How to Make Grocery Store Flowers Look Amazing

Nothing brightens up a room like an arrangement of fresh flowers. Sometimes I have enough flowers in my yard to make a bouquet; other times I’ll grab a couple of cheap sleeves of 3 for $12 flowers from my grocery store. And if I really want to put together a fantastic arrangement, I’ll combine the two – store bought with a few sprigs from my yard.

Truly, flowers stuck in a glass vase are beautiful on their own, but it isn’t hard to make them really pleasing to the eye. Learn out how to make grocery store flowers look amazing!

How do you make grocery store flowers look good?

So, you purchased a bouquet of flowers from the store, but they are wrapped in plastic and look pretty boring, right? You can take those grocery store flowers and arrange them in a way that will make them look fuller and more attractive!

Flower Stem Lengths

You start with trimming the flowers to appropriate lengths, and then choose a vase that will make them look more appealing. The vase needs to be the right size and work with the length of your flowers, which should be 1.5 times the height of your vase.

How do you make store bought flowers prettier?

When you are planning on making a bouquet of flowers that you purchased look prettier, it’s important to make sure you have enough flowers. A small bouquet can be made to look fuller if you add some greenery to it. Maybe you should purchase 2 inexpensive bouquets instead of just one. The fuller you can make the bouquet, the more you have to work with.

What Types of Flowers to Purchase

You should always have some focal flowers, filler flowers, and greenery. Ensuring you have all these elements will help you make a beautiful arrangement.

How do you make supermarket flowers look expensive?

You can mix up the type of flowers you are using to make it look more expensive. Be sure to select a bouquet of flowers that has some variety. You’ll also want some greenery. Having a variety of flowers makes it much easier to make your arrangement beautiful than using all the same types of flowers.

Dressing Up Your Vase

Adding some flare to your vase or mason jar, such as a ribbon also makes it look like you spent more on the flowers than the $3.99 Trader Joes special.

Cheap Flowers at Trader Joes

Trader Joes can price their flowers much lower because they said “We buy our flowers in large volume, direct from the growers. This helps keep our costs down and allows us to pass those savings on to our customers.”

How do you make grocery store flowers last longer

To help your grocery store flowers last longer you should remember to wash out your vase every few days so bacteria doesn’t kill them. You will also want to keep your flowers away from sunny spots and place your flowers in cooler spots away from heat.

How Long Grocery Store Flowers Last

Grocery store flowers will usually last about a week, but if you follow these steps you can stretch that to 12+ days, depending on the types of flowers in your vase. 

Tutorials on How to Make Grocery Store Flowers Look Amazing

If you like step-by-step instructions and prefer visuals that will walk you through how to make your flowers purchased at the grocery store look great, take a look at these tutorials.

9 Ways to Make Grocery Store Flowers Look Great – This post walks you through what type of flowers to select and the greenery to look for. It also explains how to prep your flowers and stagger them. You’ll also learn about common mistakes and how to avoid them. 

Make Grocery Store Flowers Look Expensive – Learn how to select the colors of your blooms, what type of vase to choose, and how to group your flowers. You’ll learn how to mix it up by adding in dried or faux stems too. 

Making Cheap Flowers Look Great – These ideas would be great for parties or even as wedding flower arrangements. Learn how to dress up a mason jar for an impressive flower arrangment that looks expensive!

Erin of Earnest Home co. has a step-by-step tutorial on how you can take flowers bought at a grocery store and arrange them to make them look amazing. Her tutorial will help you make your grocery store flowers look beautiful!