The Art of Floral Arranging
April 16, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
You can put flowers hit or miss in a vase, or you can develop an eye for creating pleasing, often unusual arrangements. If you’d like to develop the knack of floral arranging, check out those that capture your attention. Some may be truly artistic, others whimsical, even others humorous.
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Some ideas to consider:
- Do you want to use artificial, silk or natural flowers?
- Do wild flowers catch your attention?
- Look for flowers on sale that you might use for arrangements.
- Check with a florist and see if they have leftover flowers
- Perhaps a local florist teaches floral arranging classes or someone does in a continuing education class.
- Does your interest lie in more than bouquets in vases? There are wreaths, hearts and other shapes. You also can learn to make corsages and bouquets.
- Collect embellishments you can use in your floral arranging.
What tips do you have for creating art from flowers?
If you have a space, plant a curly willow tree. They grow rapidly, and the branches add a lovely wildness to a design.
My biggest tip for floral arranging is to do everything in groups of three triangles. It draws the eye in on a focal point. Also make sure you balance some green or smaller background flowers like babies breath, with larger steal the show flowers for a balanced arrangement. I love arranging flowers in vases and creating dried and pressed floral arrangements:-) I’m so ready for the summer cutting season!
Thank you, Linette, for stopping by with your tip for floral arranging. Yes, it soon will be the season for cutting and arranging flowers as our gardens bloom.
For inspiration, browse florist shop Internet sites. Buy whatever is freshest. Make arrangements last longer by adding a packet of floral mix to the water. Next day, add a few drops of bleach to discourage mold. Change water after three days.
Some of the best florist reviews I’ve found are located at http://www.onlinefloristreviews.com. Definitely worth a look if you need to find a good internet florist!
Eileen and Mara, thanks for your tip about online florist sites. And for your information about florist reviews, Mara. I’m sure these tips will be of interest to readers.
Thanks, Eileen, for sharing the information about ways to keep flowers fresh longer. I think my daughter has used those packets with good results.