{"id":2126,"date":"2011-02-15T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T16:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:16:31","slug":"practice-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/diy-flowers-how-to-tutorials\/practice-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"A little practice makes perfect&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I touch upon this a lot in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/pub\/do-it-yourself-guide-to-wedding-flowers.cfm\">DIY Guide<\/a>, but I cannot stress doing a trial run enough if you are thinking about doing your own wedding flowers. Although DIY&#8217;ing your flowers is extremely easy, you don&#8217;t want to be doing something for the first time the day before or even the day of your wedding. 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