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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Bring on Spring ~ silk flowers at your doorstep


With spring just a few short days away and predicted warmer temps here along the southern shore of New England, I'm feeling a little extra " spring " in my step. Sorry, I just had to say that!
I mentioned my previous long time aversion to silk flowers here but what's a girl to do when the " real thing " takes so long to get here? 
Get creative that's what! 
You can too! 
Here how I created two bright and funky spring flower arrangements in less than an hour ( once I was home from shopping at Michael's Crafts Store for supplies) . 


I chose a loose twiggy type of wreath for a natural look. I looked for flowers that inspired me. It can be overwhelming looking at the vast selection of flowers and colors. I chose to keep it simple this year and settled on white, soft yellows and I couldn't resist these black and white swirl ( CLIP ON ) flowers. Instead of using individual flowers I chose a garland of flowers in my color pallet. Once I had it placed how I liked it,


I used trash bag twisty ties to attach the Garland tightly to the wreath then I clipped on the funky flowers for some extra punch! 



Remember to make your wreath large enough that is can be seen from the street. 


For our side entry I re-purposed an old hanging bucket. Using the same color combination but with individual flower stems, this time I filled it to the brim with forsythia blossoms, pussy willow and a larger white flower to anchor the arrangement.



COME ON SPRING!!!  I'm ready, how about you?















This post is linked up to two fun blogs I just discovered!  Whassup Wednesday at Elements Interiors and Savvy Southern Style Wow us Wednesday! 
What spring touches are you working on?
Tell us about it!
Deborah Jean 

6 comments:

  1. LOVE THIS! Come on ova' and link up to my Linky Party! xoxokara


    *ENTER LINKY PAR-TAY Here! *

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  2. Oh you are so creative, what an absolutely lovely wreath.;)
    I am sure ready for spring too, it seems that it is just about to arrive here as well.;))
    Have a lovely St. Patrick's day,
    xoxo

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  3. They look great! My spring touch today was making Violet Jelly. MMM!

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  4. Great post !!! U guys are ready for this spring ..i can see the spirit in your post

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  5. Thank you for linking this up to Whassup Wednesday! Hope to see you this week at my
    Par-Taaaay!

    xoxokara

    Im following you:)

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  6. your wreath is so colorful and happy. oh it just makes me smile... its another rainy day here, but i'll take it over snow!

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