Easy, Economical Floral Centerpiece for Winter

How was your weekend?  

Mine was fast and furious!  

But it ended well with a fun trip to Nell Hill's!  

I took Friday off of work 

and woke up all ready to relax 

and wouldn't you know I got a text 

that there was a showing of the house  

scheduled for Saturday.  

The house was still in post Christmas state 

with some rooms kinda barren...  

I was shooting for the Tuesday 

Realtor Open House as my deadline, 

but it looked as if it had been moved up for me.  

So I got my rear in gear 

and started in on finishing up my 

"Refreshing" of the house.  

I figured that whatever I did would have 

to last until Tuesday 

because I wasn't redoing it.  

So, first on my list was the Entry Way.  

Last time I showed it to you 

the beautiful blue and white footbath 

from Nell Hill's was filled with Winter Greens and pears.  

In order to save time 

and the frustration of hunting 

for things in the storage area, 

I decided to create a new floral in the same bowl.  

I've shown you this same idea 

before with a tutorial HERE. 

It's fast and easy, economical, 

and it lasts a long time.  

I always love the way the yellow lemons 

look with the blue and white!

I didn't have to change anything else on the table!  

It should last way beyond Tuesday 

with just a bit of refreshing to the flowers.  

The half lemon can be replaced also 

or, if you cheat like me, 

you can just slice a little more off to refresh it. 

Entry way done now off to the other rooms 

before the showing!  

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

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When Life Gives You Lemons...

 I thought I would share another Floral Tutorial with you this week.  I have an Agent Showing tomorrow at one of the homes that I recently staged.  This is when all of the Agents parade through the home to view it for their perspective buyers.  The Listing Agent usually hosts with food (they love free food) and I asked if I could bring flowers (and my Brochures of course).  Here is what I decided on:

A Bowl Full of Lemons

I chose this for a couple of reasons:

1.  The Lemons last for a long time
2.  I have to buy fewer flowers
3.  The smell of the lemons is very fragrant and pleasant.

 Here is one that I made for a friends Open House

Materials Needed:

Bowl (any size)

Floral Foam (the wet kind)

Bamboo Skewers

Floral Tape

Lemons

Flowers (I prefer white but you can use any color)

Spanish Moss

 I chose a Blue and White Bowl that I picked up at a yard sale this past Summer for $10.  I can see now in this photo that the price tag is not all the way taken off!  I'll fix that as soon as I am done with this post. 

 Lemons and Flowers were picked up at Trader Joes, along with some other yummy items...

I placed the Floral Foam into a Plastic Bowl and filled it with water.  The Floral Tape is used to secure the Plastic Bowl to the Ceramic Blue/White Bowl.  

 I place the lemons in the Bowl until I achieve a pleasing arrangement.  Then, one by one, attach a Bamboo Skewer into each lemon and replace it into the bowl.  This secures them all and you can "lift" them up and make little spaces in-between to place in the flowers.

I use the clippers to cut the desired length once I put the skewer into the Lemon. (Don't let the other end show thru, this was just to show you)

Start placing the Largest flowers in first and remember the Rule of 3.  Odd numbers are always more pleasing to the eye.  Don't worry that the Plastic Bowl shows because that will be covered by Spanish Moss.  When you are done placing the flowers, cut one of the lemons in half and place it somewhere along the top.  This is a really neat look.

 Isn't it Fresh and Lovely?

Here's Hoping I secure a few more Realtor Referrals for Staging Jobs!  

Wish me Luck!!!

Beaux R'eves!

XO Cindy

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