Easter Decoration with Planted Flowers DIY

How to make a flower arrangement for Easter with planted flowers

A very simple and organic way to decorate your home this Easter is to use seasonal planted flowers placed in a nice bowl container you find in your home. It can be also a deeper plate or a salad glass bowl filled with a mix of sand and soil. Any flowers you can get your hands on are just great, but there are certain blooms that are more often associated with the spring holiday that are easier to get this time of year,  

Tulips are the obvious choice for spring decorations of any kind, but they are never disappointing. You can grow these from bulbs indoors over the winter but also find them in most stores in early spring. For the demonstration I have chosen here the yellow tulips which I bought at the grocery shop in a pot.

Hyacinths. Another spring beauty, the hyacinth flower is often found in pots in stores in the spring and has a lovely scent that will last long and will enhance your decoration. 

Photos by Tiina Arminen

White Crocus.

Daffodils. There’s nothing like sunny yellow daffodils to convey the joy of spring. You can grow these from bulbs or pick them up at the shop just before Easter.

Crocus.Crocus are beautiful spring-flowering bulbs available in a variety of colors.You will easily find them in pots in any supermarket when you go and make your next shopping. 

Hydrangea. The name Hydrangea comes from the Greek word “hydor”, meaning water, and “angos” meaning vessel. This roughly translates to “water barrel,” referring to the flower’s need for lots of water. Hydrangea colors range from white to blue or pink and purple. Incorporate these large fluffy blooms into your home décor.

Other potted flowers like daisies, campanula, English lavender works perfectly and adds variety, color and texture to your decoration.

You can also combine your spring flowers with other symbols of Easter, like eggs, forsytnthia or pussy willow branches. Use your decorated eggs to add color and interest to the soil around the flowers in their pots.. 

Materials needed: garden gloves, garden sheer, moss and soil, 3 to 5 spring potted flowers, decorative branches, decorative eggs or quail, natural color chicken eggs, glass or ceramic deep container or a decorative wooden box..

Step by step instructions

1. Since is going to be a dirty business, I recommend you wear the garden gloves in order to protect your hands and nails. However, if you wish to achieve a more hands on experience you can use your bare hands.

2. Place some moss at the bottom of your container.

3. Add soil bought from any garden shop or left overs from your past gardening sessions.

4. Pull out the flowers from their planter together with their roots with the help of the garden sheer as some flowers can be strongly rooted in the planter.

5. Arrange the flowers in the container and plant it in such a way that you create a cascading effect: the taller flower in the middle or in the back of your design followed by shorter flowers. Combine it in such a way that creates a pleasing view from all sides.

6. Add the rests of the soil from the planters to cover the roots and at the end the rest of the moss. In case you cannot get hold of the moss you can replace it with small stones or the pussy willow buds.

7. Decorate the arrangement with natural colored eggs for minimalist look, but any decorative eggs will do.

8. Spray some water once in a while to keep it fresh for longer.

Once Easter is over, you can plant the flowers in the garden or save the bulbs for next spring.

Happy Crafting! Happy Easter!

Flower Gift Box DIY

Flower Arranging - How to make a table flower arrangement in a gift box

If you landed on my page for sure you wished to get few tips on how to craft a flower gift box with fresh spring flowers, or simply just wanted to escape from the daily scary news. Since we all have to comply with the strict rules of the coronavirus quarantine, you must be spending a lot of time at home juggling between home office, household chores and family management. Not easy and quite exhausting. And yet you have the chance to try something new. I am pretty sure you have been offered this before.

For the next weeks, I will try to provide you with tips and guidelines on flower arrangements of all sorts and how to get creative with the materials you have at home and around the home.

What you will need?

A steady carton or wooden box. It can be an old gift box of any shape (round, square, heart shaped, you name it).

Florist foam or, if not at hand a more eco friendly accessories like used shower sea sponge, pebbles, sand, gravel, marbles, sea shells.

Water-proof paper, cellophane, aluminum foil or a plastic trash bag can also be used.

Knife for cutting the floral foam into the shape of your box.

Garden sheer for cutting the stronger stems of your foliage and flowers or scissors.

A container filled with water.

And of course flowers and foliage.

Step by step directions

Before you start, display all your materials on the table so you have it handy while you are working.

1. Take the lid of your box and press it on top of the floral foam so you carve the shape of the foam. With this you approximately outline the area which needs to be cut so it does fit in your box.

2. Take your floral foam and cut to size to fit whatever box you have so it fits inside.

3. Submerge the floral foam in water, let it soak for 10 seconds. After 10 seconds take out the foam and let it drain the excess water.

4. Wrap the soaked and drained floral foam with the cellophane or the water proof paper and put it inside the box. The cellophane is aimed to protect the gift box from flowers and water.

5. Then start your flower arrangement! Take your foliage and flowers and cut their stems into an angle to the size, you want to make sure they’re not too tall or too short so they fit beautifully in the box. Let your creativity go wild! This is the best part!

Watch the short tutorial to see how easy and fun this can be.

Other useful tips

You can use any foliage you find in your garden or in the nearest park.

In terms of flowers any spring branches in bloom will do as well as tulips, carnations, roses, ranunculus or potted flowers which you can find at your grocery store once you go and make your bigger shopping.

Cut your flower stem tips diagonally and place in a container of fresh water to hydrate for 2-3 hours prior to crafting your floral box.

Floral foam can be delicate, so cut the stems at a bit of an angle so that they pierce the foam easily and neatly. 

While placing the flowers in the foam make sure to grab them by the stem to prevent bruising the petals.

If you cannot get hold of the floral foam, take a bowl, vase, jar or a Tupperware to fit in your gift box. Fill it with pebbles, sea shells or sand (whatever you find at home) and pour water on them. Start your arrangement inserting the foliage the flowers in the pebbles, sand or seashells.

Please comment, share, like and also send me pictures of your creations. Any questions, suggestions you might have, please share or write.

Happy Crafting!

Mihaela

Crafting a hand tied bouquet for Easter.

"Easter Calm" Bouquet is perfect for your table decoration.

Spring flowers of different shapes and textures with soft pastel colors are the perfect ingredients for a hand tied bouquet to decorate your Easter table. Why not crafting one yourself!

Here I gathered few tips on the sources and materials you need plus a video demonstration on how to put together your own bouquet. Not a rocket science but a fun, creative time to treat your self and inspire others. I hope you will enjoy it. 

Flowers selection:

Ranunculus, Hyacinth, Rose, Narcissus, Alstroemeria, Lisianthus, Hellebores, Pussy Willow, Anemone, Tulips.

Foliage:

Eucalyptus, Pistachio leaves.

Since those flowers and foliage are quite hard to find at the flower shops in the city you can try the bigger flower market (Flora in Szigetszentmiklos).  It is  also worth visiting the small Saturday markets, where local farmers are displaying their garden flower treasures. Apart from the flowers you will be enriched by the authenticity of the place and the genuine small talk with the farmers.  

Tools needed:

Garden sheers, Scissors, Twine, Burlap.

Happy Easter to everyone!