How to decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers
Decoration and plants are always a good combination. However, sometimes the fact of having to change plants because they die or taking care of them is tiring. And then we offer other options, such as artificial flowers or dried flowers. We will focus on them, specifically on how to decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers.
Want to learn how to do it and do it with elegance and sophistication? That’s why we’ll leave you with some ideas to achieve this. Let’s get started!
Dried flowers… why decorate them?
maybe right now As a plant lover, you look at dried flowers wrongly or don’t think they are pretty you like to get a wicker basket with dried flowers that looks attractive. But the truth is that you can.
Not only baskets, but also flower pots, vases and many other elements.
There are many reasons to apply them, and we will talk about them:
Durability
When decorating with flowers like bouquets of roses, carnations… you know they won’t last forever. There will come a time when they will droughty out and you will have to throw them away.
In fact, it saddens many to see them lose the beauty they once had day by day.
Instead, Dried flowers are known to be there forever. Or at least until dust or time causes them to fall apart and they have to replace them with something else. But this time is much longer than in the case of natural ones and we do not have to think that they will look like withered ones; they actually look much better.
They allow you to play with creativity
In the sense that they can be placed where natural ones couldn’t (unless we want them to die within three days at most). For example, in a wicker basket, outside…
They are cheaper
It also depends. Some may be cheaper, but there are also some that are almost equal to natural prices or even worth more. This is due to the demand that may be for these flowers, the quantity, type of flowers…
Of course, it’s clear that over the period they last, you amortize what you pay for them. It’s not the same as with natural ones. We give you an example:
Imagine you buy a bouquet of roses and it costs you 32 euros. After two weeks (at most), this one will have to be thrown away.
Now imagine that you also buy dried flowers in a bouquet and that also costs, in compact, 32 euros. After two weeks, this bouquet will still be fine. And at four o’clock. And at six… So it can last you for months or even years if you take good care of it. This means that these 32 euros can be amortized much more, and this means that month after month you barely spend a few cents (In the first case, divide 32 by 15 days and you will see that in half a month you paid much more).
How to decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers
Have we convinced you yet? Okay, maybe not, but that’s why there are ideas to “lengthen your teeth” and We will give you some suggestions on how to create a pretty composition between droughty flowers and a wicker basket. Attention.
Before decorating, prepare everything
Exactly, you need to decide, among others: about which wicker basket you will apply. Whether substantial or diminutive, shape, height… All this will influence the next element: flowers.
They can be ironed or outdoors, whichever suits you best (or which fits your budget, of course).
Decorate with wild flowers
Usually, when we think about a wicker basket, we think of the one with wild flowers (from movies, TV series…). So you can choose wild flowers and decorate the basket as if you were picking them. This means that they will be concentrated on the sides of the basket (also from above, as if you had filled it completely).
Decorate with a single flower
A wicker basket with, for example, lavender, poppies, thyme or wild flowers will look great. The same as if you combined it with roses of different colors (or a specific color tone).
The goal is to focus attention on the color of the flowers, not the composition. Of course, you need to make sure that they fit well so that the basket doesn’t actually look like a “ball”.
Decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers in the form of a waterfall
We suggest the following: Imagine the basket tilted forward (as if you were placing it vertically). Now place the foam rubber coming out of this basket and down (to the desired height). Secure it securely.
Take the flowers you have decided to place in the wicker basket and start arranging them. Of course, to give the impression that the basket is falling and the flowers are falling, you will need to place them in the correct orientation. This means that instead of nailing the stem from top to bottom, do it in reverse, causing the flower bud or the flower itself to fall.
Fill the entire foam so that it is not perceptible (you can also apply twigs of droughty plants that will give it the needed “green” accent).
So you will have a waterfall.
Another option that comes to mind is to place the basket horizontally, fill it with flowers, but on one side add a little more foam and continue to fill it as if it were a blanket (as if the flowers overflowed and continued to grow). This is very good if you choose flowers from a plant such as oxalis.
Mini baskets with immense flowers
We offer this decoration idea, but it can also be used at a wedding, as girls could wear it as a decoration during the ceremony. It involves choosing diminutive baskets and immense flowers, e.g. azaleas or a flower whose dried form fits well and looks immense. Thanks to this, it will seem to stand out from the basket, and when decorated it will look like a diminutive “handbag”.
The truth is that there are many ideas for decorating a wicker basket with dried flowers. Can you share something that comes to mind? Would you dare to decorate your home like this?