[Ed. note: If you were charmed by our "easy, long-lasting flower arrangement you don't need any skills to pull off" post—or you just missed the boat on the cherry blossoms in your area—you'll most likely flip for this even longer-lasting version from the ladies at Pink of Perfection.]
I've been burned too many times by sneaky deli tulips. They look as though they're on the cusp of unfurling--and I think to myself: "What great timing, to buy them so young!" And yet, they stay small buds for two days until I bump into them, at which point they dissolve like a mandala sand painting set in front of a fan. Then I have to circle back to the inevitable: What kind of fool confuses a deli that sells Duraflame logs and Arizona Iced Tea for a farm-fresh importer of tulips?
As a result, recently I decided to tiptoe into the big, tacky world of ersatz flowers. And now that I have, part of me wonders, why did I wait so long? I bought pink and white cherry blossoms online and stripped them from the bendy plastic branch they came on. Then I set about hot gluing the little nibs and leaves onto a large fallen branch I nicked from a yard. I think the natural branch is the key to this project's success--i.e. the branch has to hold its own. Three weeks and counting, what I love about it is what people have always loved about fake flowers: Every time I come home, it looks gorgeous--like sculpture I can afford.
More from Pink of Perfection:
- Practically free and non-laborious silver polish
- DIY daisy gardening boots
- Vintage sewing patterns + frames = insta-art
