Foliages
Add seasonal colors to your floral design
Don’t forget to buy some colorful foliage to add color and texture to your floral design.
Look for branches with personality: small leaves, larger leaves, and different shapes. Branches and greenery add character, especially when they have unique shapes and fork in different directions – not just up and down. They will help you open up your floral design.
Greenery will allow you to enhance your designs; consider them as your supporting actors.
If you pick natural and funky branches, your vase will look artisanal, like you picked flowers from the hills. Choose branches that don’t distract from the arrangement if you want a formal design.
Go with the flow
Floral design cheers up your home
Your floral design may not work out the way that you envisioned it.
Don’t throw it out, and don’t feel discouraged.
The more you practice, the better your designs will be. I’m a beginner and enjoy all my mistakes because I’m learning from them. Practice and progress, not perfection!
Shape your flower arrangement
Challenge yourself and create shapes
My biggest challenge is creating unique shapes with my flower arrangements. I start with something in mind and end up with a very different floral design.
I also aim to make light, airy, and simple arrangements but end up with top-heavy ones. Lately, I have spent more time removing flowers and branches to reshape the final product.
Tell a story with your flower arrangements
Having shared that little tidbit, think of a shape for your floral design. Do you want to create a round shape, with no specific form so that the arrangement looks wild-grown, or do you want your arrangement to be tall and have a vertical shape?
Do you want crazy shapes? Organized shapes or shapeless designs?
The tall flower arrangements look lovely with cherry blossoms because they don’t take up too much horizontal space and help create an airy design. They are emotionally light!
Do you want to go the minimalist and make Ikebana floral designs? KonMari has tips for you.
Flowers make your home look well-lived
When I moved to my apartment, it was empty, so I filled it with tall flower arrangements and made roundish shapes with some vases. They filled up my rooms and helped me realize that I prefer to keep this apartment looking minimal but colorful. At some point, I’ll maybe add more furniture.
A simple floral design is beautiful, too
When you finish your floral design, place it in front of a solid color wall so that you can study it and determine if it needs any changes.
Do you need fillers? Or do you need to remove a few flowers and branches?
You may need to add fillers to areas that look empty or that need more symmetry. The last look is the essential part of your design! Remove things that look awkward and add items to enhance the vase.
Add water and admire your work when you’ve finished your floral design.
Have fun!
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Updated June 5, 2024
