Daisies & Fruit

Do-It-Yourself Decorating

Finished Daisy Bouquet

What do you think of the finished bouquet? I think it all came together nicely. Wish I had a picture of the original green can to show you! I like how the dark purple balances the daisies and creates interest in an ordinary arrangement. The pink and yellow match the ceramic colors quite well too—and I didn’t even plan that! This will be one arrangement to keep for a good while.

Colorful Fillers

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Adding Purple Flowers

Now for the filler flowers… There were some deep purple bunches of flowers in the original bouquet, as well as little baby-pink blossoms. The purple ones contrasted nicely with all the lighter flowers, so I tried to distribute them around the bouquet. The pink ones also seemed to fit right in, though there were only a few bunches of them, so I spread them out as well. It’s kind of fun to work from a pre-selected bunch of flowers, so that all you have to do is decide where to put things! Would you add anything else to this arrangement?

Almost Done?

Adding Moss

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Covering up Foam

Oops, I think I forgot something! We don’t want that green foam sticking out of our finished arrangement! Moss should take care of that. I wrestled out some moss (a real battle, it’s so tangled up) and spread it in around the flowers. It actually was a bit easier to add it with a few flowers already in there. The stems helped hold it in place.

There are all different kinds of filler moss. The one I’m using here is like little pieces of dried stems almost (or the synthetic equivalent); at home I’ve used real moss like you get for miniature dioramas; even Easter grass could work. And then there are always a variety of colors to choose from—pick what you like and what fits your flowers! PS: See more about moss here.

Daisy Bouquet

Do-It-Yourself Decorating

Beginning the Arrangement

I didn’t have flowers in mind when I bought this cute little ceramic bowl. But we had bouquet around in the ugliest green-painted tin cup you could imagine; so, I decided to try and give the flowers a face lift. To start with, I cut and fitted a piece of floral foam into the crock’s mouth. Then I cut—or rather gnawed—apart the original bunch of flowers (they turned out to be mostly wire) and surveyed the assortment. It seemed the daisies should be the focal flowers, so I spaced them out evenly around the sides and top of the foam. And the leaves came right along!