A Bouquet Arranged “By Hand” Tutorial

Isn’t this a beautiful time of year? I love early Spring! Today, I am bringing you another tutorial for arranging flowers. If you would like to see the first one, simply click HERE !

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Tulips are such stunning flowers. When arranging them, I like to keep it as simple as possible and usually just arrange them “by hand”. Here’s a little tutorial how to do it.

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I prefer a short vase for this trick. This one happens to be just a bit bigger than I can grip. Perfect!

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We recently had a hail storm that damaged most of the tulips. They looked pretty scrappy, so I cut what was left. ‘Not quite enough for a bouquet of just tulips and you can probably see some of the petals are a bit bruised.

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Some daffodils were added to the mix. Singles and doubles, but I stayed with just yellow ones. I am *loving* these colors together! For this type of bouquet I have everything cut before the arranging begins. One hand will be busy holding the stems!

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Here’s where we begin. One stem of each type. Keep in mind this will be the center of the bouquet.

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I go around the circle adding flowers, trying to keep like blossoms opposite each other as much as possible. Also, each rotation is placed a tiny bit lower than the one before.

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Once my hand feels pretty full, its time to snip all the stems to the same length.

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I hold them near the vase to get the appropriate height then gently place the bouquet inside and give them a bit of a fluff.

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That’s it! Now they are ready to go inside! Those double daffodils really add some texture, don’t they?
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What do you love about Spring?

😉 -Marci