I Said I Wouldn't...But I Did.

I kinda promised myself that I'd never buy faux flowers for my apartment. I mean, you never really hear anybody say anything good, or blog anything good, about faux flowers do you? (And yes I will call them faux flowers for this post because 'faux' sounds much better than 'fake' don't you think?)

Well, today I bought faux flowers and...I kinda love them.

I've been thinking of buying some for a while to put in my monkey vase. I liked the idea of it looking like he was holding a bunch of tightly packed flowers...but I could just never bring myself to buying any. Well, today I finally decided to just 'do it.' Buy some faux flowers and at least see how they look. And if they looked horrible I could just toss them. The most I'd be out was 1 or 2 bucks.

Here's the result:

I picked the peonies...I loved how full they were. I bought 2 bunches - each bunch $1

before

after

Not bad right? I simply cut the 'stems' to make them shorter and tucked in one entire bunch into the vase.  I really kinda love the way it looks :)

I loved it so much that I decided to spread the other bunch around the apartment...

Some on my bookshelf...

Some in the bathroom...

I love the bits of hot pink splashed around the apartment, so Spring-like! So yes, I'm kinda on the faux flower wagon but don't worry - I won't get out of hand! I think in small doses like this - it's okay. Oh, and here's a couple of quick tips just in case you're thinking of joining me on this wagon ;) (1) Pick a fuller flower - like a peonie...or bunch together flowers that aren't so full to get a fuller look. (2) Stick to one type of flower - when you're faking it, don't try and do too much and call too much attention to it. Let it be "quietly confident" instead of "screaming for attention" (3) Try to get flowers that are closed...meaning the faux stamen isn't showing. Stamen on flowers always look like fake hard plastic because...it is fake hard plastic. (4) Cut off the leaves, or pick vase where you can't see them, or pack them closely together so the leaves don't show. They don't look real....at all. (5) Fabric, I think, looks more realistic than plastic.

Now - who of you are brave enough to admit you have faux flowers in YOUR home? Come on...

My name is Kay and I have fake...errr FAUX flowers in my home :)