Elevated Tulips For Easter and Beyond
It's not always about what you have. Sometimes it's about how you display it. And just like a cake looks so much more impressive on an elevated stand, common garden-variety plants or flowers look more important when they are placed in elevated containers.
So in this post, I am sharing the simple way that I used a thrift store cake stand to take a $1.69 bunch of grocery store tulips to new heights.
The Goal
For this project, the goal was to take a that small bunch of cut tulips and make them look like they were growing out of a moss-covered chunk of earth. This chunk of earth would be elevated on the stand to contrast natural materials with polished elegance.
The Materials
I used five tulips, some sheet moss (my favorite go-to for floral and decor projects), a little reindeer moss, a shallow water-tight saucer (in this case, a plastic faux clay saucer), spike flower frogs, my thrift store silver cake stand, and some Tillandsia Usneoides (aka live Spanish moss).
The Method
It was easy. I cut the sheet moss to size to wrap it over the top of, and around the sides of, the shallow saucer. I tucked the ends of the sheet moss underneath the saucer.
I cut a large hole in the middle of the sheet moss so that I could place flower frogs inside the saucer.
And then I cut the tulips to the desired height and secured them onto the flower frogs, spacing them somewhat evenly.
I placed the saucer on the cake stand and filled it with water for the tulips.
Then, using reindeer moss, I covered the hole I’d cut in the sheet moss. This was to conceal the flower frogs.
At that point, it looked a little like a “tulip cake,” if there is such a thing. I thought it was kind of cute, and I was tempted to leave it at that.
But I went ahead and added the outer ring of Tillandsia Usneoides (aka live Spanish moss).
I can simply replace these tulips with new ones once they get tired – or try a different type of flower or even a combination.
For more information on the materials I used here, check out this blog post. Interested in learning more about vintage flower frogs? Check out my post Flower Frogs 101.
Because I already had everything on hand for this project except for the tulips ($1.69) and the thrift store cake stand ($4.00), am estimating this project at $6. Your cost will vary depending on what you already have on hand.
I would advise keeping this arrangement out of reach of pets and children.
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Joy martin on Apr 08, 2019
This is beautiful 💞
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Jennifer | simpleprairielife on Apr 02, 2020
I love this! Such a great idea!
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