My arrangements always begin with the container. I’m inspired by the vessel and often look for flowers that will fill it perfectly, rather than the other way around. For today’s spring arrangement, I found this trumpted-style aqua vessel at Goodwill for only $5. It’s such a treasure and what an awesomely cheap find!
I like to head to the flower market with a color palette in mind. This time my goal was to focus on yellow, apricot, white and cream. For this arrangement I chose apricot tulips, daffodils, hyacinth, pieris japonica and a few foraged white dogwood branches. Before we dive into the how-to after the jump, be sure to process your flowers when you get them home from the market. Strip the leaves from the tulips and hyacinth and run them under room temperature water to clean the stems, then cut them at an angle before placing them in water. The pieris and dogwood branches are both woody stems – I like to cut them and strip them of low leaves, then I pound the ends with a hammer before placing them in water to extend their lives. -Ashley Woodson Bailey
Click through for the full how-to after the jump!
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