Autumn Flowers
J shares his favorite Creative Flower Ideas, Projects and Crafts for Fall and Autumn. Includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Fall Colors and Flowers- like Chrysanthemums and More!
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Paper Flower Arrangement!
Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m so excited to make an arrangement with the Paper Flowers- that Sandy Luna- created while she visited sharing her talents- and information about Dia de los Muertos… I’m creating an arrangement that we can use year after year- for Dia de los Muertos- that will hav...
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Episode 610 - Dia de los Muertos
On this episode we are learning all about Día de los Muertos, from flower friend Sandy Villegas of Tucson, Arizona. Sandy shares the celebration’s significance in her culture and teaches J how she makes paper flowers as well as paper maché figures. Included: a celebration of life reflective of Sa...
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How to Paint and Glitter Pumpkins for Halloween!
Fall is the Perfect Time to Decorate with Pumpkins… and Today J shares his favorite tips for Painting and Glittering Pumpkins. Using Design Master Colors and Glue For Glitter… J creates a FUN Halloween Centerpiece!
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How to create Eco-Inspired Vase Arrangement using Burlap!
today J creates an arrangement featuring Burlap… and inspired by the up and coming “nude” color palette. Created in a 100% Post Consumer Recycled Vase…this fashion forward vase arrangement is a spectacular combination of neutral cosmetic colors (including Amnesia Roses) and textural flowers and f...
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Thanksgiving Cornacopia!
J shows how quickly and easily you can create a Thanksgiving Centerpiece using the Pre-Greened Cornucopia from Continental Floral Greens. These “horns-of-plenty” come pre-greened with Continental Quality Foliage- Grown in the USA! Ready for you to add flowers… it’s FAST, FUN and Super Easy!
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Protea Bubble Bowl!
Protea are interesting, unusual and very long lasting… today J creates an arrangement of Protea and Leucadendron inside a bubble bowl using a flower frog. Resendiz Brothers provides an amazing assortment of Proteaceae that enhances this ‘under the sea’ themed arrangement!
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Corn Husk Wreath with Cotton and Succulents
J creates a fall wreath decoration using a Corn Husk Wreath, and Cotton on the Stem, adding Reliant Ribbon Accents… Tallow Berries and Live Succulents… this is a Fun way to welcome fall… and J shares lots of his famous tips and tricks!
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Thanksgiving Centerpiece
This week Fun with Flowers and J is brought to you by Ocean View Flowers and Sun Valley Flower Farm.
J uses his favorite flowers to create a Thanksgiving Centerpiece! Using a Goblet made of 100% post-consumer recycled glass… J shares tips and hints for arranging flowers for Thanksgiving… adding ...
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Episode 414 - Autumn Harvest
Host J Schwanke welcomes Autumn with flowers accented by the bounty of the season. Pumpkins, ears of stained glass corn, chrysanthemum, and even roses crafted from colorful leaves, all play a part in inviting flower arrangements.
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Let’s Talk Turkey- Flower Centerpiece
Today on At Home with Flowers- we’ll make one of my favorite Thanksgiving Centerpieces- “Let’s Talk Turkey”- is a great project for kids- (or anyone for that matter)… and brings some FLOWER FUN – to the Thanksgiving table…
Get your family involved in this wonderful Memory-maker- create and cut ...
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Looped Leaf Protea Centerpiece
Today on At Home with Flowers- I share one of my favorite tricks for looping Aspidistra Leaves from FernTrust. I have the Variegated Aspidistra in this project- and I’m using the Design Tray from Smithers Oasis.
The Featured Flower this week- is Pin Cushion Protea- several different colors- and ... -
Halloween Flowers with “Spider Webs”
Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating 3 Halloween Flower Arrangements- that can be used together or stand alone. I’m using 3 identical black ceramic containers from Accent Décor- they look like little cauldrons!
I’ve used the NEW Midnight Flower Foam from Oasis- and my flowers are Orange, L... -
Dining Table Arrangement!
Today on At Home with Flowers- (And Just in Time for Thanksgiving Planning) … I’m sharing how to create a Dining Table Arrangement. One of the Things I Truly Love- is having Flowers on the Dinner Table- it not only helps improve everyone’s mood- but creating the arrangement- makes us feel happier...
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Mixed Media Bundled Wreath!
This wreath centerpiece is created from Mixed Media- Dried Flowers- Fresh Flowers- Foliage and Fruit are all combined to create this Green Toned Wreath that is perfect for any time of year.
Featuring Dried Grasses from Schusters of Texas- combined with Granny Smith Apples- Milky Way and Foxtail...
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Orange Ilex Centerpiece from Sun Valley!
Sun Valley is excited to introduce it’s NEW Varieties of Ilex- Lane and the Sun Valley Group are always creating wonderful Flower Options for the Flower Industry!
Lane loves Ilex- and Sun Valley has the perfect location to grow this amazing Flower Offering. You can take an Aerial tour of the Sun...
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Autumn Bird Nest Centerpiece with Chrysanthemums
Fall is one of my favorite times of year- and as a child- my family grew Chrysanthemums in our greenhouses- this week – Deliflor Latin America- provides their Fall Collection of Amazing Autumn Chrysanthemums for this bird nest centerpiece.
I’ve used a Hacienda Bowl from Accent Décor- and lined i... -
Mini Chrysanthemum Spheres!
Deliflor Latin America has an incredible selection of Mini Spray Chrysanthemums- just about every color or shape you could desire- is available from Deliflor Latin America!
This week- I create 2 Chrysanthemum Sphere Projects- using the different types of Mini Spray Chrysanthemums differently to...
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Thanksgiving Centerpiece with Stained Glass Corn
Thanksgiving is just around the corner- and we all love to have flower decorating our table- and I was so inspired by some Beautiful Stained Glass Corn I found at the Farmers’ Market. With gorgeous shades of blue, green and lavender- this amazing Corn proves that we can use just about any color f...
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Dried Dahlia Halloween Arrangement
Halloween is fun holiday for decorations- and this week I create a spooky Halloween Centerpiece featuring Reliant Ribbon, Dried Dahlias and Spooky Spider webs.
Fall is in the air- and I wanted to create something with the Mini Dahlias I had in arrangements I got from Hope Dahlias. I noticed tha...
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Autumn Green Pumpkin Centerpiece
Fall is upon us- and what better way to celebrate the season- than with a Cinderella Pumpkin decked out in Lush Green Botanicals.
The mechanics are easy for this centerpiece- using flower foam atop the pumpkin- and using a cornucopia of green textured botanicals. Artichokes, Millet, Scabiosa Pod...
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Sphere Chrysanthemum Candelabra
I’m so excited to share the NEW Sphere Chrysanthemums from Deliflor Latin America in our Candelabra project this week. I saw these NEW Sphere Shaped Chrysanthemums at the DeliFlor Booth at ProFlora 2017- my Friend JD was showing me all the NEW Varieties and these beautiful orbs in Yellow, Orange...
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Lush Autumn Rose Centerpiece!
One of the secrets to creating beautiful arrangements is starting with Beautiful Flowers- Enter Esprit Miami- who provided the 3 amazing rose varieties for this Autumn Centerpiece Project.
This lush Rose Centerpiece features White O’Hara, Shimmer and Marsipan Roses from Esprit Miami- from their...
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Fall Basket Centerpiece!
J creates a Fall Basket Centerpiece inspired by Sage, Graphite and Ochre… and the NEW überMatte Color Tools from Design Master- J shows how easily überMatte covers and changes the look of an ordinary basket… and then creates a beautiful fall centerpiece using flowers, foliage and perfectly coordi...