This week I bring you a special treat…floral arranging with Mom! My mom has always made the most beautiful flower arrangements and when I asked her to create one for the blog, she excitedly agreed. She created this floral arrangement using silk flowers from local craft and art supplies stores. The color choices make this an obvious choice for Valentine’s Day, but you can also use it at a wedding reception or pair it with my rose petal tea recipes and have an old fashioned tea party. I hope you enjoy this fun project!
Arrangement Type: Free-form vertical
Finished Height: Approx. 4′
Mom Tip #1: When getting started on your own floral arrangement, you’ll want to start with an inspiration piece. It might be a particular type of flower, or like in this case, it was the vase. Then select flowers of different colors, shapes and petal types. To complete the arrangement you’ll also want to select some greenery.
Mom Tip #2: The general height proportions for any floral arrangement, is to keep the height of the flowers no higher than 1 1/2 the height of the vase you are using.
Mom Tip #3: Sometimes you’ll want to pay more money for your feature flowers, in this case the red roses which were $8 a piece, but SO worth it! She was able to find nice looking carnations and greenery that didn’t cost as much, but still looked very nice in the arrangement.
Mom Tip #4: Hang a necklace or other jewelry from the vase to add interest. I found the necklace for this arrangement on clearance!