Design a Pumpkin Arrangement

1. Pumpkin Arrangement Introduction : So here's a beautiful pumpkin arrangement we're gonna make for the fall season. I'm gonna be using some artificial pumpkins and fall leaves and picks to add to the fresh flowers that we're going to add. These are sunflowers from my garden and grocery store flowers I got, but you can go anywhere. And you can really make a beautiful texture design very colorful. I love the sunflowers and prota and the wheat and the barley and mums. I'm gonna show you every step of the way from soaking your oasis, getting it hydrated for the design. And all the supplies you're gonna need. 2. Preparing for Design : So high. Today we're going to make some arrangements with pumpkins. I couldn't find any real pumpkins because it's just the beginning of September of August and want to come up with some designs for the fall. Entertaining for a dinner party or you just want to have something festive in your home, having guests over or a nice gift to give. I did find these nice pumpkins white and orange. They are they're heavy plastic. I actually got them at Hobby Lobby because they're gonna be reusable, and the arrangement that we're going to make on top could actually dry use flowers that can dry nicely. I got some Danthas and some hypericmbry. And then some micro discs. They're mom's. Eucalyptus, some texture greenery. My favorite is the protea. So pretty. This is the pincushion protea, and it came with the seated eucalyptus. And then over at the dollar store, I stopped in and I got some fall leaves, some decorative fall leaves. So I'm going to be making four of these today because I'm going to be bringing them to some senior centers that want to do classes, and we're going to put them on display. So that's something you could do too, is when you make designs and you want to teach a class, all you got to do is repeat what you just did at home in learning this, it's just a nice activity to bring to local businesses or even to senior centers because they're always looking for activities to do. So I'm only going to do one is a demonstration today, and I'll continue to design. But I think I want to start with a white one. I really like the white one, especially because I got these unique leads. That I think will really accent it nicely, make it nice and bright. It's kind of early in fall, so it's nice to have a little white in there still. So we'll get started here. First thing we need to do is have your black of oasis, like I showed you, and then soak it. And now that it's all soaked, Oasis comes with lines in it so you can cut and know where to cut straight lines. I believe that we can do it in half. So I'm going to start mine cutting right where they already have it perforated. Because the pumpkins not very wide on top, and we don't need that big of a piece on top. What I'm going to do is I'm going to cut it in half sideways. I'm going to set these aside, since we're only working on one today. And this stem is curved. If you had a fresh pumpkin, you could probably cut it off and make it so it's a straight insertion. But we're going to just go ahead and kind of push it down through, turn it all the way to the top. Now it's nice and secure. We can trim off the edges. Just so it's not so bulky. And if we want, we can even cut it down. I think it's a little thick, so I'm going to cut it down a little bit. Take a slice off the top. I like to keep a rag nearby so that we can clean up as we go along. 3. Design Base with greenery : I'm going to start with working from the bottom with some greenery. And each of these have little breaks. You just remove any pieces of greenery that will be in the way. And kind of go to the side because you have that stem in the middle. We're going to start with the base. What I like to do is keep turning it. You don't need them that long. Have it flow out naturally like it was growing. And keep cutting little pieces. Start bringing it out a little bit. And kind of keep track of your flow. If something's too long, you can pull it out and pull it back, you know, put it back in. I just think that was hanging out a little bit too far. Because I have to do four, I want to save some of these seeded go at this for the other ones. I think that's kind of proportionate if this is gonna be a center of a table or a buffet. You don't want it to be too large, but you want it to be proportionate to the size of your pumpkin down below. I do have this textured greenery. I do like to start with greens just to get the shape of how we're gonna be designing okay. And it's just cutting and snipping and removing any foliage from below, so it doesn't get in the way. I'll the oasis so we can drink better. If you're designing at home, it's nice. You can turn on music and watch a TV show if you want to. You just kind of make it fun and not so serious 'cause it's beauty. It's fun. You can start seeing a little bit more depth with the darker foliage, the textures. Going around. And then I have you know, this is dianthus or Trachium. It's really fuzzy. It's a nice texture. I really like it. And you can cut off. They have their own little individual stems that you can cut or you can cut them as a cluster. It's a big cluster. But we can do a little bit of both. You can pre cut them so you don't have to keep picking up and putting down your clippers. I kind of like to do that. And then maybe nice big thick one. And then as you're about to get rid of your waste, cut it down so it doesn't po out in your trash can, makes it easier for disposal. And I want this to kind of flow more oblong but be all the way around. So I'm going to create like a focal point with my design, meaning I'll put a little more interest in one section. So I'm going to start there, and this is going to be filler greenery. It's nice to work with a turn table. If you have one. I have just a nice piece of granite slate here so that it's nice and slippery and it's a nice workspace for me. If your flower stems bend, just give them a fresh cut. You want to continue that interest of texture all way around. And the object is to cover up the oasis. You can't see it. So that's already looking cute. 4. Add flowers 2: My main focal flower is their protea. I really love their potla. It's a nice tropical flower, but it actually works because of the color in this design. Remove any foliage that's going to be in the um, Bass. There we go. Starting a nice focal point. I did this morning go get some the last of my harvest of sunflowers. And this is all that's left. So I'm really sad about that, but it's okay. They're beautiful. We can use them in this design. So really delicate when you grow them at home. They're not the floor is gray where it's very thick. So they're a lot thinner. Some of them grow numerous blooms on a stem. I just think they're really delicate. I love them. I think we'll use these. Cook off. To insert it there. And this is all the way around, so we're going to put one over here. I just love some flowers. They're one of my favorite flowers. A start. This is going to be my main section that's going to really pop with interest. Now I'll start with some hypericmbery, remove any foliage that you don't need. Here's a little baby stem. I'm not going to waste it. I can use it. Little pop of color. Then I have these little micro dispas the really mini mums that you can get. I got these at Trader Joe's, but I like to go to my local wholesalers and support them. I only had a few designs to do, so it was nice to buy smaller bouquets this time. And these two come in long breakage. So you can cut them off since we have a really small design we're working on. That way we have more stems. And then I cluster from the top. Some things you want to angle down. And that everything's gonna be the same height. Some come out, some are in more. Just got to keep turning and looking. You can design with a knife, a florist knife or clippers. These are a little heavy now for delicate work. So I'm going to go to a smaller size clipper removing any foliage from the bottom. On this back side, it's looking a little, you know, sparse in here. So I think I need another big sunflower. Let's I'll cut another one off. You might have to move something else if you got it in there already, so that fills it in a little bit better. Wipe up as we go along. And let's see what else we have. I think we just need a little bit more of a traqelium. A lot of flowers have scientific names, common names. I might refer to a flower with a few different names, but it's the same. That gives a little more dense and maybe just another sunflower right in here. Now it's looking really adorable. What's going to make it pop is finding where you want to put your points of interest. I think the pumpkin is going to add a nice pop of interest and it brings up the white from the pumpkin. That's really cute. I try to make this pretty easy to follow so that I can teach it in classes or in small groups, or in line for you. I think it's coming along. 5. Finishing touches & Conclusion: We add just a few of the orange to help bring the orange or the protea around the design. Not too many 'cause I like that it's end of summer, early fall, so I don't want to make it too orange just yet. And another great find was to I went to idle, and they had this what this dry preserved wheat and the millet. And I think we'll you for texture. It's nice to work on odd numbers in floral design. So I cut all five of the wheat and five of the millet. And then out the other side. And they break really easily. Well, it looks nice. And maybe just a few of these leaves, and these slide up and down nicely. If you need to use the main stem. There. Here we go. Bye bye. Thank you for watching. I hope you really enjoyed it. To keep it fresh, you can use just a water bottle and every day just missed it. You can miss down inside to keep the oasis a little damp. To keep it alive longer. Hope you enjoy. So in closing today, I'd like to show you some of the other pieces I did that I'm gonna be taking out to the senior centers. So really, I'd love for you to show me your designs, as well, once you design it and watch this video. Thank you so much. Have fun with it. Add different textures, different flowers. As long as you have the similar design, that'll be great.