View our Easter Centerpiece Kit Tutorial and instructions below!

Video Tutorial:

Instructions:

Items you will need:

Centerpiece Kit (vase, chicken wire, floral stems)

Floral shears or sharp scissors

Water

STEP 1:

1.     Prep your workspace - work on a surface you don’t mind getting a little dirty or place an old towel down (this makes for easy rollup of trash stems).

2.     Fill your vase to the top with lukewarm water – you want to be sure that your vase stays full at all times and water is changed daily. Lukewarm water allows water to travel to the bloom faster (nobody likes a cold bath and neither do flowers!).

3.     Place all items on work surface and get ready to start!

STEP 2:

1.     Prep your floral stems by cleaning all greenery off of the section of the stem that will be placed in the vase, touching water.

a.     Caution: Be gentle with your blooms so to not accidentally break the head of the flower off.

STEP 3:

1.     Cover your mechanics by “greening” your arrangement – cover the edges of your vase with small pieces of filler (greens and blooming foliage) then place a few short sprigs in the center to lightly cover the chicken wire. Set aside a portion of longer greens that you can use to create your shape once done covering your mechanics.

a.     I like to keep the filler “tight” so that the flowers can be the focus of the arrangement.

b.     It is important that you do not “over-green” the arrangement.  If you add too much greenery up front, this will make it difficult to poke in your floral stems.

STEP 4:

1.     Decide on an arrangement shape and place longer stems of filler or upright florals in the areas that you would like to “stick out.”

a.     I prefer an asymmetrical shape, so I like to stick a few stems on the left side reaching upward and then a few sprigs on the bottom right reaching downward.  You can do whatever you like, have fun with it and experiment!

STEP 5:

1.     Start placing the rest of your blooms (yay!). Your bloom placement will depend on the shape chosen for your arrangement.

a.     Be sure to give them a fresh cut at an angle prior to placing in the vase.  The length of the stem will depend on where you place your flower.  I like to err on the side of keeping my stems longer and then cutting them down if I find that they are too long.  It is also imperative that you not cut them too short so that they can be immersed in water and “drink.”

b.     Since I prefer an asymmetrical shape, I place a larger bloom low and in the center of the arrangement to start off.

c.      I then place longer floral stems, sticking out and up next to my longer filler pieces, accenting them.

d.     I then layer the stems throughout the arrangement on all sides.  I place some lower into the vase, and some higher, to create visual interest and making sure that the face of each flower is seen from the desired angle.

e.     Cover any remaining areas or “bare” areas with leftover filler pieces, or smaller blooms.  I like to use the little buds from floral stems to fill these areas.

f.       You can even add foliage or additional florals from your garden to your centerpiece.  Feel free to be creative here!

Remember: there is no right or wrong way to design, nor a wrong or right shape.  As you practice your skills you will find your preferred style. I hope you have fun making these!!

xo,

Jackie