Happy New Year’s Eve! I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that 2013 is coming to an end. Between a new job and the house, it’s been a wild ride! One thing I’m really glad the year brought was my floral design classes. I’ve discovered that arranging flowers is something I really, really enjoy doing.
This tabletop arrangement is one I made before Christmas. It graced our table through Christmas week and was a centerpiece for the gatherings we hosted. Pine makes wonderful greenery all winter long, so this is an arrangement you could recreate through February. Here’s how I made it:
You will need: 2 green hypericum berries, 2 yellow snap dragons, 3 red carnations, 2 white mini carnations with laterals, 1 white lily with buds, 2 myrtle, a few sprigs of pine (I had 2 different kinds), scissors or clippers, knife, soaked floral foam, round shallow container, and water.
1. Place your soaked foam in a container. Add water.
2. Add candle to center of foam. I used a floral foam candle holder, but you can stick the candle right in the foam.
3. Start greening your foam with pine. Add to all sides, corners, and a little on top.
4. Add your focal point lily, front and center, and the two snap dragons on either side of the candle. Stagger their height.
5. Give the candle a backdrop with the sprigs of myrtle (myrtle smells amazing, by the way!).
6. I added a shorter myrtle lateral in front of the candle to break up the height.
7. Space your red carnations around for pops of color.
8. Separate all the laterals on your mini carnations and start placing. I filled in the back with these.
9. Add your lily buds.
10. Lily buds on the back of the arrangement.
11. Separate hypericum berries and fill in with them around the arrangement.
12. Fill in any spots you can see foam with the berries and pine.
The final product:
Eventually, three of the lily buds bloomed, so the arrangement has evolved a bit over time. I’ve had to move some pieces around, pick out dead flowers, and add some new ones. It’s like a living piece of art!
Have a safe and fabulous NYE! See ya next year 😉
Tulle and Trinkets 