The Easy Trick For Fitting Fake Flowers Into Small Vases—without Cutting The Stems

Floral decor has long been a staple in North American households, and realistic blooms are on the rise. Even if you aren't blessed with a budget to buy fresh flowers every week, you can embrace this trend with some realistic-looking faux options. The only downside to fake blossoms is dealing with all those wire stems, especially if your vases are shallow. If you don't have a solid set of wire cutters, or you just don't have the time to tackle the metal pieces every time you buy a new bouquet, you can cut corners with a simple hack: bend the stems. This may not be one of those game-changing tricks that make artificial flowers look so real you can't tell they're fake, but it will certainly make them easier to work with.

The magic trick behind this short vase-filling method is hiding the unwanted bits of stalk in plain sight, or just out of it. The entire group of sprigs is turned upside down, and each piece of greenery is bent up around the bundle of ends. As you work your way around the bouquet, the entire base gets hidden and can be squeezed into any shallow vessel you have on hand. This makes it very easy to choose the perfect flowers for every size vase without the use of cutters.

You'll need to gather up your favorite faux flowers to start this hack. Investing in a package of ties in clear or green, like REZOSY zip ties, to secure the bundles will keep you in business for several bouquets to come. This is a classic florist tool used for event planning. Another option is florist's tape, which will blend seamlessly into the stems and give you more control over the overall shape they take. If you're wondering how to style vases in the home without altering your silk flowers, this is such a simple DIY to tackle the issue of long wire stems and short vases. It's also completely customizable.

Some other ways to customize this project include using hot glue to secure things in place or a decorative ribbon for an added pop of color. If you find there aren't enough stalks to hide the bent bits, add extra greenery to the exterior, or wrap the florist's tape around everything. One neat thing about this DIY is that it not only helps you fill shallow vases, but also fills out wide-mouthed ones as well. The bending and folding create a broader flower base, and what may have required many more blooms will now work with what you have on hand. Add even more width by wrapping the wires around a floral ring, like MECCANIXITY foam wreath forms, rather than themselves. One thing's for sure: With this hack, you'll never be limited by vase size again.