Inspiration: Memory Bouquet DIY

Layering scented flowers, we created a bouquet full of memories. Certain scents can trigger memories. Spring being the perfect time to create a memory bouquet. We used heady scents like dill and mix them with sweet-smelling blooms in a playful colour palette of peach, pink, white, yellow, and acrid green. Other fragrant and nostalgic blooms in this bouquet include Honey mini spider gerbera daisies, French Vanilla Scoop scabiosa, perfumed sweet peas, yellow irises, Quicksand roses, clove scented carnations, crisp fritillaria Alba, and soft buttery yellow limonium.

To recreate the look, you will need:

1 vase (6" diameter or smaller)
3 stems fritillaria
12 stems roses
6 stems mini spider gerbera daisies
6 stems dill
6 stems scabiosa
12 stems carnations
6 stems irises
12 stems sweet peas
3 stems limonium
Any other flowers that bring you fond memories 

How to make the bouquet: Consider in advance which vase you want to use for the bouquet. We chose a footed pedestal vase. The shape of vase you choose will determine the look of your finished bouquet. More of a narrow vase will result in more of an upright bouquet. And if your vase is smaller, consider scaling down the recipe.
 
Hot Tip: Stuffing an opaque vase with chicken wire or taping a grid to the top of your vase will help you.
 
Next, fill your vase with fresh, cool water. Lay all the stems on the table and see what length of flowers you have. Slowly, stem by stem, layer the bouquet from the base upwards and outwards. Remember to cut the ends of stems right before you insert into the vase. You can use longer stems to reach higher and to emphasize height or width. We used longer and bending stems of fritillaria to reach up higher from our bouquet.

Look at the vase from all sides and make sure there are no gaps. A flower like dill can rest its head on the edge of the vase. Behind it, a stem of ruffled rose peeks out. Leave those sweet pea stems longer, to dance from the bouquet.

Keep playing until the bouquet is as you imagined it - or even better. And remember to enjoy those sweet-smelling blooms as you go!

If you enjoyed this DIY, we recommend reading Inspiration: The Cutting Garden, Scent & Memories.