summer faux floral arrangements

July 28, 2021

3 Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangements

3 Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangements

It never fails…

I start working on my floral arrangements and more times than not…

I reach for an old pickle jar instead of my store-bought vases.

I love them…

Beer bottles, cans, a flower pot, sugar bowls, tiny travel bottles, and even a smartwatch box. I’ve used them all!

Between the vases that I’ve picked up from actual stores and the recycled containers that I’ve saved at home, I’ve developed quite a collection.

I find these containers so easy to work with and I can’t help but wonder every time I hold an empty can of beans in my hands, what can I possibly do with this.

These three simple summer faux floral arrangements are no exception to the recycled container love. They ended up in three small jars that I wrapped with ribbon, just like many of my other simple faux floral arrangements, and then filled them with dollar store flowers and came up with three simple but very pretty summer table decorations for my home.

Let’s get started!

3 Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangements

3 Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangements - The Semi Organized Ant

The first arrangement consists of:

3 stems of faux flowers, all light shades of purple…

and yellow ribbon and an old jar.

I wrapped my yellow ribbon around the jar, securing it around the back with some scotch tape…

then I took the wisteria stem and cut off a long portion of it then cut down my other two flowers to fit the jar.

And this little gal is done!

My second arrangement consists of:

3 white lilies and one stem of foliage.

White and yellow ribbon and an old jar.

I cut down my flowers to fit the jar as well as a portion of the leaves to tuck behind the white lilies and wrapped my ribbon around the jar, again securing it with scotch tape.

And this one’s ready to go!

My third arrangement consists of:

A couple of light and dark pink florals and the same stem of leaves that I used for my second arrangement.

Another old jar and white and jute ribbon.

I wrapped my ribbon, first the white ribbon, then the jute ribbon on top of the white…

then I cut off 4 short pieces off of the dark pink floral stem, a small section of the light pink cherry blossom, and a piece of what I had left from my leaves.

And my third summer faux floral arrangement is all set!

Well, that’s it for this one my friends.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way…May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

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June 29, 2021

Simple Aqua Green and Peach Faux Floral Summer Centerpiece

Simple Aqua Green and Peach Faux Floral Summer Centerpiece

Today I’m sharing a simple summer centerpiece using aqua green, peach and white items that I picked up from a few dollar stores.

I combined a few faux roses, a few faux peonies that I found at the Dollar Tree and some matching ribbon to complete this easy trio.

Let’s get started!

Simple Aqua Green and Peach Faux Floral Summer Centerpiece

I’ll be using travel pump bottles as my mini “vase” for the flowers

Dollar Tree burlap

Silver metallic wire ribbon from the Container Store

Clear marbles that I’ve had for years!

Peach and white roses from my local dollar store and aqua green peonies from the Dollar Tree

And a few small white flowers

Ok here we go…

I dropped my clear marbles into the container…

Then I wrapped that pretty burlap and silver ribbon onto my container.

I secured the burlap with some scotch tape (as I do with most of my centerpieces that have ribbon) you can also use a glue gun here but I find using tape to be much faster than waiting for the glue gun to heat up.

(You can better see here how I use tape to keep my ribbon in place)

Then I dropped in one peach rose, one white rose, one aqua green peony and placed the smaller white flowers in the center of the roses and peony…

and that’s it!

Add in two more of these sweet little arrangements…

And I’m done!

Well, that’s it for this one my friends.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way…May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

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July 24, 2020

Colorful Summer Home Decor with Faux Flowers (Simple and Easy to Make)

Colorful Summer Home Decor with Faux Flowers (Simple and Easy to Make)

If there is ever a perfect time of year for bright colors…

It would have to be summer!

It’s the season that makes me want to pull out cherry red nail polish…

Reminisce about that orange creamsicle ice cream that I would have growing up (I may have also had one a few weeks ago) …

and without a doubt, it’s the time of year that I have to pull out my turquoise earrings that I wear to the beach at least once before the summer ends.

So I decided why not make a few colorful (and kind of mix-matched) arrangements to decorate around my home.

When I got started I didn’t really have much of a plan as for what I was going to do. I was working on another centerpiece for a separate blog post but really wanted to make something quick and simple to replace this Easter centerpiece that’s been sitting on our table for waaaay too long.

Then I just kept going, completely forgetting about that other centerpiece (please tell me you are also easily distracted) and eventually put together the five simple arrangements you will see down below.

ok guys here we go…

Colorful Summer Home Decor with Faux Flowers

First, pink and turquoise.

I recently went to the Dollar Tree and picked up these hot pink daisies along with a few more random flowers.

I took that whole bunch of pink daisies…

some turquoise ribbon…

an old pickle jar…

and ended up with this sweet little jar that’s now sitting in our living room.

Next up, blue and yellow.

This one consists of tulips and hydrangeas.

I know tulips may not be a popular flower to use for summertime decor but I couldn’t resist grabbing these when I was at the Dollar Tree.

I figured how wrong can a bright yellow flower ever be in the summertime.

One bunch of yellow tulips…

one bunch of blue hydrangeas also from the Dollar Tree…

(yep, I ❤️ Dollar Tree)

a strand of turquoise ribbon again…

Then I put everything together. I started with the hydrangeas then added the yellow tulips to the center of the arrangement and tied my ribbon.

And that’s it! Bye-bye Easter centerpiece, hello tulips and hydrangeas.

I should mention that I kept the bunch of tulips and hydrangeas together exactly as they came when I bought them but cut off one stem from each for the last arrangement you will see down below.

Now orange and white.

I grabbed a few old flowers I already had at home (and used here and here)