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May 23, 2014 by Bre

Simple Gifts: Embellished Grocery Store Flowers

Hi, there.

You know what I love?  Flowers.

You know what I don’t love?  The price of flowers.  Fresh cut blooms are shockingly expensive, don’t you think?

But you know what I find to be shockingly inexpensive?  Flower plants sold at grocery stores.  They’re always like $4, which seems crazy to me.  These plants have roots and dirt and lots of leaves and little pots – way more stuff comes along with them than cut flowers.

So yeah, anyway . . . I think these little plants make great gifts – especially hostess gifts.  They’re an awesome pick up on their own, but with a little creativity (and perhaps some fabric, scrapbook paper, ribbon and/or pom poms), you can put an even more personal touch on them.  Just like this . . .

These little fellas came to me as plain janes in green paper-wrapped pots.

Of course their blooms were beautiful, but I wanted to give them a little something extra because I was giving them to extra special people – my grandma, my mom and my aunt.
So I used double sided tape to affix some fabric to the bottom of one, and then I tied some bakers twine around it and into a bow.
The next little guy got some scrapbook paper taped around the pot, and “i heart you” stamped along the front.
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Finally, my last plant friend was a little sparse in the bloom department, so I brightened him up with some pom poms hot glued to lollipop sticks.  He also got a ribbon tied around the pot.
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So happy!
Personalizing these plants didn’t take long at all and was totally fun.  No really, it was (I promise I’m not losing it)!  Why not try it next time you need to bring a little gift to someone to brighten their day?
– Bre
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