegranate with a cut tip and striped lollipop. Bright red glossy apples, rather, perform a decorative function, and therefore artificial fruits can be used.
New Year's bouquet is originally decorated with fruit, berries, nuts and other decorative elements. Such an unusual composition you can decorate a festive table.
Another luxurious New Year's bouquet is made in golden colors. Coniferous branches are also taken as the basis of the lush composition: artificial or real. The edible decorative elements of the work include ripe tangerines and candies in gold wrappers, fixed on wooden skewers.
From artificial parts, you can detect Christmas balls and toys of harmonious shades, some of them are additionally covered with sparkles. The product raisin is forest cones and cinnamon sticks. Also in the bouquet there are thin twigs of deciduous trees, painted white paint. Finished work is packed in gold color glossy paper.
How do you make a New Year's bouquet of tangerines, see the next video.