Clustered French Flower Market Bucket For A Baby Shower, Gift Or Wedding Reception

The inspiration for this design came from a French hotel ice bucket that I found at a local discount home store.  You could distress and paint your own in shades of whites, pinks, greens or black.  The design looks like a clustered collection of flowers and grapes after an afternoon of shopping at a flower market.  This easy how to do it yourself design is suitable for a girl's baby shower, bridal shower, to give as a gift to a friend, wedding reception centerpiece or to keep for yourself!

Photo:  French hotel ice bucket filled with flowers and fruit by Brandy Spears

Photo:  Back view of the cluster  floral design by Brandy Spears.

Photo:  Bird's eye view of orchids, roses, hydrangea, grapes, peonies, tulips - design by Brandy Spears.

Photo:  Inspiration came from the detail on this vintage style Paris hotel ice bucket - design by Brandy Spears.

Florist supplies and mechanics needed:

• Waterproof metal bucket with  6-8" opening  (here is a cute one in pink!)
• Florist knife
• 2 bricks of florist foam
• Several used grocery store bags or cellophane
• Florist wire
• Wire Cutters
• Florist tape
• Florist water tubes
• 2 florist picks or chopsticks

Flowers needed to make 1 arrangement:

• 2 large heads of white hydrangea
• 3 fully bloomed hot pink peonies
• 1 large cluster of green grapes cut into 2  pieces and wired
• 6 blushed pink cymbidium orchids blooms
• 9 light pink Ecuadorian roses (Esperance variety) opened
• Growers package of green double bloomed local tulips
• 3 stems of miniature green hydrangea

How to do it yourself video tutorial:

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Thanks for visiting my how to flowers blog.  Have fun designing!
Brandy