DIY Orchid Arrangement UNDER $10!

I know you've all seen them - those beautifully potted orchid arrangements at the grocery store. The colors are majestic - the perfect finishing touch to liven up that room you've been decorating. Excitedly, you reach for it, lift it up, and see the price tag - $30?! Sometimes even $40. For something that has an inevitable expiration date?! No, absolutely NOT. So you put it back and wallow in sadness over what could have been. But where there is a DIY, there is a way! Today's how-to solution to this overpriced problem will ONLY cost you $10* and I must say looks just as good if not even better than its counterpart. You will need the following materials:

Orchids: Hobby Lobby - $2.00 each; Vase: Michaels - $4.00; Fake Grass Topper: Michaels - $2.00; FloralCraft Dry Foam: Michaels (*everything purchased was on sale or discounted with a coupon)

I know some people are hesitant to purchase fake flowers for fear that it will indeed look fake and tacky. Here's a **Helpful suggestion - look at various pictures of orchids in person, online, or in magazines to see, on average, how they naturally stand & mimic this. This will ensure that your fake orchid will resemble as close to a real one as possible - sometimes even better. See image below:

This is an example of an orchid that does not resemble a real one. It looks stiff & way too tall. The green leaves & succulents don't look natural, and you can see the wire holding them together.

Taking your Craft foam, snuggly place it into the vase. Then insert one of the orchid stems into the foam. Carefully & with great detail, bend the stem to your liking.

When you are satisfied with your first stem, insert the second stem directly behind it & repeat.

Place the grass atop the craft foam. You can secure with a glue gun or simply press the plastic bottom into the foam.

 And you are finished!

This piece goes perfectly in any room. I chose to place this piece atop my new kitchen island that my husband & I just finished making. It matches perfectly :) Our inspiration was Rustic Cottage meets Biergarten Pub and only cost us $50!! If you would like to see details on how we built it, I will link it here. The benches, however, are not included in this link as they will be featured in an updated version of that blog post, so keep an eye out for that!

xx,

Jessica