White Winter Flower Arrangement DIY

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You see, I decided that I want to start indulging in little luxuries again. Give me the gift of beauty from time to time. Do the little things that make me happy more often.

This year I want to have fresh flowers in my home as often as I can. For someone who loves flowers and flower arranging, you’d think this was a no-brainer. And yet so often I walk past the flower shop without stopping, my vases are mostly empty and I go flowerless once more.

I also am sticking to some other good intentions, like not wasting money, using what I have, and not making things complicated when they can be simple.

Today’s DIY flower bouquet ticks all those boxes. They are my January flowers that are brightening up my home for a few weeks now. I love that I morphed a simple mixed flower bouquet from everyday grocery store flowers into a little white winter wonderland flower arrangement in just a few easy steps.

Let me show you how I made this flower bouquet that is perfect for the winter season.

How to Make a Winter Flower Bouquet

How to source affordable flowers for a DIY bouquet

When I am looking for fresh flowers I usually simply start at the grocery store. They often have a great selection for a very reasonable price. I am guessing our Dutch grocery stores carry similar flower selections as the American Trader Joe’s stores.

At the grocery store, I can’t buy single flowers, there are only ready-made bouquets for sale. But I often will break those up into smaller bunches, or I’ll supplement them with a few single more special flowers from a specialty flower shop.

Our farmer’s market also carries pretty flowers but they tend to have a very limited selection. But those are always seasonal flowers and super fresh, the market definitely is the place to be.

My final destination for fresh flowers is the garden center. I’ll often buy blooming garden plants like flowering bulbs or hydrangeas for the flowers. I’ll cut off the flowers to use in a bouquet and replant the plant in my garden for next year’s flowers.

Speaking of my garden. That is a great source of fresh flowers too. But not in January…

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What flowers go in a winter bouquet?

This white bouquet is made from a combination of grocery store flowers and a few extra from the flower shop. I choose white blooms because I was going for a winter look. I made sure I had plenty of variation in shape, textures, and density.

The largest white flowers in this bouquet are Chrysanthemum flowers. They are the main fillers. I could have used white roses, or carnations for this too.

The Wax Flower and the Baby’s Breath give air to the bouquet. Some branches with white berries would have been a good choice too.

The grey Eucalyptus leaves ground the bouquet, fill it out, and add a bit of quiet. That’s what leafy greenery does in a mixed bouquet.

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Prepare your flowers

The very first thing I’ll always do when arranging flowers in a vase is cut them to size and remove leaves.

It is important to always give your fresh flowers a fresh cut before putting them in the water. The pores in the stem can dry out very quickly and the flower won’t be able to drink, so always make sure you give it a fresh cut.

I use garden clippers or a florist’s scissors for this.

For today’s bouquet, I wanted all my flowers at about the same length. So I measured one stem against the vase to decide how tall the flower should be and then cut all the other stems at the same length as that first one.

Always remove all the leaves that will be under the waterline. Remove most of the leaves that will be in the vase. Remove extra leaves from flowers like Chrysanthemums because the leaves wither much faster than the flowers.

How to assemble the bouquet

I always start assembling a mixed fresh flower bouquet with the biggest, most voluminous flowers first. In this case the Chrysanthemums. Then I fill in with the smaller flowers and I’ll do the extra filler flowers (in this case the Baby’s Breath flowers ) last. Alternatively, you can start by putting in the filler greenery first. I only do that when I have big leaves, but the Eucalyptus leaves in this bouquet are not that demanding.

Make sure that you alternate flowers, and that every flower has it’s own bit of space. If I can, I’ll always try to avoid flowers touching each other.

Stand back and observe. Maybe some of the stems need to be cut a bit shorter, or some flowers need to be put in a bit deeper so they have the support of other flowers to stay in their designated spot.

Create A winter wonderland effect

To create a white flower arrangement, that has a winter wonderland effect I choose a clear glass vase. That was very much on purpose because I wanted to add two things to give it an extra wintery effect.

The first thing I added to the floral arrangement was a layer of tiny glass rocks on the bottom of the vase. They look like a layer of ice and they actually make it even easier to arrange the flowers just perfectly.

The second thing was to add a bit of faux snow to the water. Did you know that faux snow floats on water? Yep, it does. I also added a bit of extra faux snow around the vase on the tray I have it sitting on.

If you are following my idea then don’t forget to drain your vase through a sieve when it is time to get rid of your flowers. You don’t want the pebbles and the snow to go down the drain.

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I love that subtle effect of the snow in and around the vase. It really is the perfect little touch to create a winter bouquet. The bouquet – together with the tray – is just a perfect centerpiece for my table.

So what do you think? Do you like my winter snow bouquet? And do you aim to have fresh flowers in your home always?

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