18-guage floral wire
roll of floral tape (green or white, depending on your preference)
silk or dried flowers
ribbon (optional)
wire cutters
scissorsPrepare the flowers. If you're using silk flowers, you should use wire cutters to clip individual clusters or stems from the heavy wired stem for individual use*. If you are using dried flowers, make small clusters by gathering smaller bunches of flowers together and fastening them together at the base with floral tape. You can also combine silk and dried flowers if you wish.
Take the floral wire and make an oval hoop that fits on the wearer's head just the smallest fraction of an inch farther down than you really want it to sit. Wrap the entire hoop with floral tape, making sure the ends of the wire are well covered. The wrapping will make the circle fit a bit more snug, which is why you want it slightly larger than the wearer's actual head size. Floral tape is stickiest when it has been stretched slightly before use, which really is what you want to do. That slight stickiness is what helps keep everything together and also helps the flower circlet stay secure on the head. But it doesn't make the hair sticky at all so don't worry.
Start taping the flower clusters to the wreath. Lay one flower (or cluster of flowers) on the wire, keeping all flowers towards the outside of the hoop. Using a long length of floral tape, begin to tape the flowers to the wreath by wrapping the tape around both the wire and the flower. Keep adding flowers and taping until the wreath is completely covered with flowers. You may want to alternate one small bunch of colored flowers with one cluster of baby's breath. You may also alternate small bunches of silk flowers with larger individual silk flowers. Use flowers all of one color or any number of complimentary colors. Use your imagination.
The easiest way to add ribbons to the back of the headpiece is to take a length of ribbon twice as long as desired, then fold in half. Loop the fold over the wire, then draw the loose ends through the loop to form a knot. You may wish to use a drop of glue on the knot to keep the ribbons from coming loose. Ribbons can be any color or width desired.
* An additional step for silk flowers: you might want glue each flower onto its plastic stem. It takes a little more time, but it will keep any blossoms from dropping off if you plan on keeping the circlet for later use.