With Valentine’s Day coming up, I was excited to accept the latest Curious 52 challenge! Plus, given my not-so-stellar pie making attempt in Week 4, I was ready to redeem myself.
How to Arrange Store-Bought Flowers with uBloom
I’m a sucker for bright colors - so I started with a bouquet that had Gerber Daisies, Tiger Lilies, Snapdragons… and some others. It looked very similar to uBloom’s bouquet and was about $12 at the local Safeway.
The lesson was geared towards arranging a bouquet in a short vase - so I reused a vase that was about 8” tall and 6” in diameter. All of the tips are straighforward though, and could easily be applied to vases of any size. If you experiment with the size or type of vase you use, let us know how it goes!
uBloom recommends trimming flowers using an angled cut -- so they don’t rest flat on the bottom of your vase and cut off water flow. So, I trimmed all of the stems at a 45 degree angle using a pair of scissors and arranged the flowers haphazardly around my vase.
Once I had all of the flowers in, I wished the vase was a tad narrower (maybe 5” in diameter), because my final arrangement looks a bit sparse on one side. Here’s a picture of the pretty side for your enjoyment:
Next time I might trim the middle flowers so that they stand a bit taller than the flowers at the edge. Regardless, I’m enjoying the arrangement - and I hope you enjoy yours! Thanks, uBloom!
