{"id":56119,"date":"2017-06-27T11:39:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T11:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=56119"},"modified":"2017-06-27T18:51:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T18:51:58","slug":"flower-arranging-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/27\/flower-arranging-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower arranging 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello my friends! Coming off the heels of a busy busy week and wonderful weekend.\u00a0 My wine tasting birthday dinner for my husband was a complete success, we were so lucky to have been blessed with gorgeous weather and all the details came together like a well rehearsed orchestra. I will be doing a post on that within the week. To me, any good party starts with flowers. I love them as you probably know by now and flowers are a big, big part of my life, they just make me happy.<\/p>\n

I am lucky to live near a flower district (25 geographical miles) but hours in driving…we are talking NYC here! Traffic is the worst its’ been but even that will often not thwart my plans for a day at the flower district. As a result of my occasional trips there, I\u00a0 have started experimenting. making my own arrangements. In addition I discovered a much closer to home alternative when trips to the city are not possible, Whole Foods! Great floral dept, amazing prices and they allow me to order!<\/p>\n

In the past when I needed an arrangement I normally called my local florists but I have taken on some flower arranging of my own and had such fun in the process. There are not hard and fast rules, just experimenting, looking at pictures and an occasional You Tube video for direction.\u00a0 I am by no means a pro but consider myself to be an enthusiastic “hobbyist”. However wanted to share the few tips I do know and find to be successful as I think many of my readers are like minded and enjoy flowers as well.<\/p>\n

Also a sidenote, Decor Market is giving away one of my gorgeous blue and white vases on Instagram only, if you want to win one and feeling lucky, then click here!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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So here are a few recent pictures from various arrangements I have worked on plus a few of my amateur tips-<\/p>\n

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Arrangement 1<\/span><\/h2>\n

Was bringing this to someone who had just had an operation. Made a full arrangement in one of the glass cubes. Always start with soaking the oasis then cut to size to fit into your container<\/p>\n

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Arrangement 2<\/span><\/h2>\n

These are so pretty, one of my favorite color combos. Made two arrangements, one going out as a thank you and another for a friends belated bday. Used my beautiful silver containers for these, they make such elegant arrangements.<\/p>\n

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Arrangement 3<\/span><\/h2>\n

Love this one with the beautiful color combination and the play of bright flowers on the blue and white is so pretty. This was a larger arrangement so I started with a “base” of white hydrangeas which acts as my foundation and build from there<\/p>\n

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Arrangement 4<\/span><\/h2>\n

These I had bought in the flower district and went to town preparing various arrangements for my luncheon. Love the play of colors on the blue and white containers I used them in-<\/p>\n

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MY TIPS-<\/span><\/h2>\n

Use hydrangeas as part of every arrangements, they are large, well priced and add so much to any arrangement, is a great way to make an arrangement feel very full<\/p>\n

When you start with hydrangea or any larger flower,\u00a0 use them towards the bottom evenly around the base of the arrangement and build from there<\/p>\n

Hydrangeas are one of the few flowers (to my knowledge) that can be resuscitated! The boiling water trick seems to work every time- if you have blooms that are wilted or not looking so fresh, give them a fresh cut, stick them in a cup of boiling water for about 45 seconds, remove put into room temp water and normally you will see them “perk” up fairly fast<\/p>\n

Always cut fresh flowers immediately upon getting home on a 45 degree angle and put\u00a0 in fresh water<\/p>\n

I put my hydrangeas in very hot water (very) as the hot water travels up the stem faster to the flowers<\/p>\n

Always have lots of little tulip\/bud vases on hand, they make perfect accents for literally anywhere, and are as pretty alone as they are in clusters, also look fabulous on mantles!<\/p>\n

Cut\/change water daily or every other day, really makes a difference!<\/p>\n

Keep your arrangements in a cool place, this too will prolong their life (especially overnight) often I move mine around to the coolest place in the house<\/p>\n

Whole Foods (if you have one near you) is a great place to get beautiful flowers, always very fresh and amazing prices! I go there all the time and they will allow you to order what you want in advance unlike many market florists<\/p>\n

Next time you visit your local market that has flowers or a florist ask them if they will give you a few of their floral buckets or you can ask if you can buy them, they normally will hand over a few (great to keep on hand for storing your flowers before you arrange them)<\/p>\n

When the arrangement is towards the end, you can pluck out the dead\/almost dead flowers and fill with a few faux! I do it all the time, works like a charm and gives the arrangement new life:)<\/p>\n

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So….how about you? Do you ever play florist? If you love flowers, my hunch is you have. I must say buying flowers is one of the greatest little joys in life. I always have them around, both real and faux. OK your turn to spill your floral secrets! Until next time….<\/p>\n

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Hello my friends! Coming off the heels of a busy busy week and wonderful weekend.\u00a0 My wine tasting birthday dinner for my husband was a complete success, we were so lucky to have been blessed with gorgeous weather and all the details came together like a well rehearsed orchestra. I will be doing a post […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1795,2634,2674,1792,2563],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56119"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56199,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56119\/revisions\/56199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}