How to Make a Sparkling Cider Flower Arrangement

If you are in the market for an original wedding gift to give someone special, why not put together a gift basket made with flowers, sparkling apple cider and other small gifts. The nice thing about creating your own special gift basket is, you can put anything in it you like. Other than a bottle of cider and some beautiful flowers, add candles, chocolates and how about some stuffed olives.

Things You'll Need

• Basket
• Sparkling apple cider
• 2 champagne glasses
• Floral wire
• White flowers
• Votive candles in glass holders
• Bubble bath
• Chocolate truffles
• Cheese
• Crackers
• Nuts
• Hard candies
• Fruit
• Small blooms

Instructions

1. Choose a basket; preferably white. Make sure it is large enough to hold a bottle of sparkling apple cider, two champagne glasses, as well as other small gifts.

2. Using floral wire, attach several different types of white flowers to the basket's handle. Gardenias, calla lillies, carnations and roses are ideal flower choices.

3. Lay the sparkling apple cider bottle in the center of the basket and put one glass on either side of the bottle. Place three votive candles in glass holders in front. On one side of the candles include bubble bath, on the other side add some chocolate truffles.

4. Include some cheese and crackers in your sparkling cider flower arrangement. Arrange a few different types of nuts in the basket along with a variety of hard candies.

5. Pick out some big juicy pieces of fruit to include: oranges, apples, pears and grapes. Arrange them in the basket among the other items. When everything is positioned in the basket to your liking, add some small white blooms, such as cherry blossoms.

Tips & Warnings

• When attaching the flowers to the handle, be sure to keep the center section open for holding the basket.

• Don't overcrowd the basket. If you have too many items to place in the basket, get a bigger basket.