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How faux garlands and centrepieces can brighten up your home

We all love to bring home freshly cut flowers now and then, but regularly buying and maintaining real florals year round can be a big commitment, and that’s without even mentioning the cost.

With the range and quality of faux florals ever increasing, plastic or paper flowers offer a range of benefits compared to fresh flowers, including longer lasting beauty, little to no maintenance, and cost-effectiveness.

In this article, we’ll explore two different ways that anyone can brighten up their home with faux florals: centrepieces and garlands. Whether you’re looking for a pop of colour in your living room or a festive touch for a special occasion, we have ideas and inspiration for you to bring the beauty of flowers into your home for years to come.

Garlands

Why not add some colour to your bannisters or mantelpieces? Garlands are often overlooked as a way of adding some botanical beauty to the home. And creating them isn’t as hard as you’d think.

Firstly, a good garland should include a strong foundation of grapevine or other trailing elements – enough so that your feature flowers have something to cling on to. You can tie bundles of faux vines together with twine until you’ve achieved your desired thickness or length.

Once you’ve created your base, it’s time to add some greenery. Artificial ivy and ficus offer a base layer that helps the colour of your feature flowers to pop. Try to get some good coverage here – tie enough on so that most of the grapevine you added to your base is hidden.

Last but not least, add your feature flowers. These can be anything you like. Want cherry blossoms that last all year round? Or perhaps you want to bring a taste of Italy to your home with Sicilian lemon picks. Anything goes here, and you can be as neat or as wild as you like. Try spacing your flowers out irregularly throughout the length of your garland to achieve a more natural look. Longer stems like bougainvillea are also great if you want some of your flowers to hang down. These can look especially beautiful draped over the tops of windows or doorways.

Why not check out the pre-made garlands we offer on our Etsy store? We use only the highest quality faux florals, so you can rest assured that you’ll have a garland that looks just like the real thing, but without the short lifespan of real florals!

Table centrepieces

Faux florals can help you to create beautiful low-maintenance table centrepieces that add a touch of class to the dinner table. Whether you fancy yourself as a bit of a florist, or whether you’re making your first foray into flower arranging, the process is surprisingly easy.

First, choose a container – a vase, a bowl, or even a hamper basket left over from Christmas will do. Next, select your florals and foliage. Choose something that complements the colour scheme of your home. You’re spoilt for choice with the faux flowers available on the market – even metallic or neon colours are available if you’re looking for something a bit more ‘out there’ that will really grab the attention of your guests. Make sure you also gather some secondary foliage elements to make your feature flowers pop. Plants like ivy and eucalyptus make particularly great companions to your feature flowers, as they offer some beauty without stealing the show from your dahlias, daisies and daffodils!

To begin making your arrangement, start by placing taller flowers in the centre of your container, and arrange shorter flowers around the outside. Any empty space can be filled with your more leafy secondary foliage. Adjust the arrangement until you’re satisfied with the look. Don’t be afraid to experiment here – the longevity of fresh flowers means that you can tweak your arrangement periodically throughout the year. Nothing is permanent, so… go wild!

Last but not least, add any decorative items and accents to your heart’s content. Think ribbons, candles and other decorative ornaments. With Easter fast approaching, why not create an arrangement with miniature decorative baskets and eggs?

So there you have it – two easy ways that artificial flowers really excel in bringing life to your home. Why not check out our range of garlands on Etsy? They’re made from the highest quality faux flowers and look just like the real thing!

Have you put your skills to the test and beautified your home with any of our tips? Post your photo to Instagram and tag @ferrisheartsloane_ to let us know!

Hire With Us, Make Your Mark…

Decorating your event space, video, or need some swag for a show? Our range of beautiful faux flower garlands can be hired for a short period of time – we offer a nationwide service if you didn’t know already. We want to make garland hiring as easy as possible, so if you need a hand putting up your FHS garland, that’s not a problem.

All our faux flower garlands are hand-made, so they’re super special and unique. Crafted using top quality faux greenery, eucalyptus, ferns and wild touches, our gorgeous garlands are a fantastic combination of greenery and flowers. Whatever your colour scheme or them, we can create something based on your requirements.

As well as making metres of beautiful garlands to decorate wedding venues, retail shops, restaurants and other large-scale events, we’ve built a reputation for beautiful, high-quality artificial flower garlands you can use as props for TV, movies or theatre.

Another benefit of hiring is you can use our garlands and style them as you like! So, whether you want to hang a garland from the ceiling, drape over an archway or wrap around tipi poles, we’ll happily help set-up and provide some suggestions, but ultimately – this is where you can get creative.

So if you’re looking to hire a faux flower garland contact us here for more information on how to hire.

Bloom Up Your Business – How To Dress Up A Shop Front, Bar And Restaurant…

We’re more than sure you’ve noticed the rise in floral displays at restaurants and shops over the past year. We’re also positive this is more than just a phase or trend, as let’s be honest how can pretty flowers beautifying doorways become boring?!

Over the past few months we’ve been lucky enough to work with some fantastic businesses to help elevate their exterior, or interior, with our beautiful floral displays. Our latest project was at the Stag pub in Mentmore. They wanted to spruce up their entranceway with some colour and opted for our beautiful wisteria which we draped lovingly over their classic doorway. This is just a small way that we think makes a huge difference, look for yourself.

Our flowers have also been used to help decorate numerous bridal dress stores to sit alongside their bridal attire and really set the scene.

So how can you use blooms to brighten up your business? If you have a customer facing shop, you can pick from a large variety of our luxury faux flowers, wisteria, or garlands and use them to decorate your shop window and accentuate your products. Or, if you want to vamp up the interior of your restaurant, café or bar, you can try a flower wall (perfect for Instagram shots) or a faux flower arch for your doorway.

PRETTY AND EYE CATCHING SILK FLOWER BOUQUET AND STYLING IDEAS

Flowers are an integral part of any wedding day, bringing the outside in and traditionally used in ancient Rome to signify new beginnings, fidelity and hope of fertility. Although fresh flowers tend to be a go to for the big day, faux flowers have increased and are continuing to increase in popularity. Wonderful silk flower bouquet and centrepieces that you can keep forever or have re-designed into a display for your home.

Here we chat with Ferris Heart Sloane about five faux wedding flower ideas for your big day, helping to set the tone and add personality to your wedding.

“Setting the scene for your big day can be quite the journey. On the first hand you want the décor to be individual to you and your theme, however you also want to ensure you don’t go over the top and go bloomin’ crazy. With that in mind, we thought we’d put together some floral display ideas that could suit your big day. You’re welcome…”

Flowerwall

“Flowerwalls are great for you and your guests. Not only are they ridiculously pretty, they make the perfect entrance enhancer and photographic background for your wedding photos. Available in an array of different variations to suit you and your theme, our faux flowerwalls are put together by hand and will really make a statement.
However, if you want to tone down the rest of the blooms, we would recommend complimenting your flowerwall by having small and subtle centrepieces on your tables.”

Eucalyptus Garlands

“Eucalyptus garlands. There’s just no end to their use. To be more wedding specific, we would use a Eucalyptus Garland to adorn the doors of your venue, your wedding transport (think VW Van, taxi, wedding busses, Rolls Royce) your tables and even a staircase (if there is one at your venue).
You can also use garlands to decorate a chuppah (if you’re having a Jewish wedding) or an archway if you’re having an outdoor wedding. See what we mean – the possibilities are endless and remember, faux garlands last forever so you can take them home after and use to decorate your home!”

Wisteria

Falling elegantly from the ceiling, draped lovingly around an arch, hanging beautifully over a door frame – are just a few of the ways you can use wisteria for your day. Perfect if you’re having an ethereal wedding and don’t want to make too much of a statement with your blooms, wisteria is the ideal go-to.
Wisteria is also perfect if you’re getting married outdoors and want to fill out the existing booms of the garden, or wherever you are!

Wild flowers

Looking for something a bit different? Wild flowers are a great way to break away from the norm – plus, they look great! They’ll also add a bit of texture to your table and could be a good contrast from traditional settings. Faux wild flowers can also be re-used for other events, or used at home to add some colour to your interiors.
Go on, go wild!

Potted Succulents

Whether you’re going for a western themed wedding or not, potted succulents are great if you’re going for the minimalistic vibe. Simple and easy to add to each table, potted succulents are ideal if you want to bring the outdoors in and re-use for your home interiors after. They also make great wedding favours too!

Take a look at Ferris Heart Sloane and their amazing creations to see how they can help you on your big day!

If your looking for more floral inspiration check out our A Pretty Vintage Floral Maximalist Springtime Wedding blog!

APRIL 19, 2018 BY STEPHANIE MORAN

Eucalyptus Garland Is Always A Good Idea

4 Reasons Why Eucalyptus Is Always A Good Idea

How many ways can you make Eucalyptus work? Surely all you can do with it is drape it, or hang it over something to make it look pretty? WRONG. Our faux Eucalyptus stems, wreaths and garlands are super versatile and have many ways of making themselves useful. Whether you use for the home, an event, or even use for the garden, you’ll actually find it hard to think of ways you CAN’T use Eucalyptus. Here’s a few tips to help you on your way….

Wedding

A Eucalyptus Garland is a great way to accessorise a stairwell, archway or even the chairs at your wedding. Not only do they dress up what is already there, but they add an ethereal touch to the aesthetics and bring the outdoors in. You can also dress up exposed brickwork with a Eucalyptus wreath. No matter what your wedding theme is, neutral Eucalyptus will match pretty much everything and add depth to your arrangement of wedding blooms.

Home

You don’t just have to use our Eucalyptus stems for special occasions, you can use them all year round! One of the best things about faux Eucalyptus is that they last a lifetime and not just seasonally. For instance, not a fan of Christmas décor? Why not use a Eucalyptus Garland instead? Just drape lovingly along the mantelpiece and hey presto, you’ve got a tasteful display that will fit into all kinds of household interiors. You can also add a wreath to your kitchen to create a countryside inspired look.

Garden

Like to keep the outdoors outside? Our Eucalyptus is a great way to beautify even the dreariest of days, and they can make the man shed pretty! Simply add the Eucalyptus along the side of the shed and drape over the door and there you go a good looking shed. You can even wrap them around your garden chairs for an al fresco dining experience.

Shop Fittings And Photoshoots

There are so many great ways a Eucalyptus can dress up your store. You can drape over the shop window or use stems to adorn your shelves or till. Eucalyptus is also very photogenic. Why not use in the background of your imagery for a natural touch?

Still Not Convinced? Check Out Our Gorgeous Eucalyptus Garlands Here.