I’ve always loved learning new ways of wrapping bouquets whether they are small or large. There are over 10 different videos on this topic on our Youtube channel and one thought I was curious about was have you considered how someone would receive a bouquet if it wasn’t gift-wrapped?
I read an interesting piece of research about the psychology of wrapping presents – now I know that a bunch of flowers is slightly different but the overall thought was that gifts were rated more positively when they were wrapped than when they weren’t. I really don’t know whether that’s the same for flowers, I just imagine a small child giving their mum a bunch of flowers. Would they care if they were beautifully wrapped?
Learning how to wrap a bouquet was one of the first skills I learn in my first job in a florist shop and its one of the most satisfying skills to teach others in workshops.
There are around 10+ videos on the channel about wrapping flowers, the first one I ever did now has 583k views which I find staggering and the thing I love the most is that its videos people as they watch are actively learning and “how to wrap a bouquet” is a constant search topic.
The variety of ways to wrap a bouquet always intrigues me, my recent tutorial on our YouTube channel was how to gift-wrap a couple of stems using washi paper. I find a lot of inspiration from Pinterest as I love Japanese and Korean styles of bouquet wrapping as the papers can be a lot more intricate and it normally means I have to watch a video a 50 times to see how they fold and wrap.
I went over to Paris last summer with my brother and managed to get some washi paper from a beautiful stationary shop we found.
My recent favourite was wrapping a small spring bouquet using a magazine, you can watch it here. I tried a magazine, a newspaper and just plain brown paper. Again it was an idea I saw on Pinterest and I had a play to see which option I like best.
I think overall when considering how to wrap your bouquet, it’s worth being curious. Do some research and see which styles you like best and above all, enjoy playing with an aim to create something you love and want to give to someone else.