Floral Circle

Flower arrangements are an added attraction to your home. But it is quite expensive to purchase professionally arranged flowers all the time. If you are the type who likes seeing beautifully arranged flowers around the house, here’s a tip for you. You may want to purchase fresh cut flowers from the supermarket or flowers supply store and arrange the flowers yourself. You can save a lot of money, and doing it is simple and can be fun. You can even use the flowers from your own garden to make beautiful flower arrangements. To make a simple flower arrangement, you may follow these steps:

1. Get a clean vase, a wide-mouthed vase is preferred so you can hold in as many stems as you like. Start with your foliage. Snip off the ends of the foliage or greens and arrange them inside the vase in a criss-cross pattern. This will serve as your base once you place the flowers in.
2. If you want your flower arrangement to be low and rounded, cut the stems of the flowers and place the flowers in a criss-cross pattern following the pattern of the foliage. Go around the inside the vase to make a ring of flowers. You may place in additional stems in the water to secure the flowers. Continue placing more flowers in. The smaller the circle get, the higher or longer the flower stems should be so that you’ll have an arrangement that gradually heightens as it reaches the center.
3. For tall flower arrangements, choose a slim and tall vase. This will allow your flowers to stand high in place and your arrangement would look sleeker and slimmer. Some good flower choices for this type of arrangement would be blue delphiniums, gladiolas, lilies, or snapdragons. Tulips with long stems would look great for this type of arrangement as well.
4. Over-arrangement flowers seem unnatural. To create a natural look for your flower arrangement, observe how flowers grow in the garden. A natural looking flower arrangement works better and is pleasing to the eye.
5. The flow of your design for the flower arrangement will look more dynamic if you use an odd number for the total number of flowers. Having an odd number allows you to choose a flower as the center of your design. It creates balance and a nice flow of sight.
6. You may look into photo references of flower arrangements that you may want to do. This will guide you as to how to build your flower arrangement and how to distribute the flowers and the foliage creating more natural look.

Flower arrangements are a good addition a home. It brings a pleasant feel inside the house, and creates a feeling of warmth and joy. There are many flower arrangement designs that you can choose from. Not all arrangements may be expensive. You may even use materials right from your own garden. Making your own flower arrangement is fun and rewarding.