Showing posts with label floral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label floral. Show all posts

Monday, March 14, 2022

How To Create Beautiful Faux Floral Arrangements

Last week we shared Unique Ways To Display Florals and highlighted one of our very favorite places to get amazing real looking faux florals!  Casabella in East Cobb not only has an incredible selection of florals, but they also have professional designers on hand to help you shop, give you tips, and to offer their suggestions and expertise. 


We met up with one of them last week to get some tips for creating beautiful faux floral arrangements. She shared 4 easy steps, as well as, some pro tips to make them look natural and realistic!  


Step 1
Pick the perfect vase and put floral foam in the bottom. 
Pro tip: Floral foam is key for helping the stems stay in place where you want them. 

Step 2
Start with your main attraction or focal flowers.  You'll put one in the center and then work your way around, spacing them out.  
Pro tip: Use an odd number of these focal flowers.  

Step 3
Next use filler flowers in a contrasting color in between the focal flowers. 
Pro tip: Pick flowers that are in season to help them seem more realistic. 

Step 4
Fill in the holes with greenery. 
Pro tip: To help your arrangement look more natural, allow greenery to spill over the edges of the vase and try using different shades of green. 



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Monday, March 7, 2022

Unique Ways To Display Florals

Spring has sprung!!!  We just love this time of year because the sun is shinning, weather is warming up, and flowers are starting to bloom. Spring is a time of renewal in nature, so it is also the perfect time to renew and refresh your home decor, too! 


One of the easiest ways to bring spring indoors is by adding some colorful florals and greenery. This is something that can be done in every room of your home. From tiny bud vases to large center pieces, any where you can add florals will give you space a fresh feel. 


While fresh flowers are wonderful, we love the hassle-free and long-lasting alternative of faux flowers.  Before you start to question using faux let us just tell you how amazing the faux floral market has come. Our friends and Casabella have the the MOST real looking ones we have seen.  They are an amazing quality and don't only look real, but some of them even feel real.  It's crazy and something you just have to see for yourself.  

Another thing we love about the florals from Casabella are all of the different ways to display them.  They've got an incredible variety of containers, vases, jars, baskets and more.  Walking around their store it is so much fun to see all of the unique ideas.  If you really think outside of the box and get away from a traditional vase, you can put flowers and greenery in or on just about anything. We thought we'd share some of our favorite ways to display them in the hopes that it would inspire some of you when sprucing up your homes for spring! 

Ceramic and pottery:  You could pick something neutral and let colorful flowers be the star of the show,  do neutral flowers with pretty pattered container or use a textured container with greenery for a neutral look. 




Mercury glass: Who doesn't love a little bit of sparkle and shine?  This silvered glass can bring a touch of classical elegance to your space and will compliment any decor. 
 


Metal: Want a little more of a rustic farmhouse feel? Using a metal container can do just that.  It could be textured or smooth, shiny or dull, but contrasting colorful flowers will pop in a container like this! 


Dough Bowls: Dough Bowls of all shapes and sizes are still in and we love them because there are just so many different ways to fill them.  We love a variety of greenery orbs placed in dough bowls on tables, counters or shelves for a touch of green. 



Lanterns: We adore lanterns of all shapes, sizes and materials.  Often time many people only think to add a candle in their decorative lanterns, but we love how the decorators at Casabella stage their lanterns with florals, berries, and greenery. 




Bowls: We loved the look of having faux tulip stems laying in a simple bowl or a floral orb placed in a small bowl to add a bit of color to a bar cart or appetizer tray.  Something so simple, but so beautiful to bring some color and life to any space. 


Baskets: Baskets are often used as decor by themselves, but after visiting Casabella we are now on a mission to fill them all with a variety of faux floral stems!  



Glass: Of course traditional glass vases will never go out of style.  Tiny bud glasses can be filled with just a touch of water to give the faux flowers an even more realistic look! 


Other: Like we mentioned above, you can use just about anything to hold flowers and some of our very favorite and unexpected discoveries at Casabella was a decorative trashcan filled with hydrangea stems!




We hope some of these ideas have inspired you to think outside of the box and find a unique way to display florals and greenery in your own home.  If you are local, be sure to check out Casabella for more inspiration and for all of their amazing life-like faux florals this spring! 


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Friday, August 31, 2018

Fashion Fix: Ways to Wear It

Two weeks ago I shared a fun Luxe Tank that can be worn now with shorts and later into fall with jeans, white pants and a jacket.  Here at The Magnolia Mamas, Jen and I are all about wardrobe pieces we can mix and match and get lots of use out of. Well, I'm back today with another find that I just love and have gotten so many compliments on recently!

This dress is one I got about a month ago and have been LOVING it. I've worn it so many times so far because it is so comfortable. It's really light weight and flowy so it just wears well.  Plus, I love that I can wear it now with flip-flops or sandals...


...and later into fall with booties and a denim jacket!

dress//denim jacket//booties (similar) 

I actually loved it so much that I ordered this purple print also. Just like the blue dress, this one can be worn several different ways!  For now I'm still wearing it alone with sandals because it is so dang hot in Atlanta, but when it starts to cool off I'll add my denim jacket and booties or a cardigan and boots!  One dress. Three ways to wear it.


dress//cardigan (similar) 


Old Navy is having a big Labor Day Sale this weekend with 50% off a lot of their dresses so I feel like there are so many other options you could do this with...wear different ways and make them last from now through fall just by adding a sweater or jacket.  Plus, for dresses that are $20 or less, that's such a steal when you think about all the ways you can wear it! 

We hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend!!!  See you back here next week!!! 

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