DIY Flowers, Gorgeous and Inexpensive
You don’t need to be an expert to do a beautiful flower arrangement yourself. When you bring your flowers home, fill a bucket with water and cut the bottom of the stems at a slant so they can soak up lots of water. Place all your flowers in the bucket until you’re ready to arrange them. Start with a bowl or vase that has a narrow opening (this helps you because it holds them in place) Find flowers at our local market or Costco (along with your 55 gallon can of baked beans) that have large heads. Today I found some gorgeous Peonies at Ralph’s (5 stems for $6.99 and I bought 2 bunches). Tear off all the leaves , keeping them on their stems, and save them. The trick for a novice flower arranger is to make a bouquet in your hand. The more bunches you use, the fuller the bouquet. Keep all the heads of the flowers even. Wrap a rubber band around the stems to hold what you’ve created in place. You want the flowers to mound at the top of the bowl or vase so cut your stems evenly. Fill in the base of the flowers with the leaves you saved to give it a finished look. Here’s an example of how it should look (use more flowers than pictured)
This look can be accomplished with any flower, hydrangeas, daisies, roses, mums, lillies, etc. It depends on the style of your wedding and, of course, your color scheme. A beautiful bouquet can be made exactly the same way. Cover the rubber band with satin ribbon wound around the stems and held in place with corsage pins (found at any craft store).
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I am getting married in November but I believe my shower will be in the summer. I really want floral centerpieces at my shower but I know they can be very costly. I love this idea and think that its a great inexpensive way to have small centerpieces with real flowers on each table.
The flowers are beautiful. How many flowers will I need for a wedding party with 3 bridesmaids and a flower girl?
Judy, in answer to your question, in really depends on which flowers you are using. If you are using Peonies, which are large blooms you would need less flowers, 5 stems would be enough. For the Flower girl, 3 would do. You’ll enjoy seeing this example to help you visualize the bouquet. In this case, they used roses as well, so less Peonies would be needed.
Thanks for the helpful, practical advice. My friend is getting married in September….she’s planning a classic tea reception. What would you suggest for classy, yet reasonably priced centerpieces?
Hi Stephanie, I think this centerpiece would be very nice for a tea reception, especially using the lemons in the vases and fall colored flowers on top.
Another idea is to do centerpieces in tea pots (ask friends and family if they have some cute ones or check out the local thrift shops). You can use my instructions above on how to do a cute centerpiece that would work in a teapot.
I love your arrangement–it’s gorgeous!
Thank you so much for sending this email! Everything is absolutely beautiful!