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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Budget Bouquet






I picked up some light pink wax flowers at the farmers market the other day. Each stem contains many little blossoms, so I only bought three which was more than enough to create, one small bouquet and one boutonniere. I used kitchen twine to secure the stems and leftover green raffia that I had lying around (most likely from a gift, yes I'm one of those that saves all gift wrapping and ribbons to recycle for gift giving) to make the bow and one scented geranium leaf from my window box for the boutonniere. Viola!
These budget friendly flowers are usually available all year round and come in light pink, dark pink, mauve and white
Florist's typically use them as fillers in flower arrangements but I think they make a sweet statement on their own, don't you agree?


1 comment:

  1. I love wax flower! I had to have it in my bouquet - I just love that it's slightly rustic but so delicate and pretty at the same time. I was tempted to do wax flower-only arrangements but we wound up mixing them with other flowers. I think they are so pretty! Great post!

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