What I've Learned About Making Bouquets

Lately I've been considering this blog and trying to determine what its purpose is, if it has a purpose, should it have a purpose, etc. Currently I'm leaning towards "obvious observations." Today I'm going to share the wisdom I've picked up this summer about making flower bouquets.

#1. If you have a garden, you can bring those flowers inside.

Taking advantage of the late summer blooms #flowers

#2. Put flowers into the vase one at a time. I use to struggle with getting flowers to look fine in a vase, then this summer I stumbled upon this wisdom and I'm wondering why no one mentioned it to me before. Often it seems like flower arranging is tricky, and if you want fancy, it probably is. But if you just put one thing in the vase at a time, you can notice when it starts to look weird. Then you can fix it.

2014-08-29 18.20.25.jpg

#3. Use glass jars as vases. I moved into a grandma's house, therefore there were about 100 million vases. I have rudely ignored every single one of these in favor of using glass jars that I've taken the labels off of. You can use vases if you want, but I find glass jars extra useful if I want to bring a bouquet to a friend. Then when you arrive, there's no flurry of activity looking for a vase and trying to arrange the flowers, when really she'd rather be getting dinner ready. It's ready to go. Also, I like the smaller mouths that most jars have. It creates a tighter bouquet.

Fresh flowers and evening light #beautifullyordinary

#4. If you're bringing flowers inside, probably you're bringing bugs too. I don't mind this too much, but I try to remember to take a closer look before bringing flowers (and the hanging-on spiders) to friends. I'm sure they have enough spiders already.

Evening #stilllife

#5. Flowers have the magic ability to make everything 5000 times nicer. As I mentioned, moving into a grandma's house leaves a little to be desired in regards to furniture choices. I can change a lot of small things, but we're more or less stuck with the furniture, at least for now. But once I started bringing flowers inside, that's all I could see. I no longer noticed all the weird colors in the furniture. Just my lovely flowers with the afternoon light. Total magic.

Success! #flowers
Tags: 

Recent Comments

Val Fletcher
Val Fletcher Mon, 09/29/2014 - 15:48

I've never thought of using jars - great idea! Your flowers and arrangements are beautiful!

Deanna Patterson
Deanna Patterson Fri, 09/26/2014 - 07:49

I love glass jars. They add a freshness to the flowers on display.

Gala Kocinova
Gala Kocinova Thu, 09/25/2014 - 21:48

Великолепные цветы !!! Мне очень нравятся цветы в стеклянных банках - солнечные лучи отражаются в воде,стекле - и цветы еще более сияют !!!!!

Callie Douglass
Callie Douglass Thu, 09/25/2014 - 11:49

So Pretty! I love the jars.

Tania Ruiz
Tania Ruiz Tue, 09/23/2014 - 19:27

Wow, beautiful bouquets! And great observations. :-)

Beatrice Loren
Beatrice Loren Sun, 09/21/2014 - 09:52

Beautiful arrangements!

Violet Irisovna
Violet Irisovna Sat, 09/20/2014 - 00:03

I am loving this "obvious observations" series. Delightful!

Mersija (Mer-see-ya) Simon
Mersija (Mer-see-ya) Simon Fri, 09/19/2014 - 06:35

I love placing flowers in a jar also Marisa,i add a bow or ribbon for a more fancier touch,you could also add twine or wrap a wire around the top and then tie another piece of wire to both sides of the first wire and even hand your flowers.
I also use glass jars to root my plants,they stay in there for a long time and look very nice.
I love the very colorful flower arrangement,very pretty.

Laura Snover
Laura Snover Thu, 09/18/2014 - 17:31

I love the feeling you get with flowers in a jar, too!

Debra Burroughs
Debra Burroughs Thu, 09/18/2014 - 10:43

I especially liked your comment about the jar necks - smaller makes for a better bouquet in my opinion! Thanks for sharing the tips!

Beth Bayer
Beth Bayer Wed, 09/17/2014 - 17:54

This last picture is especially lovely. Thank you for the fresh ideas. xoxox Beth

Judy Daino
Judy Daino Wed, 09/17/2014 - 15:55

Beautiful flowers Marisa and love the arrangements.

Linda Purcel
Linda Purcel Wed, 09/17/2014 - 14:24

Great post! And I've always loved flowers in jars or bottles :)

Jada Gingrich
Jada Gingrich Wed, 09/17/2014 - 12:33

Beautiful flowers! I like flowers but rarely take the time to bring them in.

Therese Schmidt
Therese Schmidt Tue, 09/16/2014 - 19:03

Beautiful floral arrangements! I find myself trying to make "clusters" out of my household décor, LOL. Life imitates art, I guess.

tammy herzog
tammy herzog Tue, 09/16/2014 - 17:17

pretty love the three glass bottle ones iwth the daisy