Decoration and plants always go hand in hand. However, sometimes having to change the plants because they die, or to take care of them, is tiring. And that’s when we offer other options, like artificial flowers or dried flowers. These are the ones we are going to focus on, especially on how to decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers.
Do you want to learn how to do it and make it elegant and sophisticated? So we are going to leave you some ideas to achieve this. Let’s start!
Dried flowers… why decorate with them?
maybe now As a plant lover, you take a dim view of dried flowers or find them unattractive like to get a wicker basket with dried flowers that looks attractive. But the truth is that it is possible.
Not only baskets, but also planters, vases and many other elements.
There are many reasons why it might be worth using them, and we’ll cover them:
Sustainability
When you decorate with flowers, like bouquets of roses, carnations… you know these won’t last forever. There will come a time when they will wither and you will have to throw them away.
In fact, seeing how day after day they lose the beauty they once had saddens many.
In exchange, dried flowers are known to be there forever. Or at least until the dust or the weather makes them crumble and they have to be changed for others. But this time is much longer than in the natural ones, and we need not think that they will resemble those withered; they look much better.
They allow you to play with creativity
In the sense that you can put them in places where the naturals couldn’t (unless you want them to die in three days max). For example, in the wicker basket, outside…
They are cheaper
It also depends. Some may be cheaper, but there are others that are almost equal to the prices of naturals, or even worth more. This is due to the demand that there may be for these flowers, the quantity, the type of flower…
Of course, what is clear is that for the time they last, you will recoup what you pay for them. It is not the same as with the naturals. We give you an example:
Imagine that you buy a bouquet of roses and it costs you 32 euros. After two weeks (at most), it should be discarded.
Now think that you also buy dried flowers in a bouquet and that also costs you, to put it 32 euros. At two weeks, this bouquet will still be fine. And four. And at six years old… So it can last you months or even years if you take good care of it. Which implies that these 32 euros can be amortized in much more and this means that, month after month, you barely spend a few cents (In the first case, divide 32 by 15 days and you will see that you paid much more for half a month).
How to decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers
Have you ever been convinced? Ok, maybe not, but that’s what ideas are for, to “grow your teeth out” and offer you some suggestions to create a beautiful composition between the dried flowers and your wicker basket. Take note.
Before decorating, prepare everything
Precisely, you must have decided, among other things, which wicker basket you are going to use. If it is big or small, the shape, the height… All this will influence the next element: the flowers.
These can be pressed or outdoors, whichever you prefer (or whichever fits your budget, of course).
Decorate with wildflowers
Normally, when we think of a wicker basket, we think of a basket with wild flowers (from movies, series…) So you could choose to choose wild flowers and decorate the basket as if you had picked them. This means that they will be concentrated on the sides of the basket (also from above, as if you had filled it completely).
Decorate with a single flower
A wicker basket with lavender, for example, or with poppies, thyme or wildflowers will look great. The same as if you put it with roses of different colors (or a specific color tone).
The goal is to focus attention on the color of the flowers, and not so much on the composition. Of course you have to make sure that they fit well so that in fact with the basket it does not look like a “globe”.
Decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers in the shape of a waterfall
We suggest the following: Imagine a basket tilted forward (as if you were placing it vertically. Now place a foam rubber sticking out of this basket and down (to whatever height you want). Secure it GOOD.
Take the flowers that you have decided to put in the wicker basket and start placing them. Of course, to give the impression that the basket is falling and the flowers are falling, it will be necessary to put them in a suitable orientation. That is, instead of nailing the stem up and down, do it the other way, which causes the flower bud, or the flower itself, to fall downward.
Go fill in all the moss so that it doesn’t show (you can also use a few branches of dry plants, which will give it that “green” touch they need).
So you will have a waterfall.
Another option that comes to mind is to put the basket horizontally, fill it with flowers but, on one side, put a little more foam and continue to fill it as if it had a cover ( as if the flowers had overflowed and are still growing). It is very good if you choose flowers from a plant like Oxalis.
Large Flower Mini Baskets
We offer this idea to decorate, but it can also be used for a wedding because the girls could wear it as an ornament in the ceremony. It involves choosing small baskets and large flowers, such as azaleas or a flower whose dried form fits well and looks large. In this way, it will seem to detach from the basket, and when decorated, it will look like a small “bag”.
The truth is that there are many ideas you can come up with to decorate a wicker basket with dried flowers. Can you share anything you can think of? Do you dare to decorate like this in your home?