Old-fashioned bouquets
Small and simple, they make great gifts for any occasion
The month of May brings many reasons to head for the garden and pick a bunch of blooms: a little bouquet for Mother's Day, a gift for a favorite teacher at the end of the school year, a thank you to the friend who's invited you to a May Day garden party. Whatever the occasion, these old-fashioned bouquets are the perfect way to celebrate the season. If you don't have many flowers in your garden, use ones from a florist's shop or market.
Design: Jill Slater
Time: 20 minutes each (plus conditioning time)
Cost: About $5 (plus cost of flowers if purchased)
MATERIALS
• Pruning shears
• One to two dozen stems of flowers, foliage, and herbs
• Bucket
• Rubber band
• One lace paper napkin or two 8-inch-diameter paper doilies
• Scissors
• Roll of 1-inch-wide white florists' tape
• 1 yard 1-inch-wide decorative ribbon
• Several decorative straight pins
• ½ yard thin ribbon