Do you have a rose bush in your yard? (Or access to one?)
Can you get your hands on a couple of limes?
Perfect! Then you can make this floral arrangement.
A few months back, Grant was in a wedding and I made the centerpieces for the reception.
Click here to read how I did these with just 3 “ingredients” and for less than $20. I also needed to make the arrangement for the sweetheart table. There was NO budget left for this arrangement…
So what’s a frugal, crafty gal to do? Clip flowers from her own yard of course!
Starting with a low vase, I wedged in a piece of Oasis floral foam and wrapped a little bit of ribbon around the vase to hide the foam. I went into my yard and clipped cream colored roses and a few stems of white hydrangea. Clip the stems to the lengths you want and insert them into the wet floral foam.
You can take floral picks (or the cheapy-version = bamboo skewers cut to length) and insert one end into a whole lime and the other into the foam.
There’s no formula, per se, just nestle the limes in where you see gaps between the flowers, but make sure they are evenly spaced. (You all know how I just love to eyeball things… measuring is soooo time consuming.)
I think they turned out pretty well. (oh yes, I had to compulsively add a few sticks too.)
Cheap. Easy. Pretty.
My favorite type of project!
Very cute-love the colors.
I’m so into the sticks. Simply gorgeous! Do your friends hate you because you are so talented?
It looks great! So creative!
Pam
I use limes with white/cream flowers all the time. I toss in artichokes too. A great look.
Absolutely gorgeous, Viv! I love the sticks…they really complete the arrangement…
Thats how Levi describes me…cheap, easy, pretty.
I couldnt resist!
Seriously I think they look adorable!
They are beautiful!!Love all the different textures together!
……and very creative! You rock!
Oh I love this and think I could do this. Thanks for sharing a beautiful idea.
~Emily
The French Hutch
I love your ideas! Lemons and limes make a room smell so fresh! ♥
I think I’m gonnna try something like this after my roses die…
So gorgeous! I love the lemons!
I mean the limes! lol!
Beautiful use of florals and fruit. I love sticks and twigs too! They add height and interest to any arrangement.
So pretty.
Yvonne
Your arrangements are gorgeous! I love the addition of limes with the roses. So pretty!!
This looks so pretty and I love the idea!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia 😉
Gorgeous combination!
That is so pretty! I could totally do that.
P.S. I just sent you an email. Need your advise because you rock at giving it.
These are gorgeous! I love the freshness the limes add. I wish we had a lime tree in our yard. Maybe if we had moved next to you. 😉 We had a lemon tree growing up in Long Beach. Loved it. Thanks for linking up with DIY under $5!
Your arrangements are so creative and beautiful. I’m so impressed that you were able to make them with such a small budget too!
Your arrangements are so creative and beautiful. I’m so impressed that you were able to make them with such a small budget too!
Cheap, easy, pretty?? No, I’d say cheap, easy, BEAUTIFUL! That arrangement is stunning–the bright green of the limes is the perfect foil for the whites of the flowers. I love the way there are so many shades of white in just a few flowers. Gorgeous!
I adore the limes with the white flowers. But I’m quite bummed because I live in AZ and my yard has not flowers or anything colorful, but I want to do this so badly. I guess I’ll just have to buy fake flowers!
I love the composition with both flowers and fruit…they are gorgeous!
I love your beautiful roses and the pop of color with the addition of the limes. You are very talented to make your own floral arrangements. I’ve tried, but my mom is the florist in our family. Have a great weekend!
I like the photograph of flowers and really they amazed me thanks for posting and giving us such a good idea of presentation