DIY: Plante d’orchidée

Orchidée

Voici une façon toute simple et intéressante de présenter une plante d’orchidée pour un look très organique.

Ce dont vous aurez besoin:

• Une plante d’orchidées phalaenopsis blanc
• Un vase cylindrique d’au moins 10’’ de largeur et 24’’ de hauteur
• Une branche de curly willow
• De la mousse, une boule de vigne moyenne et des copeaux de bois

Comment faire:

1. Placer les copeaux de bois au fond du vase
2. Sortir la plante de son pot, y planter la branche de curly willow et enrober le tout de mousse
3. Ouvrir la boule de vigne et y insérer la plante enrobée de mousse
4. Déposer la plante à l’intérieur du vase, sur les copeaux
5. S’assurer de vaposiser régulièrement la mousse

Orchidée en arrangement organique

DIY: Make a Sexy Bouquet

How to make a sexy bouquet

A lot of things inspire us, here is a funny one; a sexy light pink and offwhite bras! Why not? Let us show you how to create this bouquet!

What you’ll need:

• 10 light pink double stocks
• 2 white hydrangeas
• wide offwhite satin ribbon
• narrow light pink satin ribbon
• small white feathers.

How to make it:

1. Bunch the pink double stock together.
2. Add the white hydrangeas around your bunch of pink double stock.
3. Tie the stems right under the the base of the hydrangea and cut the stems to about 6’’ long.
4. Start covering the stems with an offwhite satin ribbon working from the bottom of the stems all the way to the top.
5. When you get to the top, make a knot and a big bow, add another layer with a small light pink satin ribbon, crisscrossing it to create a corset look.
6. Stick white feathers randomly into the hydrangeas.

Here you go, you just got yourself one sexy bouquet!

DIY: Flower Balls

Gen doing a Flower Ball !

There is nothing more beautiful than a ball of fresh flowers! Now this isn’t a project for a very small budget, but we still thought we would share it with you since it is something fairely easy which can be done with so many different varieties of flowers.

What you’ll need:

1. A ball of floral foam.
2. A bunch of your favorite flowers (quantities depend on the size of the ball).
3. Patience!

How to start:

1. Make sure your ball of floral foam is well soaked with water.
2. Cut all your flower heads to the same length (leave about 2 inches of stem).
3. Start inserting the flowers in the floral foam, making sure to place these ones very close to each other.
4. Be gentle, you wouldn’t want the floral foam to fall apart …

So easy! In this case we used pink carnations, which works very well for this project, as carnations are not expensive, and the texture is this flower works well to give a beautiful final results. Though, I would suggest to let your imagination run wild!

DIY Flower Arrangements

Low budget flower arrangement

Here is how to create a simple, colorful and fun arrangement at low cost:

1. Run to your local flower shop and buy a couple long stems of red Ginger flowers and fire Opals.
2. Find a small cylinder vase (about 5’’ diameter and height)
3. Cut the flower stems to a length where the head of the flower will rest on the rim of the vase, use the rest of your flower stems and cut them into 4’’ pieces.
4. Assemble everything by simply putting your flower heads straight into the vase and solidifying everything by filling the space in the vase with your pieces of stems.

Don’t forget, this is like cooking, you can switch the elements as you fell to give it your own taste!

DIY: Coolest Small Flower Arrangement in 3 Easy Steps

DYI Small Cool Flower Arrangements

Here is the coolest, most inexpensive idea Gen and I came up with last year. We are still using it, as it is so versatile! Depending on what flowers are used the outcome is very different.

So here it goes:

1. Buy 2 small low 4’’ to 5’’ cylinder vases and an inexpensive 8’’ x 11’’ picture frame with a glass (often your dollar store will carry all of the above!)
2. Float any flower with leaves, crystals, river rocks or anything you think might look good in both small vases, you can vary the content of the 2 vases.
3. Remove carefully the glass from the picture frame and use it to separate the 2 vases !

Voilà ! You’ve got yourselves a fun and different arrangement that will impress your friends and family. Use your imagination, try it and send us a picture or post it on our facebook fan page, don’t be shy !

How To Use Containers From Your Cupboards To Create Low Budget Flower Arrangements

One flower in different containers from my cupboards!

No need for big bouquets of flowers that will cost you a fortune when you’re entertaining at home. You love having flowers around the house everyday? You can avoid spending the big bucks!

Cute looks can be created with a couple of flower heads which you can float in any container you’ll find in your cupboards! Glasses of all kinds, tea cups, bowls, appetizer dishes, etc … all you need is a little creativity!

Don’t be scared to play around with shapes and colors, an oversized flower in a small container looks great and a fushia flower in an orange container will sure pop!

You’ll be surprised at the results you can achieve with such small arrangements. Give it a try, and let me know what you came up with.

You can upload pictures from your creations on our facebook fan page www.facebook.com/oxidesign

DIY: A Small Affordable Cute Flower Arrangement

Small easy to make and affordable arrangement

There is no need for a lot of budget to create a very cute impact.

Take a look at this arrangement:

1. Take a small vase which you will cover in a soft green polka dot fabric and a fine soft yellow ribbon.
2. Then add a piece of Pandanus leaf inside the vase (you already got a very cool effect!).
3. Use a fresh and crisp yellow Gerbera flower which you’ll cut shorter so it would simply lay on top of the vase.
4. What to do with the rest of the steam of the flower … throw it out ? Absolutely not !
5. Cut it in smaller pieces and lay them horizontally on top of the vase.

Can you believe with such little time and some creativity you can get this look for under 10$!