Make a Birthday Flower Arrangement
Celebrate Special Occasions with Florals in the Language of Flowers
Did you know every birthday is represented by a birth month flower? Make a symbolic floral arrangement to celebrate a special occasion in your life.
Floral arrangements are often thought of as simply decorative objects. They are not usually considered memorabilia in the same way that a scrapbook, a photograph, or a special piece of jewelry is. Why not make a meaningful floral arrangement by incorporating birth month flowers or other flowers chosen for their meaning? Every month has a birth flower. The Victorians were fond of making posies that were meaningful, and so they developed a language of flowers.
Supplies
- silk flowers (that fit the meaning or memory of the arrangement)
- additional foliage or blossoms if necessary to unify the arrangement
- decorative or plain pot (or vase)
- paint or ink
- stamps or stencils
- paint brush
- floral foam
Instructions
- If your pot is plain, you may wish to paint it or decorate it to fit the theme and style of your planned arrangement.
- Use stamps or stencils to decorate the sides of your pot with the names, events, and dates that you want to celebrate.
- Cut a piece of foam to fit your pot and insert it into the pot.
- Arrange the flowers so that they look nice.
- Now you have a simple and meaningful arrangement with which to decorate your house.
About the Sample
The flowers in the sample represent the months January, May, September, and November.
Ideas and Suggestions
If you would rather make a wreath, it is still possible to add the names and birthdays (or other significant occasions). Stencil the dates and names you want to remember on wide ribbon and then twine it through the arrangement.
Make a birth month flower arrangement for your Mom for Mother’s Day or her birthday rather than giving her a Mother’s Ring, (this will definitely be appreciated by Mom’s who don’t wear jewelry).
Make a commemorative wreath with special flowers for a decoration at a silver or gold anniversary. Include a card to hang with it explaining the meaning of the wreath to guests.
Make a simple arrangement to place in your child’s bedroom and explain to them the significance of the flower.
At a funeral, have the casket wreath incorporate the birth month flower of the deceased and perhaps the flower for the month in which he or she died. Perhaps even choose to use silk flowers rather than living flowers so that when friends and relatives select a commemorative blossom after the funeral, they have a permanent piece of memorabilia.
For more information on birth month flowers and other articles relating to the language of flowers or using flowers as memorials, read Angela England’s blog post Flowers of the Month.
