Hello Andrea ~ great timing ! I finally gave in to putting “Christmas Greenery” away this week ! LOL!!! With the beautiful snow storms we have been getting, I wanted my pine out for COZINESS! True New Englander right ? 🤷‍♀️ But today, I got my bins out with all my white Real Touch Tulips, my snowdrops with bulbs, my Paper-whites with bulbs and white Grape Hyacinth with bulbs. Being in snow country I try to bring what will BLOOM FIRST ! LOL!!! Then soon the Lilac….DELICIOUS LILAC… nothing compares to the real ones and their smell! You can smell them just saying the word 💜 💜 Great tips you gave for people to follow. I find myself doing those tips in the Stores with stems….😬. But need to see if they are a good fit for my arrangements. Afloral and House by JSD Designs is where I get a lot of mine. They last for years , so worth the money for me ( and they still have plenty of life left in them when I pass them on to my daughters and now granddaughters … daughters love shopping at Mom’s Storage Room…😂) Have a blessed week ! 💛💛💛💛

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jayne! All of your flowers sound so so beautiful and these suggestions are so helpful! I hope your arrangements all come together perfectly this spring ❤❤

As someone who suffers from seasonal allergies, faux flowers have been a Godsend. I am still able to enjoy having beautiful flowers in my home.

Good video Andrea. You should do this one again for 2024.

Hallo from Australia......Yes indeed if you want your flowers to have that WOW factor spend some more money and with the right storage they will last for years. I do flowers for the Church and not long ago spent $250. on buying 25 Daliahs ...(my favourite) When I place them in vases it is quite a show.I still have flowers from 7years ago that are as beautifull as the day I purchased them, so in the long run great economy.Also great for Christmas presents, Birthdays etc., Thanks for vidio. Love your Baby....fast asleep...Happy New Year.Best Wishes.

Hi Andrea, thank you for putting these spring flowers, fillers and stems together. Your home is beautiful, and I love how you include us in your family life and home. It is so beautiful to see a mom rock her little boy AND film a KZread video at the same time. Multi-tasking at its finest!

I LOVE how much life it all brings to a home 🥰

I love the point about bending the stems; I dismantled my tall vase of fake blossoms on branches and bent them before I even finished watching!

These are fantastic tips. I especially love the simplicity of just one type of floral mixed with greens. It has a very organic, non contrived look that to me is not only very “European style” but something that looks even moreso natural/real.

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope you are able to try it 😊

You're right Andrea, adding the greenery makes all the difference!

I love Queen Ann’s Lace and seeded Eucalyptus. We’re fortunate to have tons of eucalyptus here in California year round so I can use the real stuff, but I’m so thankful for real looking faux stems other blooms and stems. I’m persnickety about the way the stems look in a clear vase too ☺️

Thanks for the tips Andrea!

Such great ideas! Thanks for sharing!

Love the ideas

Great tips! ❤️

Great tips and so very helpful to see the different white flowers you mixed with your greens!

This was actually so helpful! Thank you for sharing.

Andrea, Thanks for those tips; love the Target flowers - beautiful!!

Thanks so much for your fantastic tips today! I plan to use all your ideas. Your flowers look beautiful! Have a wonderful day!

It’s like you read my mind just now as I’m trying to style some cute real touch white tulips I bought off Etsy. Lol! Have a great day!

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2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to read this, I hope it was a help to you! ❤

LUV FAUX ! ! ! 👍

I do exactly this all over my house and you’re so right, if done right, it looks amazing! Happily my grocer sells small bundles of many different varieties of flowers and greens (affordably priced so far) so I mix real flowers with faux greens and real greens with faux flowers for full beautiful bouquets. Being surrounded by beautiful bouquets feels like such a gift 🎁❤️

Great ideas

Thanks for sharing ❣

Spot on!

That glorious little baby!!! so sweet that you carry him while he sleeps. on and the flower tips awesome! thank you

I just went downstairs and bent mine LOL. What a great tip. Love your videos. Thank you!

I have had these white tulips for 3 years I LOVE THEM! I am a interior designer and I use to own a Florist! Trust me BUY THESE!

Hi Andrea!Your examples of faux flowers and filler leaves are so pretty!Your tips about bending the stems and adding filler are really good!!!Yiur home is so pretty and relaxing like you!!!!😁

Your florals always look so spot on! You really do a beautiful job in your arrangements! Now I'll wait til Hobby Lobby's florals go on sale again! I was there last week and bought a lot of greenery and now I'm ready to buy a few florals as we get closer to Spring.

Thank You!

what a precious bundle you have. God Bless him. Thanks for the great tips!

Always helpful. Thank you so much.

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Glenda! 😊

Yesterday I was in Target and almost bought the Queen Anne's Lace. Now I wish I would have! These were great tips. I am so looking forward to cutting flowers and bringing them in. I'm in Upstate New York, so my yard is under snow too. Spring will get here eventually! :)

Brilliant

I love white flowers after Christmas. I had my white amaryllis, unfortunately my paperwhites didn’t perform so well. I also have fake white flowers on long branches, which I have for many years. You are right, investing in good guality fake flowers it’s beautiful it’s really smart investment. I just cut some branches of forsythia and will bloom in few days, and give me some early start for spring.

Thank you so much for these great tips. I have just recently purchased some stems from Hobby Lobby to use in my home for spring and summer. Just waiting to get them styled when we return from traveling.

I have been putting some flowers around my house, mostly my dried lavender with some leaves. I would love to have some of those white ones you have shown, thank you for the tips and have a blessed day.

Those tulips are great, I have some and they’re really realistic. I also found some real-touch roses on Etsy; my favorite source is a shop called Flowers Squared… they look soooo realistic and I love them!

Love these tips, Andrea, and I agree that realistic faux flowers are worth the investment. I purchased a lot of faux flowers and greenery for our wedding decor and 11+ years later I’m still using them as decor around our home. I followed the sales cycles at the stores and would go buy as many as were in stock until I had enough. Lol

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2 жыл бұрын

What a great idea and happy memories and reminders all throughout your home too makes it even more special!! 😊❤

I always look forward to your videos.

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that is so sweet of you!

Good morning Andrea from the Uk 🇬🇧. Fantastic tips as always, fillers really do make a difference. Thank you hope you have a lovely day xxxx

Such great tips!

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am glad they were helpful 😊

Dang, bending the stems makes such a huge difference. These were all super helpful tips, thank you!

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2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy they were helpful! 😊😊

So pretty!

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I love using faux stems when it is this cold outside still!

Thanks for this post! I absolutely love all your faux flowers and plants. Also, yes the tulips are so real looking! I've bought two bundles of the Mandy's brand.

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

Oh it is good to know that specific brand is good, thank you for sharing that and thank you! ❤

Thainkiyou my freinds

Thank you for this information. I always learn so much from you. I have several bouquets of the real touch tulips from Amazon and they look so real.

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2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to read this, and so many have said they love the real touch tulips, I am so excited to get some! 😊

Great ideas.

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊😊

This is so pretty

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tammy 😊😊

It's amazing how eucalyptus elevates everything! I need to get some more of that

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2 жыл бұрын

I agree, it is by far one of my favorite fillers! 😊

In the South, we’ve always called rearranging faux stems “fluffing” them - lol 🥰 You do a really beautiful job of displaying yours - I know a lot of designers really don’t like faux greenery, but I’ve always used them - the high quality ones

Thank you so much for this great video. By the way you are so adorable and that baby, oh my goodness. I'm a retired newborn nursery nurse and I miss "my" babies. You video was a help to me and I appreciate it. Thanks.

In Australia where almost every second tree is an eucalyptus tree, we also have these lovely trees and bushes called 'Wattle'. Its famous for being a bright yellow gold colour but it comes in a beautiful whimsical white tree. Its flowers are small white puffs of pollen and when you made that floral arrangement with what must have been a baby's breath, with the seeded eucalyptus, it looked so much like a native floral arrangement I made over in our Spring (your Fall season) last year. I still have real dried eucalyptus leaves that still look amazing and they have been on display for over 3 years. The eucalyptus oil allows the foliage to keep for so long as you keep it in a cool dry area. I adore your videos and next month I am moving to a 20 acre farm. Im renovating a small old farmhouse cottage, which I plan to plant a whimsy cottage around, and have a few ducks, some more chickens and grow my own food as well as have a dedicated flower garden for drying or fresh picked flowers. But in the meantime, I will be needing my artificial flowers, as there isn't that much on the property so its going to take a while to get up and running. Janelle (Victoria, Australia)

Thank you for the great tips Andrea. I have been clearing the house of anything winter and finally finished up this morning. I brought out a little bit of neutral greenery but don't won't to add too much spring decor yet. No doubt snow will still find its way to Ohio. It always feels like spring is close when we get past the time change!! Great inspiration!!

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2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the bright mornings are so nice, however I am sure we are still getting snow again in Michigan as well! haha. Thank you for your sweet words 😊

Hi Andrea! I came back to rewatch this video because I'm actually going to be doing some floral arranging for Fall and I remembered how much I appreciated this video back in the Spring. One tip that I heard LizMarie Galvan recently try was if you have a faux floral (in her case she had purchased some leaves on Amazon and they had a shine on them she didn't like) she sprayed Matte clear Rustoleum on them and it worked great. I'm actually going to try it with some leaves on a branch that I bought. So if anyone has some florals like that they can easily upgrade them by spraying them down, letting them dry and then respraying if they feel the need to do that.

Great tips! Tks for sharing! BLESSINGS!!!

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

I hope they were helpful to you! ❤

I've gotten several dozen tulips from Amazon--they are beautiful. I have a tip to add: if you mingle some real plants in to your home, your faux flowers and greenery will more likely seem "real", too. I have several house plants as well as a large bay laurel that I like to trim stems from and then place them in a vase with water. I enjoy the greenery for a month or more while the stems slowly dry--and then I pick off the leaves and store them --bay leaves for all my soups, stews, and roasts!

I have the tulips from Amazon, they are beautiful, also purchased white long stem cherry blossom faux florals from Amazon , very nice! I luv the Queen Anne’s lace you suggested , will add them to my spring flowers, thank you!

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2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, your finds sound beautiful as well! 😊

Andrea, thank you so much! I needed this! I can never make my flowers and greenery look natural. Great tips!

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cindy!! 😊😊

Thank you so very much. I definitely needed some help in this area! 🥰

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2 жыл бұрын

Of course, so happy it was helpful to you! ♥

@ericasinner9668

2 жыл бұрын

@@PineandProspectHome When I get my floral vases revamped perhaps I'll send pics. I used to consign my knit & crocheted items in a floral shop and occasionally had to make an arrangement, so I really have no excuse. Lol 🤣 So, I will be going and grabbing some filler. And yes at the shop we used lots of baby's breath as well, as eucalyptus and other greenery.

Thank you beautiful Andrea I really invite faux flowers to my home especially greens but who doesn’t love to get fresh flowers and go to your local store where they have them right now so plentiful places like Trader Joe’s I do not have one close to me so that is why I get some great faux !! But I totally agree when I bring them home I open them up and give them bands where they need to look very natural in the vessel as well as the clear vessel you cut all the way down so it doesn’t have that ugly look ha ha but thank you once again your home is always beautiful and your flowers so cottage like can’t wait to see your outdoors when everything starts Blooming. By the way I just love little boy just listening to his mama’s voice as she talks ha ha you have a blessed day

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2 жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much Emma! Yes, I think the nearest Trader Joe's is over two hours from me haha so I agree on finding great faux options too ❤

Andrea you want believe this I totally remember your first video on fake flowers. I've been with you every scene. You always have the greatest advice on everything you do or use. Loved this video as well and all of your arrangements look so beautiful. 🤗💓💞💕

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much Laura 😊

I bought the real touch tulips from Amazon….. they are beautiful.

You are so beautiful inside and out. Your home is so lovely! I've never dared do faux stems only dried naturals but i picked some up from hobby lobby and filled and bent the stems (tips from your first faux stem video) and I've been loving them!!! My son tried to water them too 😄😄

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2 жыл бұрын

You are way too sweet, thank you so much! I am so happy you found some, and that is too funny that your son watered them! Means you did a great job! 😊😊

So glad for someone who loves the faux flowers. There are flower snobs out there that put down those if us that choose to use them for whatever reason. Really good ones have fooled a lot of folks .my sister in law actually felt of mine once and said they even felt real.

Hey Andrea. This video was so inspiring! Can you tell us how to clean the faux flowers? Thanks!

Im a flower arranger and one great way is mixing fresh/dried flowers or greenery with the artificial ones. Fresh babies breath or eucalyptus mixed in can trick the eye to believing it’s real, added benefit to those is they will dry so you can keep using them😉 Also adding water to clear vases tricks the eye (or acrylic water)

Another tip that I often use is to incorporate fresh greenery from the garden with faux flowers. I planted a Eucalyptus tree in order to have a regular supply! It grows very quickly too!x A great video.

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2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I am sure the fresh eucalyptus is even better! 😊

Great tips! Unfortunately most of the stores are not available in Canada, and some won't even ship here. Michaels isn't always great but sometimes they have interesting things.

I just realized you’re carrying your baby in a front sling! Sweetness!

Andrea - love your channel . Where did you purchase the woven shades behind you in the video ? Love the color too.

I was so glad you addressed my pet peeve... bent stems in see thru vessels.....It screams I have fake flowers. I actually cut mine like you said... and I even add water to my vases about 1/3 way up and you would swear they are real.

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great idea too! Thank you for sharing!

You Re such a great choice for showing us how to do floral Arrangements! It is so informative for reL or foe!

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Diane, I am so happy it was helpful! ❤

I have a lot of artificial flowers and artificial green plants made of silk cloth, and many vases

I found some beautiful real touch flowers and lambs ear at Walmart, and I found some beautiful bouquets at TJ Maxx. But both are very hit or miss.

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2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is very true. Your finds sound so beautiful though!! 😊

Very informative. TUFS

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I love my real touch tulips, the deer ate all my real one and dug up the bulbs!

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2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! We have a lot of deer here too, I am so glad you found beautiful real touch ones! 😊

One tip my mother did was to turn upside down and bend in opposite direction they are originally. Works best with the bush type flowers not stems.

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2 жыл бұрын

Oh that is a great idea, thank you!! 😊

Hi Andrea, Such great tips! Think I need to go to Hobby Lobby and get some faux flowers and greenery. You make them look so real and inviting!! Great content!! 🌼 Watching from Michigan…Kim

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2 жыл бұрын

From a fellow Michigander I am sure you understand we have a while to go for fresh, but yes a trip to Hobby Lobby should show you quite a beautiful variety!

Hi Andrea, just wanted to let you know that the link to your blogpost is not working. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing! Kind regards from Germany, Annika

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2 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for telling me, hopefully it works well now 😊

Green filler, that’s what I’m missing! I only buy the flowers. Question, the white faux flowers you showed in a basket on your wall and also on top of your fridge, where did you buy those? Love those! 💕

@JShow78

2 жыл бұрын

She got the ones above the fridge from Hobby Lobby. Look for snowball hydrangeas and they run @$15 full price item number 5005012

@lisaa8437

2 жыл бұрын

@@JShow78 oh my gosh! Thank you so much!! 😄

I recently bought a bundle of white ones...but they almost seem to stark white...I keep wondering if I could dye them with tea or something to make them slightly creamer??? Have you tried this? I might have to try it with one stem and see how it goes!😥😂

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

I have not tried it, but I think this would work well!

Do you clip the stems short to put them in a bowl?🌿🌿

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2 жыл бұрын

Depends, if the bowl isn't clear and hides the stems, I may leave them long in case I decide to use them again in a taller vase 😊

I’ve always wished Meijers had hydrangeas although their fresh flowers are pretty they are expensive

Lily silik i love you so much ♥️♥️

I agree tulips at Amazon are so beautiful. It's real touch. But don't buy white or cream it will turn yellow after a few months .

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2 жыл бұрын

Oh good to know! Thank you!

@caitlinrl630

2 жыл бұрын

Second this; I had some yellowing also, but not for several months; at $10/dozen I just repurchased the following spring because I love my white flowers! The pink ones still look good though!

Could you share the link to the blinds in your sunroom again? I've tried looking for it and couldn't find it .

@PineandProspectHome

2 жыл бұрын

Of course! I have it linked in this blog post: www.pineandprospecthome.com/sunroom-window-bench-reveal/ 😊

@shirlrebert4469

2 жыл бұрын

@@PineandProspectHome Thank you

I had bought some fake iris that looked real. I put them in the ground to take photos and some friends grandkids came over and they ran to the iris and the gr parents yelled at them because I thought they were going to ruin my beautiful Iris LOL! When I told them that they weren't real they couldn't believe it they did look so real

I have faux flowers and plants all over my house . I love real plants but I have lost my green thumb. Plus you don't have to water the faux plants or if they get knocked over no clean up dirt. 😂

Andrea I know that you like fresh flowers and greenery and I do understand why you don't use them, especially in winter. That said, I make it a source of pride not to have faux stems. I have over 30 real plants in my house, in various sizes. Some big ones sit on the floor, others on tables and window ledges, throughout all the rooms. Orchids and violets bloom, others stay green. Most need nothing more than a weekly watering and some fertilizer in the growing season. I'd estimate that plant care takes about 20 minutes a week. Watching a plant grow is such a joy compared to faux stems that do nothing. I also have evergreens in my garden and I trim them during the winter and bring branches inside. Your tips to display faux stems are good ones, but I would encourage your viewers to add real plants to their decor. Often a real plant will be cheaper to purchase than the faux ones and nurturing them and seeing them thrive is a great reward. They also help purify the air within the house.

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary! My sister has a lot of real plants as well and she loves the variety they bring to her home, I love to have real stems when I can as well 😊

I can only decorate with fake flowers because my cat loves to eat flowers. She never get on table,cabinets or counter tops but if you put real flowers out she will want to jump on them to eat flowers.

I don't know if it is just my phone , but your whole video it's on squares, blury moving squares , I could not see anything

Andrea, I love your channel, and your syle lines up with the same likes in my own home. I have a suggestion, and I promise I mean this in a caring way, it is often distracting for Isaiah to be on your chest for every video, especially when he isn't quiet like he is today. Keep in mind that I'm a grandmother of three beautiful girls and my age alone, 72, may tip you off that I'm not up on the latest trends in child-rearing. First of all, I'd like to know if you carry him on your chest 24/7. The bouncing, the shhhhh-shing, and the patting can be very distracting at times. While I love seeing your children and hearing their sweet voices, perhaps you could rethink carrying Isaiah swaddled on your chest for every video. If I am wrong about this, I stand corrected, but perhaps others feel the same way and were just too shy to mention it. I enjoyed today's video about incorporating faux flowers into our decors. Two of yours are my favorites. I've always loved the basket of flowers on the closet door at your entryway, and especially love the tiered tray of baskets your mom found at a sale. Keep creating and keep posting. Your floors turned out beautifully.

@objectbattle4231

2 жыл бұрын

I agree totally. It doesn't mean that we don't care for the baby. We are watching for design info. Very distracting

Andrea, I love your home and all the tips were so perfect.🌷🤍🌷

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2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your constant encouragement and support Sarah 😊😊