HOW TO WRAP HAND TIES
A COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE to quickly & easily WRAP HAND TIES
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
This is a brilliantly quick, cost effective, elegant and sustainable wrapping guide, to help you easily and effectively wrap hand tied bouquets. It's best suited for hand gathered bunches, and can be used when gifting to friends and within your business.
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I have always loved simplicity in packaging and wrapping. I am not one for shiny paper and endless ribbon bows. When I see bottles and boxes on retail shelves, it's those with minimal text and detail that I am naturally drawn to. The brands and products that represent honest, humble and clearly authentic elements, with minimal fuss. I also actively avoid buying products which come with endless, unnecessary packaging. I feel guilty when I receive overly packaged products.
From the start of my business, I used brown kraft paper to wrap all our flower bunches. As the business grew to include national flower deliveries and our busy London flower shop in Selfridges & Co., I continued using kraft paper, with added brown bags and rigid boxes.
Our packaging has always been both recycled and recyclable, and the card and paper sourced from FSC suppliers (from well-managed forests and/or recycled sources).
I also believe that flowers need minimalist wrapping, they should simply be left to look beautiful, exactly as they are. I hope this quick guide fills you with confidence to easily and efficiently create all your wrapped bunches, whether for friends or within your floristry business. And please do share images of your wrapped bunches on Instagram - I would love to see them.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
BROWN KRAFT PAPER
SCISSORS
GARDEN TWINE, STRING OR RIBBON
YOUR HAND GATHERED BUNCH OF FLOWERS!
WRAPPED HAND TIED BUNCH
STEP-BY-STEP
STEP ONE
PAPER SQUARE - cut a square of approx. 70cm from the kraft paper (this is based on a medium size hand gathered bunch, you can of course make this bigger or smaller) and lay flat on a table.
STEP TWO
FOLD CORNER - fold one corner approx. 2/3rd into the centre of the square.
STEP THREE
PLACE BUNCH - carefully place your hand gathered bunch of flowers diagonally on the paper, with the tips of the flowers just touching the upper edges and the ends of the stems completely clear of the paper.
STEP FOUR
PREPARE GARDEN TWINE - cut a length of garden twine (or string or ribbon) approx. 80cm long and set aside.
STEP FIVE
FIRST WRAP FOLD - pull and fold the first corner of the square paper neatly over to cover the front of the flowers and stems.
STEP SIX
SECOND WRAP FOLD - follow by the opposite paper corner, comfortably overlapping the first fold.
STEP SEVEN
TO SECURE WRAP - hold the wrapped flowers with one hand, and gather the garden twine with your other hand.
STEP EIGHT
SECURING - place garden twine under the folded paper, just below the hand gathered bind point (the bind point is on your hand gathered bunch, the point where you tied the flowers).
STEP NINE
PULL TIGHT - pull the garden twine tightly and firmly, which will pinch the paper and create a neat cone shape around the flowers.
STEP TEN
TIE A KNOT & BOW - secure the garden twine by tie a double knot and a finish with a neat bow. You can replace the garden twine with string or a ribbon, simply following the same steps.
STEP ELEVEN
KEEP IT NEAT - cut the garden twine ends, to a neat finish.
FINISHED WRAPPED BUNCH
FINISH - this is a quick, cost effective, elegant and sustainable wrapping method. It is perfect if you are giving flowers to a friend and/or displaying pre made bunches in a shop.
FLOWERS IN WATER
It’s also a super method to display your flowers, whilst they are also sitting in water, so avoiding need of hydration wraps. Simply place the bare stems into a clean vase or bucket of fresh water, ensuring the base of the paper doesn't touch the water, to help keep it looking neat and the wrapping intact (the paper will be fine with small splashes).
“I love simplicity when it comes to wrapping, particularly with flowers ... flowers don’t need added, shiny paper and endless bows to shine!”
