Hello! It is no secret that I love flowers…..LOVE! They just make me happy and I always have to have them around.  About a week ago, after a long week of working and playing part tine nurse to my husband who had the flu,  I realized it had been quite a while since I had bought fresh flowers and was having flower withdrawal:)  So I set off to Whole Foods, my go to place when I cannot hit the NY flower market. They were pretty well stocked that day, as a market can be and I found some pretty spring-y flowers which is exactly what the doctor ordered.

So I went home with no real game plan, just the idea to having some fun. I had many requests fro a tutorial so am goi got work on some kind of a  detailed video/tutorial showing how I do these…much easier than you might think. Most important thing is to have fun and not be afraid to experiment! These flowers went a long way. One single arrangement like the ones in the jars or planters would be at least $300 around here. I got two large arrangements s and a few small ones out of this.

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Here is a picture of my loot, tulips, roses, spray roses hydrangea and delphiniums

And then it was off to work-  I gathered the unglamorous elements, a bucket filled with cool water, oasis, tape of some sort and a salad plate

Put oasis in water, don’t push it down let it sink on it’s own to fully absorb the water

This is what I call the plate arrangement,  the entire arrangement is made on a plate. Put your oasis block onto plate and tape it to the container, not pretty but this is a must!

Once you have given your florals a quick cut, you are ready to start. I normally start with the bigger blooms (hydrangeas in this case)

Then you start filling in with the smaller flowers

I then tried this in each of the colored jars….was in love with all three variations! I can see these at a bridal shower, big bash or wedding!

Many have asked about these new jars, they are on the way and will be here in about 2-3 weeks. We will hold an arrival sale:)

Then I took one of my favorite pierced planters and placed my plate arrangement on it, and it was love at first sight yet again:) It was as simple as lifting the plate with the flowers and placing it on top of the planter, took 20 seconds.

And to not be outdone (or ignored) one of my favorite blue and white lily pad jars got it’s 15 minutes too….

Then when I was done with all of those arrangements, I took the flowers out of the oasis and wanted to try them as a looser arrangement and gave these new life in a variety of containers-

I then took the larger arrangements above and did a little “hack/trick”- I took my pale pink peony bunch (split them into single stems) and tucked them into my fresh flowers to create even more volume. Seriously..they took it to the next level and could truly fool anyone! Can you spot the peonies? Don’t they look right at home?

These are our mid sized etched hurricanes which double as one exquisite vase!!

I was so inspired by these arrangements that I set up a mock luncheon table, I am helping someone plan a bridal shower  for May, so she came over and I set it up for her and needless to say she said “sold”!

Sources- The etched hurricanes and vase is from my shop, pagoda flatware from my shop (click here for etched collection), as is the large mint julep (click here for our mint julep collection). The glasses are from Williams Sonoma and the plates are from about 10 years ago (discontinued) but I think can still be purchased at Replacements, Inc. (click here)

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Needless to say that $90 purchase of flowers (thanks Whole Foods for carrying such pretty and reasonable flowers)  went a long, long way. I am considering, after many asked doing a short video/tutorial to hopefully demystify the art of flower arrangement. The great part is there are no rules, its like a science experiment each and every time! I really need a greenhouse!!!

Counting down the days until spring is officially here then begins the beautiful season of non stop flowers……cannot wait! Thanks for stopping in, wishing everyone a fabulous day and smooth end to your week. Until next time…….’

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