Picking Flower Arrangement Containers

Series Summary

People have always loved the beautiful colors and scents of flowers, and whether decorating a home, or apologizing for a misdeed, flower arrangements are always a good decision. Creating a beautiful flower arrangement or bouquet takes some degree of skill though and involves an eye for aesthetics, as well as knowledge of cutting and caring for flowers. There are several styles for designing floral arrangements, including Ikebana Japanese style, English Country Garden and the U.S. originated High Style, which includes a variety of tropical flowers. Whatever your style though, fresh flowers can perk up any room and are sure to brighten your day.

In this free video series, our expert will show you how to decorate with flowers by creating beautiful floral arrangements. You will get step by step instructions for picking a flower arrangement container or vase, creating small or large arrangements and adding bows and ribbons to decorate your flower arrangement. You will also get tips on how to cut roses, how to use silk flowers and fresh cut flowers and how to pick the right flower arrangement for your occasion. If you are interested in flower arranging or simply want to make a beautiful vase of flowers, let our expert show you how to do it right.

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Susan Paxton for Expert Village and today we are talking about decorating with flowers. First of all there are so many different types of containers that you can use. You can use a tall thin vase, little short squatty ones. Blue vases add a lot of color. I especially like to put yellow flowers with the blue. I even use a little coca cola glass for one of my arrangements. Sometimes you can use a coffee mug. Sometimes you can use a basket, a big vase, a bigger basket. There are bud vases available. Most of your dollar stores have vases available or you could go to your local craft store and find something there. You can make a small arrangement like our little teacup arrangement or you could make a big arrangement like our big basket of flowers. We will discuss each one as we go and give some tips of how to put these together but you can use flowers all over your home and use them to decorate to add color, texture."