Carnation Flower Arrangement

Hey Everyone! I love having fresh flowers around the house, because they are such a simple and easy way to brighten up a room! You don’t necessarily need big, lavish flower arrangements to do this, you can use simple and inexpensive grocery store flowers to create pretty arrangements that will instantly add color and life into your home. Carnations are one of my favorite flowers to use for this. I feel like they are a very underestimated flower that sort of has a bad reputation, but with just a couple simple tricks, you can make beautiful little arrangements with them!

1. Stick to one color. Carnations sort of have this bad reputation of looking cheap, tacky and old fashioned, but you can create clean and elegant arrangements with them if you stick to just one color. Another fun idea is creating three or four different carnation arrangements for your table in ombre shades, and placing them down the center of your dining table for a cool effect! You could also go seasonal with your arrangements… reds or whites for Christmas, oranges for fall…

2. Bunch them together tightly. Flower arrangements look more professional and luxurious the fuller they look. If the arrangement looks sparse it will look incomplete. Instead, bunch the carnations together tightly, almost creating a snowball look. Because the carnations are pretty big flowers and the curly petals give them a look of lots of volume, you don’t need very many of them to make a full looking arrangement. I like to place these small bunches (I used about 10 large carnations here) in some clear, low vases that make the arrangement appear even fuller.

3. Make them last even longer. Carnations naturally stay fresh for a very long, which is another advantage when using them in arrangements! To make them last even longer, cut the stems on an angle before placing them in water. If you see that they start wilting a little bit, just cut the stems on an angle again to make them last even longer!

For other fun flower arrangements, check out these ideas:

Left: Repurposed Tea Tin Flower Vase (HERE) Right: Teapot Flower Arrangement (HERE)