5 Budget Flower Arrangements

By Producer: Carol Schalla; Photographer: Jay Wilde
December 20, 2013
An inexpensive bouquet brightens multiple rooms when you separate single stems—or groups of similar blooms—into small DIY displays.
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Inside job

A glass cylinder vase protects a single hydrangea anchored in water with stones. In the background, button mums in a tall vase showcase linear stems as well as flowers. Rubber bands add unique style to the outside of the vase.

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Under glass

A shallow, water-filled saucer and an overturned vase make a do-it-yourself cloche that puts the focus on an agapanthus flowerhead.

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Pretty present

Prop a single rosebud in a water-filled glass votive holder, then wrap in tissue paper and place in a gift box. Its beauty will slowly open like a present.

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Breakfast buds

Egg cups make perfect vases for tiny filler flowers. Group cups for impact. Here, alstroemeria, green button mums and miniature daisies brighten with sunny style.

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Fancy flutes

Toast with petals instead of vino. Wine glasses and flutes act as tabletop vases for cheerful mini bouquets of yellow-green bells of Ireland and pink wax flowers.

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Flower prep

When you bring your bouquet home, group flowers by type. Then remove lower leaves from stems to reduce bacterial growth. Show statement flowers singly; bunch fillers for impact.

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By Producer: Carol Schalla; Photographer: Jay Wilde