Hello Friends! Mothers day is fast approaching, and if you caught this years mothers day tablescape, then you know I went all “Pretty in Pink”, with some beautiful pink ranunculus. I am no florist by any means, but I’ve thrown together an arrangement from time to time. I usually love to enlist the help of my talented friend Christi from Twig & Tulip. She is what I like to call a ninja master when it comes to arranging beautiful flowers. She created the lovely arrangement on last years Mother’s Day tablescape, and so many more for other tablescapes I’ve done in the past. But every now and then (usually when I procrastinate) I try my hand at it. I think arranging flowers is definitely one of those thing that the more you do it, the more comfortable you feel about it. It’s not always perfect, but perfection is boring anyways, so I try making arrangements that are whimsical and have a nice flow to them, so if I make a mistake it’s not completely noticeable. So today I’m sharing how I made the pretty in pink centerpiece from this years Mother’s Day tablescape.
I grabbed two different kinds of what I call “floppy” long stem branches. A variation of eucalyptus and eriostemon. Both are pretty fragrant, and long stemmed, and have a bend to them, meaning they aren’t stiff stems, so the hang nicely – aka floppy!
I placed floral foam in my ironstone dish to help keep the flowers exactly where I wanted them to be. I placed them in around the outer edge of the bowl to create my first layer. Even though both branches are “floppy, the eriostemon has tiny buds on the end and shorter leaves giving it slightly different texture than the eucalyptus.
Once I had a good base, I began placing my ranunculus next. Since I wanted the arrangement to feel whimsical, and not so much symmetrical, I placed the ranunculus to hang over both sides slightly.
I love that their stems aren’t perfectly straight, so it really adds a nice flow and some good depth to my arrangement. It also lends itself to not having to look so perfect, which is a huge help to my lack of skills.
Once all my ranunculus were in, I used wax flower as my “filler”. This branch has tiny white flowers all over it, and has a similar affect to baby’s breath. But I love that it looks like I literally just picked from a field behind my house, and that’s why I chose it for this arrangement.
You can see in the picture below, I’ve filled in the left side with the wax flower, but haven’t done the right side yet, so you can see the difference.
I wanted the ranunculus to really be the star of the show, so I picked other “neutrals” if you will to fill in around it. However each different type of stem is a different texture that adds a nice variation.
You can see the whole tablescape HERE, just in case you missed it. I do have other items I used on the table sourced in that post as well.
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And in case you missed it, it’s not too late to still get mom a gift from my Mother’s Day Gift Guide. You can see all my favorites HERE. I got Joanna Gaines new cookbook for my birthday, and oh my gosh, it’s SO good!!
I also have the “Handpicked” floral book. Even if you don’t have a desire to arrange flowers, this book is so pretty to just look at. Never mind all of it’s great tips and tutorials!
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Loved your floral arrangement.I love ranunculus they are simple yet so full. Beautiful !!!!!
I thank you Debbie!! I totally agree 🙂