How to Make Your Vase of Fresh Flowers Look Semi-Professional

You can create your own fresh flower vase to brighten your own home or to give as a gift. When you put the vase of flowers together yourself, there's no concern about paying florist delivery fees to get the flowers to their destination in time, and you can add your own personal touch. Best of all, your friends will wonder if you're a florist. Cut about 20 fresh flowers from your own garden or go to the flower section of a supermarket and buy two bouquets, or use a combination of both bought and your own flowers.

Scissors or knife
Vase
Decorative ribbon

Instructions

- 1
  Cut the flower stems at an angle, under cold, running water, using a sharp knife or pruning shears. Cut the stems at varying length. Pick two to three of your largest sized flowers (mums are good) and cut them the tallest--they should be twice the height of the vase. As important as the flower shape and size and color is, how you cut them and place them in the vase is more important.
- 2
  Place the two or three tallest flowers in the center of the vase.
- 3
  Select three or four different flowers and cut them all slightly shorter. Arrange those around the tallest flowers. Repeat this process with different types of flowers and the greens. Arrange so that flowers of different types are next to each other.
- 4
  Fill the vase with water. If you bought flowers from the supermarket, add the flower food.
- 5
  Tie decorative bows around the vase. Use two or three different kinds of ribbon that complement the colors of the flowers and the vase.

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