In a Tea Cup
Roses for Mother’s Day
What you need:
9 garden roses (these were apricot with shades of fuchsia.)
4 medium sized fuchsia Ranunculus.
4 cuttings of small leaf Dusty Miller
1 oversized tea cup (this one is made by Grace’s Teaware)
1/2 wet pack floral foam brick (found here)
18 gauge floral wire cut into thirds
packet of floral food (purchase here)
Optional: 18 inch of 5/8” sheer peach ribbon with satin sides (purchase here)
1.75 inch x 2.75 inch photo or
1 decorative Herbal Tea bag
Hole punch 1/4 inch rectangular hole (purchase here)
Tools Used:
pruning shears (purchase here) or
sharp pruning shears (found here) better for cutting the ranunculus with.
Fabric scissors
Produce Knife
Steps: 6
Flower Cost: $8.48
Rated: Easy Arrangement
Any mom would love to receive this tea-cup full of roses for Mother’s Day. These garden roses have shades of apricot and are offset by the fuchsia ranunculus and softened by the Dusty Miller. The small leaf Dusty Miller used here grows in my flower bed and the neat thing about it is it will actually root in water. So, after you use it in an arrangement, and it grows roots, you can replant it in the garden, or use it for several weeks in different flower arrangements. (just change the water every 3-4 days, and clean any gunk off the stems and vase.) It’s amazingly resilient.
The tea cup used is an oversized tea cup made by Grace’s Teaware but you can make a beautiful arrangement of flowers in any tea cup.
Personalize your gift for Mom by adding a photo or a decorative herbal tea bag tied on with a ribbon.
FLORAL TIP: The stems of the ranunculus are fragile. Use the small scissor like floral shears to cut them and use a rose stem to make the hole for them in the floral foam, before inserting. Haha. It’s like pre-drilling!
FLORAL TIP: Add a packet of floral food to a cup of water before pouring the water into the floral foam.
For directions on wiring roses see: https://www.floristinyou.com/prep
If you have your tea cup and your materials lets begin.
Here are your flowers and the tea cup.
These are your tools.
Press rim of cup into foam. Mark where to cut.
Shape foam to fit with a produce knife and put into cup.
Put floral food into water and pour water into foam in the cup.
Wire roses. Insert into cup.
Like so.
Put 3 roses on bottom, 2 above, and Ranunculus above.
Put Dusty Miller on each side and in the middle.
Option 1: Punch 1/4 inch rectangular hole in right corner of photo.
Fold ribbon in half and insert. Tie onto cup handle with a know and a bow.
Option 2: Punch herbal tea bag with 1/4” rectangular hole in right corner.
Fold ribbon in half. Insert & tie onto cup handle with a knot and a bow.
Enjoy! Happy Mother’s Day.