09/10/2026
A little DIY floral arrangement for my mom’s birthday today!
While I am not a florist, I love fresh flowers and building arrangements for myself and friends and family - especially for birthdays. For these I spent around $50 on the flowers and $18 on the glass pitcher which was the practical part of this birthday gift. I used all but 10 of the blooms and those are in my kitchen brightening up that space!
I started by stripping all of the leaves, giving the stems a rinse if they were at all slimy from the store buckets, and trimming all of the ends at an angle. For these hydrangeas I also split the cut ends up the stem a bit to help with extra hydration (not sure if it works but it wasn’t going to hurt).
Next I removed the guard petals on the roses, if they were beat up in any way or less vibrant those came off to let the rose really shine. If you’re wanting roses to be open for an event, turn them upside down and spin back and forth in your palms - for longer vase life let them open up on their own.
I did two packets of flower food that comes with the blooms for the amount of water I had, started with my line flowers (the purple stock) and the yellow garden roses. Then I added the Ge**er daisies as they had the largest blooms, the hydrangea, and the two sunset-y garden roses. Breaking up all of the yellow, I started to add in the rest of the purple/burgundy mix and the greenery. Last was the spray roses since I only had 3 stems, and because it was needing just a bit more purple I added a few purple carnations from my last kitchen arrangement.
Because I knew I had a lot of flowers to work with, I wasn’t worried about doing a tape grid for structure but I did put the stems in at different angles to give myself stability in the design. This was a lot of fun to play with and put together and I cannot imagine a more deserving person for this bright, beautiful bouquet than my mom 🤍
Happy Birthday Mama 💐
