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Working with Grocery Store Flowers

November 28, 2012 By Vidya 8 Comments

We’ve all bought the ubiquitous mixed flower arrangements from our local super market either for ourselves or as gifts. I know, I have done so many times. I try my best to buy them from Wegmans where I think the florists have a better taste but a lot of times we  pick up something on the way to a friend’s house from the local Harris Teeter or even Costco.

For Thanksgiving, B brought home a bouquet from Costco. I was way too busy cooking and cleaning that I just plopped them into a glass vase without a thought and did not bother with them until after all the guest were gone 3 days later. All that while whenever I glanced at the vase something kept bothering me. I guess there were way too many things going on in the vase that it was too busy to the point of being distracting. Plus, quite a few of the flowers were in bad shape. So how do you get the most out of your grocery store flowers?

I got to work by sorting them by color and type and splitting them into 4 groups. Ya you heard that right, 4 arrangements instead of 1! Sorry, no ‘before’ pics. It is just your usual Costco bouquet.

After weeding out the excess (which was a third of the bouquet) this is what I ended up with;

Working with Grocery Store Flowers

The green mums and some of the purple filler found a place in a tall glass.

Working with Grocery Store Flowers

These are the same flowers that I used on my Thanksgiving table in the butternut squash vases.

Working with Grocery Store Flowers

Most of the grocery store bouquets have a lot of fillers. Some of it is so good that they deserve an arrangement of their own like this one.

Working with Grocery Store Flowers

I even managed to spray paint a filler branch gold! I’m gonna use it to dress my Christmas Mantel.

Working with Grocery Store Flowers

This is how it looked before it was all glammed up with Krylon Gold.

Working with Grocery Store Flowers

Do you split up your grocery store bouquet too?

PS: This is officially the start of a new series, Flower Power where I’ll feature simple and frugal floral arrangements.

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Comments

  1. Palak says

    November 28, 2012 at 12:18 am

    Yes, I do! In fact, If I do happen to get flowers, I normally set aside half for my mom, who appreciates them so much more than I do. Neat idea to spray paint the fillers– I’d love to know how long they last afterwords.

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    • whatsurhomestory says

      November 28, 2012 at 2:59 pm

      Thank you Palak. When he brought home the bouquet itself that filler was kinda dry. By the time I painted it was really dry. So I’m hoping it will stay like this.

      Vidya

      Reply
  2. vandana craftsia says

    November 28, 2012 at 3:09 am

    Simply superb. The idea of splitting the bouquet into so many different arrangements is so exciting and having fresh flowers all over the house adds so much to it. The spray painted branch looks adorable.

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      November 28, 2012 at 3:00 pm

      Thanks Vandana. I’m really into gold nowadays. Can’t wait to use it.

      Vidya

      Reply
  3. Anu says

    November 28, 2012 at 8:12 am

    Beautiful!!! Yes, u are right…Wegman’s does have an awesome selection but for convenience sake and budget sake I get my fresh flowers from Safeway. Their quality is really awesome and they are cheaper than any other grocery store in the area!!!
    I like the gold spray painted branch…Christmas season is here!!!!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      November 28, 2012 at 3:00 pm

      Thanks Anu. I need to stop by Safeway.

      Reply
  4. Jae says

    November 28, 2012 at 11:50 am

    I do the same thing! I blog about my fresh blooms monthly. SOmetimes it’s simple, sometimes I fancy it up. 🙂

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      November 28, 2012 at 3:05 pm

      Yup, your flower posts are always fun.

      Vidya

      Reply

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