Now picture this, bubble bowls half filled with water, each with a open red rose floating in the center, surrounded by votive candles for the shimmering effect and ribbons running down along the length of the table along with petals tossed tastefully. Doesn't it sound just perfect for a spring wedding?? And very inexpensive too as compared to the regular centerpieces. All you need to do is purchase a bubble bowl, two dozen open red roses (number may vary), and some votive candles which you can pick up at your local 99 cent store. Here's how to make a simple floating flower arrangement.
Materials Needed To Create A Floating Flower Arrangements
Bubble bowls, preferably one with a wide rim. Do not purchase a gold fish bowl, as they are not suitable for floating flower arrangements.
Open red roses or if you would like to experiment with something different go with short-stemmed gardenias, they look very stylish and elegant in floating flower arrangements. There's no limitation as to the kind of flower you would like to use, almost all short-stemmed flowers can be pruned to be used as floating flowers. Experiment with colors, use Mexican sunflowers, zinnias, floating lilies or whatever flower you fancy.
Votive candles in glass candleholders
Creating a Floating Flower Arrangement
Float a few flowers in the shallow water filled bubble bowls. The number of flowers you can use depend entirely upon the size of the bowl as well as the size of the table. You could add a large flower like the Mexican sunflower in the center surrounded by English daisies in an average sized bowl, or you could even sprinkle some rose petals to add a dash of color.
If you intend to use a white flower, here's how you can spruce it up a little but, add a d drop of blue or red ink to the water so that it appears colored before you put the flower in it.
Arrange the votives around the flowers for a shimmering effect.
Floating flower arrangements are a great way of enhancing the beauty of the flowers as they tend to appear magnified in water and besides since the number of flowers will greatly be reduced it is also one of the most inexpensive ways of experimenting with flowers.
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