Ideas for decorating flower pots

[maddie]

@Maddie, I knew you could add dye to change the color of cut flowers, but I'd never seen anything like this! Just saw something cute I want to add to your garden craft idea thread (if I can find it again, lol). Keep a look out, I think you'll like it.

Actually I learned of this rainbow colored flower trick from a florist... it works well with woody stems as in roses .. These florist here are always selling blue orchids with purple edges.. .. and I never find them in nature here.. then this lady told me about this trick some ten years ago .I think..

 

[ChanellG]

Oh wow, I love those colored flowers.

I have done it by adding food color before, but only one color. It works best with fresh cut, white flowers. And you can increase the color more by trimming the ends again after a couple days, too.

Jessi, I've seen the ones at the supermarket, usually daisies dyed some weird shade of pink or powder blue not found in nature, lol. I've never seen anything like these roses though.

Actually I learned of this rainbow colored flower trick from a florist... it works well with woody stems as in roses .. These florist here are always selling blue orchids with purple edges.. .. and I never find them in nature here.. then this lady told me about this trick some ten years ago .I think..

Maddie, those orchids must be really interesting to look at. It seems really labor intensive to carefully split the stem of a rose 4 or 5 times to get such variation in color. The roses above are so unusual though that I really want to try it.

 

[maddie]

Maddie, those orchids must be really interesting to look at. It seems really labor intensive to carefully split the stem of a rose 4 or 5 times to get such variation in color. The roses above are so unusual though that I really want to try it.

Yeah they are expensive but not always beautiful.. some florist achieve the effect to perfection. It is not really labor intensive..you just need a sharp knife to split the stem lightly. I have seen some lovely pastel shades In rainbow colored roses at the florists here.
Carnations are another variety that lend themselves well to this treatment.

 

[ChanellG]

Yeah they are expensive but not always beautiful.. some florist achieve the effect to perfection. It is not really labor intensive..you just need a sharp knife to split the stem lightly. I have seen some lovely pastel shades In rainbow colored roses at the florists here.
Carnations are another variety that lend themselves well to this treatment.

Maddie, it seems to me that carnations would be easier because their stems are not as thick as the rose stems. When you dye the flowers, do you put the stem parts into all of the dyes at once, or do you dye each color separately?

 

[maddie]

Chanell , you need to split the stems into three or four parts depending on the number of colors you want to use. then add food coloring to glasses of water and put each part of the stem into different glasses of colored water. Within 24 to 36 hours you could have your lovely looking rainbow colored flowers.. You need to cut off the split ends at an angle and arrange them in your vase with clear sugar water. It is really easy to do this with roses. Carnations take the color in quickly but cutting the stem may be slightly tricky.. I always use only two colors with carnations if I do this.

 

[ChanellG]

Maddie, I can't wait to try this at some point, thanks!

I think initially I will try only two colors as well. Two colors will still give a tri-colored carnation and won't be all that messy to handle. Actually, maybe I will start with just one color for now. Thanks for the tip about the sugar water.

When you leave the flower for 24 hours to absorb the color, do you have to put it in the fridge?

 

[maddie]

No you can leave them outside like you do with flowers in a vase.. only you would have added color to the water.. Try it .. it is fun.. I don't do it too often but try it out on occasions for special effects.
I colored my rather bland looking white orchids red and used them for Christmas decorations..They did draw some admiration I should say.

 

[ChanellG]

Okay, good to know. I'll give it a try once I assemble everything I need in order to do it. It will be fun to experiment with changing the appearance of the flowers.

 

[maddie]

@ Chanell, have Fun

@ Claudine, here is something I liked ..

 

[ChanellG]

Okay, Claudine and Maddie, here are some creative pots for you:

 

[ACSAPA]

This is an interesting idea. I guess if you have a bag of old thrift shop costume jewelry or some broken old fake necklaces, you could decorate an indoor plant pot with them.

 

[ACSAPA]

Okay, Claudine and Maddie, here are some creative pots for you:

I like the one with the family photo on it for an indoor plant. It's a combination plant pot/photo frame. Even though the one with the chickens isn't my style, I think the design on it is really cute.

 

[ChanellG]

I like the one with the family photo on it for an indoor plant. It's a combination plant pot/photo frame. Even though the one with the chickens isn't my style, I think the design on it is really cute.

The one with the chickens isn't my style either, but I thought it was a neat idea. It could be cute on the window sill of someone using country kitchen decor.

That one you posted is a good way to reuse a bunch of old stuff. It looks like Mardi Gras with all those various trinkets, lol. It actually reminds me of a sculpture of a rocking horse at the Ogden Museum.

 

[maddie]

Those pictures above do look good..But, I am not sure if I would do so much on my pots.. I don't want to get into something that is labor intensive,.. some simple stuff that is easy to make and will wear well is what I would go for.,..

 

[ACSAPA]

That one you posted is a good way to reuse a bunch of old stuff. It looks like Mardi Gras with all those various trinkets, lol. It actually reminds me of a sculpture of a rocking horse at the Ogden Museum.

I could see reusing a lot of old things this way, like old board game pieces, jax, marbles, Lego blocks, nails and screws, basically anything you have a lot of lying around. You can have a unique, custom plant pot instead of throwing everything in a landfill. I was looking at what I have lying around and I think I can make a couple of pots with cinnamon sticks or Barbie shoes.

 

[ChanellG]

...some simple stuff that is easy to make and will wear well is what I would go for.,..

I could see reusing a lot of old things this way... I was looking at what I have lying around and I think I can make a couple of pots with cinnamon sticks or Barbie shoes.

I would use the Barbie shoes for jewelry

I think it's best to make a decorative planter that you can sit the plain flower pot inside of. Then when it's time to repot, you just put a new plant in the smaller pot and reuse the decorative planter.

 

[claudine]

This is the first time when I hear about adding food color to cut flowers. It's quite unnatural but it still seems like an interesting and funny idea

What do you think about this flowerpot, lol:

 

[ACSAPA]

This is the first time when I hear about adding food color to cut flowers. It's quite unnatural but it still seems like an interesting and funny idea

What do you think about this flowerpot, lol:

It's a unique pot, but I wonder how durable it would be. It seems like the pages would rot from moisture unless it's one of those fake wooden books that people use to hide valuables in.

 

[claudine]

I think maybe there is a regular flowerpot hidden in this book.

Here is a lovely flowerpot decorated with beans and noodles :

 

[ACSAPA]

The planter with beans and noodles is cute, Claudine but I think I just found my favorite planter decoration ever. Check this out. You decorate the planter with photos of loved ones and the plants become their hair. I love.