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A Splash of Red

While shopping for some furniture last weekend I saw these really pretty contemporary vases. I splurge a little bit on them but I really liked them. Usually I stick with cheap vases from the dollar store but it doesn't hurt splurge a bit once in a while, plus if I take care of them they should last forever.

Since the vases make a statement on their own I decided to show case them with a simple splash of red.

The arrangement contains red mums and thin grass. The mums are from Safeway and the grass is from Bunches.

Like I mentioned earlier I splurged on the vases but the flower were still relatively inexpensive. The total was about $50, with the flowers only totaling about $7.

Tall vase                                                   $19.99
Short vase                                                 $24.99
Bundle of red big mums (5 flowers)        $4.99
Bundle of grass                                           $1.49
Tax at 5%                                                    $2.57

Total                                                           $54.03

Putting the Arrangement together

I took the two pretties flowers from the bundle of five. I removed all the leaves from the stem to clean up the look. Then I cut the stem at the height I wanted, about two to three fingers from the flower to the top the of the vase. I put the flower in the vase then added the grass by folding it into a loop. Some of the shorter grass with naturally fall out of the vase to give it that contemporary sassy look.


I love the simple look of the finished product. It can be added to any contemporary room to give it a splash of color. I think the arrangement also show cases the vases beautifully without taking away from their prettiness. The simple flower with a little grass complements the vases very well. Left Over Flowers

I had three mums left over from the bundle so I put them too good use as well. In this arrangement I added the left over mums, left over grass and some left over leaves I had from another arrangement. I think it's also very simple and cute. It can be added to any room in the house to add a splash of color. Posted by Heidy Valdes at 16:09 Heidy Valdes
