The flowers my children pick for me make me feel loved — but they always have short stems! In the clip below, I share my tip for keeping these precious gifts.
Items that can be REUSED for “Short-Stem Vases” :
Keeping treasures from your family in your work area encourages you to remember “why you’re doing what you’re doing”, reminds you to pray for them and to think of ways to be a blessing to them while you work. It also shows them that the things they give you are important enough for you to put on display.
Related posts mentioning “yard flowers”:
Shot glasses work great too! ; )
Use a little sugar or a dab of bleach to keep them fresh longer….very cute ;-)
Not just moms =) My fave flowers are Dandelions and Daisies. They remind me of childhood!
Brandy,
Sugar or bleach — two very different additives. How do they do they both preserve flowers? Hmm….
I want you to start writing a blog about flowers — arranging them, tips, and crazy stories about the people and circumstances surrounding your memorable bouquets.
“Arranged: A Blog on Flowers and Life”
…because I know you have a story to tell!
Miss you!!
Amy,
Do you have a favorite flower memory?
I can still remember when I was about four, I went to Valley Forge Park and filled a paper cup with dandelions and then walked around the park and sold them to picnickers for .25 cents each.
I sold the whole cup’s worth ;)
Mrs. “Whimsy” C. :
I am saving a Japanese basil spice jar with an awesome flip-cap for your short-stemmed yard-flower collection.
*hugs*
The sugar helps nourish the flowers, and the small amt. of bleach helps keep the bacterial levels down in your water. Old fashioned flower preserving methods. Some people only use the sugar which is fine. Try it and let me know how it works for you…oh…another trick is to use a little vinager same science as the bleach. :-)
About the blog, you are the writer, I’ll leave that for you! I can hardly spell lady…LOL.
Love you lots!!!!!
Brandy
My grandpa was a gardner. My best memories of flowers are helping him plant his flower beds in the spring. See what you can hand down to kids… 11 years in the biz and still loving them.
:-)