Colourful Wedding Decor DIY : floating floral arrangement
Softer neutrals have been going strong in wedding trends for a while now, but I think we’re starting to see a major shift to using lots of colour in wedding decor. I love it. And based off of this shift in trend, I'm seeing a lot more sculptural flower arrangements using colour. This DIY floating floral arrangement is a budget friendly, really easy way to achieve this look!
To start off, the first thing we're going to need is some chicken wire. The smallest package I could find was $20, but it came with WAY more than I needed for this DIY, so this would be great if you wanted to do several of these hanging arrangements around your venue.
Next, I made one big clump of wire to stick the flowers into. To cut the chicken wire, I used some tin snips (you could also use wire cutters), and once I had it all cut out, I just rolled it onto itself, kind of creating a hollow centre.
For reference, my clump was 18” in length, but you can change this depending on your desired size of arrangement.
**Please note, you are going to want to wear some work gloves because this does have some sharp edges.
The flowers that I used are called baby's breath. This flower is an amazing option because it's not only really affordable, especially if you're buying this in bulk, but it's also something that we can work with ahead of time because once I place them in the arrangement, they're going to dry out, and they're going to maintain their original shape.
There are many different ways to alter the colours of flowers and I tried a few, but I found my favourite way to do this is by using paint mixed with water in a spray bottle. I opted for a non-toxic kids paint here but you can really use any paint you have. Mix together a one-to-one ratio of paint to water (you could change up this ratio depending on the colour saturation that you're going for). I just had to make sure I shook up the paint and water really well and then sprayed it over the flower heads. I laid out a drop cloth to do this, but just make sure you flip the flowers over, coating all sides.
Once the flowers were dry I started inserting them into the structure. You’ll want to leave a good amount of length on the stems so there is enough room to protrude into our little base, but once they are all in, all you have to do is hang it up with some clear fishing line!
