Straightforward Hands-on Bouquets

Glad Friday, you all! What is it about sunroom ceiling demo that gets me all hyper and clammy? Yes, that is continuing today (we are still opening things up and waiting on some expert advice) but I promise we will have an official update for you folks on Monday! And now, simply for good measure, more exclamation points!!!!

In the meantime, I figured after a big week of sunroom demo, whitewashing, sunroom rebuilding, and more sunroom demo, it was high time for a budget blooms post. We used to do these every month, and then I fell off last year. And then I got back on the wagon and fell off again later last year. But I am baaaaaaack! Not with one, but four distinct arrangements. #livedangerously

We had a shoot at our house a little while ago (more details on that as soon as we are allowed to spill them) and that meant there were some fresh grocery store flowers floating around. There was one bouquet of white roses, one bouquet of tulips, and one mixed bouquet – all picked up at Kroger (although Trader Joe’s also has strong, low-cost flowers). For the roses, I cut them all the same length, and stuck them in a glass cup, which I slipped into an old woven basket from Ikea. It is cute and fairly darn error proof (with flowers if it is not straightforward, I cannot do it).

For the tulips I went with a red pitcher from World Market a while back. I have a thing for flowers in pitchers (both the clear glass kind or colorful ceramic ones like this). I did remove some of the extra leaves, simply so they were not as crowded, and I dropped a penny in the water since that is rumored to keep them from getting too droopy.

The mixed bouquet got trimmed a little and paired with a traditional glass vase. I get nervous about dealing with plenty of distinct flowers (all of the same type seems more idiot-proof, which is my flower enjoy language) but one thing that is lively about mixed blooms is that you can simply spin the container around until you like the view.

You know, because it keeps changing as you rotate that vase like that round bed in Austin Powers.

Here is the last arrangement (let us call this one Flower Lite). I simply stole a lily stem from the mixed bouquet above and stuck it into an antique milk jug that I found at a secondhand shop in Cape Charles (we were there for a day trip a little while back).

That is also where we picked up that old turquoise oyster tin and the cool blue bottle (it is an old NYC medicine bottle). We also got the mug that says “Shanty” on it while we were there (we ate at Shanty for lunch and I could not leave without buying a crabby little mug), which I filled with a few more flowers stolen from the mixed bouquet.

Glad Friday, folks! Hope it is full of flowers and flying demo dust!