Fun Fillers!
Floral designers are always coming up with new design ideas. Whether it’s a unique container or a fun filler there are many ways to add color and texture to floral design.
This past weekend I got creative with strawberry marshmallows for a baby shower centerpiece. I chose jumbo green hydrangeas with soft pink tips . I wanted something fun in the container to bring out the pink tips of the hydrangeas. My first thought was some sort of pink candy, but then I remembered the sticky mess I made when using lemon heads floating in water for a flower arrangement. Bad Idea... My next thought was pink cereal. Sadly they no longer make Franken Berry Crunch or Strawberry Shortcake Cereal which would have given me perfect little pink balls for my centerpiece. Fruit loops and Fruity Pebbles also have pink, but I was not about to sift through boxes of cereal to pull out all the pink pieces. Who has time for that? During a recent trip to the grocery store I stumbled across these plump, perfectly pink, strawberry marshmallows. I put the hydrangea in a floral pick and tucked it down in the marshmallow filled jars. Voila! They were adorable and super simple.
Floral designers are always coming up with new design ideas. Whether it’s a unique container or a fun filler there are many ways to add color and texture to floral design.
This past weekend I got creative with strawberry marshmallows for a baby shower centerpiece. I chose jumbo green hydrangeas with soft pink tips . I wanted something fun in the container to bring out the pink tips of the hydrangeas. My first thought was some sort of pink candy, but then I remembered the sticky mess I made when using lemon heads floating in water for a flower arrangement. Bad Idea... My next thought was pink cereal. Sadly they no longer make Franken Berry Crunch or Strawberry Shortcake Cereal which would have given me perfect little pink balls for my centerpiece. Fruit loops and Fruity Pebbles also have pink, but I was not about to sift through boxes of cereal to pull out all the pink pieces. Who has time for that? During a recent trip to the grocery store I stumbled across these plump, perfectly pink, strawberry marshmallows. I put the hydrangea in a floral pick and tucked it down in the marshmallow filled jars. Voila! They were adorable and super simple.
Using fruit or some other food product as a filler in floral design to save money is a big misconception. Fruit can be expensive and buying whatever filler it is in bulk to fill your containers often takes a lot more than you think! Price it out and make sure it’s worth it.
Here are a few other Fun Fillers I found.
Here are a few other Fun Fillers I found.
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