Bouquet recipe: a modern still life with cymbidium and carnations

Traditional Sentiment in a vase

This season's style trend, Traditional Sentiment, is all about nostalgia. But it's also about bouquets that could pass as works of art. This striking bouquet recipe provides just enough drama to transform a forgotten corner of the home into a living work of art. Rembrandt who?!

Boeketrecept: modern stilleven met cymbidium en anjers Mooiwatbloemendoen.nl

you will need

how to make it

Start with a vase that exudes classic antiquity. To get you started, try plant pots from the garden in less than perfect condition, a good find online or perhaps a dusty one from your mother's home given a new lease of life. Place the vase on a pedestal or platform to give it some length.

Use flowers of different lengths so you can build up the bouquet in both height and width. Cymbidium helps here, as the branches are sturdy and offer a lot of length. Branches and leaves complete the living work of art. Not only in form, but also in colour.

Chicken wire over the top of the vase can help position the flowers more firmly in the vase. Also, stuffing in the vase can help to arrange them a little higher. You could also use durable florist's foam to put the flowers in.

TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE

To really complete the still life feeling, place fruit Such as grapes, lemons and pears around the vase - But only for the photo and not for too long, because flowers and fruit are not each other's best friends. Flowers wilt faster with fruit around.