Quick tip! Any fake greenery spray olive oil mixed with water to make them look real and undull and refreshed!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

LOVE it! Thank you so much for watching by the way.

@triplej2496

4 жыл бұрын

Okay but do you know for fact those will protect against rain and uv ????

@keedybaby9243

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u

@ericab936

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for the tip

I’m a fake florist also! Doing this for years! What’s not to love… yes DT is the best! Love those sprig with feathers. Awesome job, keep up the good work… 🌺🌸🌿🌱😎

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

They're so versatile!

This is great, just bought a "new to me" window box and plan on putting fake flowers in it. Great tips! 💖

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, awesome!! Thank you for watching!

Absolutely 💯 love your helpful hints and that you use spray paint to revive pots and greenery! Tysm. Love these arrangements so much! I'm going shopping now to create some like yours❤

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Ай бұрын

Hi and thank you so much for watching this old video!!

First of all, I love your personality. You're so much fun to watch. All the flower pots were pretty, but my favorite was number 3.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Wilhelmina, thank you for watching. I loved these arrangements! I just ordered some floral protective spray so they won't fade too easily.

Brilliant idea! Would be awesome if you showed us where you use these flowers in the yard. Thx

See!??? My husband was criticizing me for putting fake flowers in our window boxes this spring but we spend over $300 in flowers every year and they die off! So I got a bunch of fake flowers and our windows are so permanently pretty 😂

I'm so glad I found your video!! Even though it's a old one! ❤️ I have been wanting to put fake flowers on my front porch. I didn't know if I should use soil or foam!! Thank you!! 🙏

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

I still have some and they're in soil!

@louisestaats234

Жыл бұрын

@@TravelTipsbyLaurie I'll never tell!

Great Video! Loved how you took your time and the way your flowers look

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

10 ай бұрын

So nice of you!

I think it would look really pretty if the pots were black. I think the flowers would really pop.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic idea! And it kind of blends with the soil. My lantana is taking over so that's another project too. Thanks for commenting!

@ren_lucas

6 жыл бұрын

We have lantana in yellow and it is kind of taking over too

All of the arrangements are so pretty! I can not pick a favorite. I love your videos!!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They are my absolute faves. And all from the Dollar Store! I know you love a bargain too.

@Chrissy85308

6 жыл бұрын

LauriePOP Bargain is my middle name! LOL

LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Now that I am a senior citizen, I have a few aches and pains, and find it hard to get down on hands and knees anymore to care for my garden, this will solve that problem I think :) Thanks for your clever idea!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Yay! They still look great mid winter lol. My neighbor just put bundles of bright red fake flowers into the ground along her walkway, and they look great as one color. I really appreciate you commenting Helenmarie! Take care and be clever.

I love your videos. I’m heading to dollar tree to make some of these. I don’t have a green thumb but this I can definitely do! Thank you

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

I do not either! I just found some great red ones at Hobby Lobby.

Love #1 best. Have often thought about trying this but dont know if I could pull it off.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Жыл бұрын

Some people say you can tell they’re fake. But some cannot. Just put some marigolds from Walmart in bunches in the ground. But ithink they need to be closer to bushes or something-not alone.

I'm so going to do this. They look wonderful.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

4 жыл бұрын

So easy, right?! Thanks for watching!

I started doing this four years ago as I love color and you don't have to wait you have them all year round new subcriber thank you xx mags in ireland

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Mags! Great minds think alike. Thanks for watching!

@mags127

5 жыл бұрын

@@TravelTipsbyLaurie very true xx

Genius! I love it and gonna try it. Thank you 😊

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you like it!

I just love watching your videos, to fake flowers to travel.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so very much!

I have "borrowed" weeds from neighborhood fields. I use them like baby's breathe.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

They all look real. Well done and thanks for shearing

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

4 жыл бұрын

Oh boy thank you for watching this old video. I do love fake flowers. Now I just make travel tip videos at Travel Tips by Laurie.

Never thought of using fake flowers and I don’t have a green thumb I think I’m in love

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

EEEK they're beautiful. I'm so glad you might try them. Thanks for watching this video from my old channel!

Great ideas. I love flowers, but I KILL all my live ones. This looks like something I can do. Thank you.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

4 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, thank you for watching this super old video. I now only make travel tip videos. But I still use fake flowers lol.

They all looked beautiful but my favorite is number one. Really enjoyed your video.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Great ideas!, LauriePOP! I'm wanting to put some fake flowers in pots outside during the winter so my deck doesn't look so drab. I have had real flowers out, but Fall is approaching. I wonder how to keep the fake flowers from blowing away or getting ruined by the weather. Still brainstorming. Thanks for sharing your fake flower arrangements.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

5 жыл бұрын

I'm going this week to get my Fall ones. I use soil to keep mine sturdy; I fill the pot 3/4 full and some stems are kind of short. I also stick mine in the ground and they look so happy. Thank you for watching!

Beautiful!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very nice! do you put stones or something on top of soil to prevent backsplash on plants when it rains and obviously with holes in pot water drains out right?

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant ideea!

Came across your video I have a small side yard cemented but with dirt around 3 corners, I bought alot of flowers 💐 from dollar tree to stick in the dirt, any recommendations with this technique? Not going to use pots.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

I learned that if they have a longer stem, they look less fake. I also liked using the spike plants to add some dimension. Have fun!

I have the frustration of trying my dardest to keep deer from eating everything that I plant , so now they are going to be the ones bummed out!!! Love your ideas.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Patti, with me it's the heat that kills everything. Thank you for watching! I just saw a fake flower Christmas tree in a local ice cream shop lol.

What happens when it gets too windy coz mine fly out of the pots.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Real soil. That's the secret. Or mix it with sand. I filled my soil up 3/4 of the way. But I also put my pots near a bush so maybe that blocks some of the wind. I have had two blow away, but I found them in the yard the next day. Thank you so much for watching! Did you see the video going around about using a wiffle ball and hot glueing flowers around it? Then you have the ball on a yard stake.

Love this. I'm from Houston, too.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

4 жыл бұрын

You may have seen my flowers haha. We now have lantana; thank you for watching this old video.

@gailmariage5318

4 жыл бұрын

@@TravelTipsbyLaurie We live in west Houston, near Katy. Lantana is so easy to grow.

@gailmariage5318

4 жыл бұрын

I went to Michael's and bought gorgeous hot pink geraniums and hydrangeas and they look amazing with our caladiums. Have you ever gone to Arborgate in Tomball.? They have amazing potting soil and plants and I'm going to amend our beds with their compost and soil.

Am i missing something? Where are the flowers being purchased. Amazon?? What is hobby lobby

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Жыл бұрын

Hi, HL is a great store in the US. hobbylobby.com

Year round arrangements? Do you trade out in the winter ☃️?

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Жыл бұрын

I used some red ones. I had the marigolds out into December, and my mom laughed at how bad they looked.

What season are you putting these out in the yard?

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Жыл бұрын

They were in the Fall. Some were in the summer

How would any of this differ on a hanging basket arrangement, or would it really differ at all?

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it would be different. Thanks for watching! Sorry I missed this comment so long ago.

@Trakehner20

4 жыл бұрын

@@TravelTipsbyLaurie Ok, thank you! Thats ok, we all get busy; its easy to miss sometimes! :-)

You are off to a good start, however, there are a few things that will enhance your work. I am a professional landscape designer and this is what I do with pots. Although the ones I make up use real plants, the same rules apply with fake plants. You need a thriller, a filler and a spiller. The thriller should be tall and go in the middle (if the pot is to be seen from all sides.) If the pot goes against a wall or fence, then the thriller goes in the middle, but at the back of the pot. The filler does what it says...fills the pot. Often for impact all the same type of flower, or the same colour flower does the best job. Then the spiller is something that trails outside the pot towards the ground...think, ivy, a vine etc.. And just to be clear, although fake plants are maintenance free, there is something very special about nurturing real plants and watching them grow.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching this video! I’ve now niched down to just travel tips as a pilot wife. But I have a pot out front with fake ones and do need a thriller for sure. We’re north of Houston and lantana is the only thing we can grow.

@maryoleary2037

Жыл бұрын

@@TravelTipsbyLaurie Lantana has its merits for sure!

I wish you were still making these videos! If there’s a way to use the fake florals that doesn’t look granny chic I’m in!! Might try some this weekend with my dollar tree floral stash!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, thank you so much! I really love the idea. I have some white ones in the pots by our front doors. They're mixed with real flowers because the pot is so wide.

By the way - many plants actually have a "fake waxy" look to their very natural living leaves. ;)

I think you would benefit from using more variations in the height of the flowers. In this video, most of the flowers ended up being about the same height as each other, with spiky things behind them. I recommend googling some Japanese flower arrangements, that will give you a good feel for what I felt might help. Also, it's your arrangement, and your yard. Not trying to tell you how to live your life. I just figured this might strike some new creative spark for you :)

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

4 жыл бұрын

Ooh, thanks! Now I am Travel Tips by Laurie fyi. Have a colorful week!

Do you spray silk flowers with scotchguard or just use plastic flowers? Apparently water seal sprays work great if you use silk flowers outside. I’m going fake flowers this year. We have a squirrel problem and they just destroy the plants. And hail 😳 can also use real branches and pussywillows . Exciting!!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

I tell you I love using them. They're a no brainer for me. I did not know about the spray until 2 years ago. And from a distance you really cannot tell that they're fake.

One time, I was planting "faux" flowers in my flower bed. A guy walking down the street stopped to see what I was doing. When I finished, he just shook his head and said "Now I have seen it all!"

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I love it. It’s almost planting time lol

@jovon7802

2 жыл бұрын

That's funny! Brilliant idea, I'm trying it!. I'm glad I found her channel.

O wow! I really need to be a fake florist also! I am always planting flowers in my nice yellow pot by my front door only to have them die pretty quickly! What dollar store do you get these from? Dollar Tree? Dollar General? Thanks Laurie! You are super creative!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Dollar Tree! Just bought some replacements for the summer.

I buy UV resistant fake flowers in 21 bundles amazon

Do the Dollar Store or silk flowers fake in a few weeks?

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you're asking.

@robbiem1976

6 жыл бұрын

oops, *fade! Basically, how do you keep your silk flowers from fading?

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Ooh, Robbie, I do not. But a fellow subscriber told me about a spray you can buy for fake flowers - it looks like a can of spray paint. I haven't tried it yet. Thank you for watching!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

But they don't fade for at least 5 months.

Walmart flower section has good prices on your fake flowers. Chose some for $.97 cents,. Fern branches $5.00. and a lot of choices under $3.00!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

Love it! Thanks

Very nice! Do you order your flowers from Dollar Tree online?

Clear spray will keep them from collecting dust.

Hello there! Fellow Houstonian here. So much has happened in the three years since hurricane Harvey that it makes hurricane Harvey look like a cakewalk. I’m curious as to what you’ve done to rebound from “Snow-Vid” destruction. That’s what brought me here. We have started over in our yard But nothing has grown enough because the heat is so intense.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

Well our lantana has taken off!! I now only have a few fake flowers in pots.

@freedomfitness8720

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelTipsbyLaurie That’s funny because our Lantana did nothing for years & it’s thriving too! Guess it took a freeze to wake them up?

have you tried planting them in the ground in your yard?? thats what i want to do.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

6 жыл бұрын

Julie, yes! I love the red ones in the ground especially. I also just did yellow this last month. They are just short enough to look real. Thank you for watching!

Won’t the rain destroy them ?

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't, but the sun fades them. So now I buy a protectant spray for florals. Thanks for watching!

@lesliepomales221

5 жыл бұрын

TravelTipsbyLaurie what protectant spray do you use? And where do I get it?

I do fake all the time every season and saves money 💴

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

3 жыл бұрын

And they're pretty!

@keedybaby9243

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelTipsbyLaurie exactly

I think if you add soil you might as well plant real flowers. I bet you would be a good gardener!

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

5 жыл бұрын

You would think! I also think it helps to know what grows in your ground and sunlight. Thanks for watching!

You didn't share 4 things you learned about putting fake flowers outside..this was more of a teaching video about arrangements...disappointed..I'd like to know how to protect/keep fake flowers from fading..

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

5 жыл бұрын

There's a great spray that will help: bit.ly/2W1bHfC

Say it ain't so!

I’m getting a black screen with just your voice.

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

Жыл бұрын

Oh wait...Hmmm I wonder what happened. This is a really old video.

I suppose I only.came to.see who.was putting.fake flowers in their yard....have u tried gardening

they are not fake flowers. they are artificial. omg

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

5 жыл бұрын

Yes yes! Love them. I need to replace my current ones and spray them with the protectant. Thank you for watching

Fake florist 🤣

@TravelTipsbyLaurie

2 жыл бұрын

So fun to say!