Makeover a Christmas Centerpiece for Valentine’s Day

by Mary @ Home is Where the Boat Is

4 Materials

$25

1 Hour

Medium

Give a Christmas centerpiece a new life and refresh for Valentine's Day and find flower arranging and longevity tips.

makeover a christmas centerpiece for valentine s day

My inspiration for my makeover and arrangement for a Valentine-themed centerpiece and table came from this “Farm Fresh Flower Shop, Fresh Cut for Valentine’s Day” pillow cover with a red truck that I found on Amazon.

I decided my Vintage Truck Centerpiece from Christmas could be refreshed to motor into Valentine’s Day!

I emptied the spent greenery, ribbon, berry picks and pine cones and I removed the “Noel Farms – Christmas Trees” magnets on each of the truck doors.

There was a plastic liner in the bottom of the truck for the Christmas greenery arrangement that I reused and refilled with fresh wet floral foam.

You can find wet floral foam on the floral aisle of the craft store or online. It’s easy to cut with a kitchen knife and trim to the size you need. I stacked two pieces of cut foam to fit in the bed of the truck.

Note: If you prefer to use artificial or silk flowers for your arrangement, use regular dry floral foam that you don't have to soak.

Soak the wet floral foam in water mixed with floral preservative until it’s fully saturated. When your foam is saturated, (about 3 minutes or less), place in your container. You can use waterproof floral tape to secure the wet foam to your container if needed.

Tip: When using wet floral foam, use the “float soak” method and place the floral foam brick on top of the water. Let the floral foam gradually absorb the water until it’s fully saturated. Plunging the floral foam in the water traps air bubbles and will prohibit the transfer of water from the foam to the flower stems.

Typical of a florist’s shop on Valentine’s Day, I wanted to load my truck up with flowers. . . alstroemeria in shades of white, pink and red, pink mums, blue hydrangeas and red roses, all purchased at the grocery store and to coordinate with plates for a Valentine's Day-themed table.

To replace the “Noel Farms” magnets on the truck, I found some heart magnets at Hobby Lobby.

Here are some additional tips for creating an arrangement with flowers you might *pick up* ;) from the grocery store:

🌹When you bring your flowers home from the store, always condition them before arranging them, anywhere from several hours up to a day in advance, as you don’t know how long the flowers have been sitting or how fresh the water is in the bucket they’ve been sitting in. A fresh cut removes any potential bacteria that would clog the stems and helps them drink so they stay hydrated.

🌹Start with a clean container or vase, washing to remove potential bacteria that will shorten the life of your flowers.

🌹To condition your flowers, give them a fresh cut at a 45 degree angle, for maximum water uptake, removing any leaves that would be below the water line and place them in a bucket or vase with tap temperature water and floral preservative.

🌹Floral preservative packets come with most grocery store flowers and / or the floral department usually has some packets you can help yourself to when buying flowers. If you don’t have any floral preservative, you can make your own with this easy formula.

🌹Remove any damaged flowers or greenery and discard. A dying flower releases ethylene gas that will hasten the decline of other flowers in your arrangement.

🌹Keep your flowers and arrangement away from heat or direct sunlight.

🌹If your flowers are in vase rather than floral foam, change your vase water and give your stems a fresh cut every other day if possible.

Motor over to visit my Valentine's Day themed table, HERE.

More photos and details at the blog link below!

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