Just as recent clothing trends have shown brighter colors,  party and home décor trends reflect the bright colors of the season–and particularly, bright yellow. Whether you’re having guests over for appetizers, cocktails, dinner, or gourmet desserts, beautiful decorations or flowers always add an extra special touch.

Decorations and floral arrangements can be affordable and easy to put together. These beautiful arrangements, designed by Jill Slater on behalf of the Flower Promotion Organization use pretty, decorative pots. Here is what you need and directions to create these beautiful floral arrangements to place around your party area (Note: Below, you’ll find affordable, pretty yellow party supplies to throw an even brighter get-together):

Materials for each sunflower arrangement:

6-inch waterproof, decorative pot (this photo features copper-colored pots)
2 bricks floral foam
Glass hurricane with candle (hurricane should be about 6 inches high)
Flowers: 5 stems small sunflowers and 5 stems yellow button chrysanthemums
Foliage: 14 stems sword fern and 5 stems tree fern
Floral clippers, knife and scissors
Floral preservative/food

Directions:

1. Soak the floral foam in water that has been treated with floral preservative/food for 30 minutes.
2. Cut the floral foam to fit interior of the pot. The floral foam should rise about 1-inch higher than the rim of the pot.
3.  Place hurricane with candle atop center of floral foam.
4. Cut sword fern stems to approximately 6-inches in length and disperse around glass hurricane.
5. Cut tree fern stems to approximately 5-inches in length and insert among sword ferns. The greens should almost cover the floral foam.
6. Cut small sunflower to varying lengths, with the longest at approximately 6-inches tall and the shortest, approximately 2-inches in length.
7. Insert the shortest sunflower stems closest to the rim of the pot, with longer stems towards middle. All the sunflowers should be placed evenly around the pot.
8. Separate the lateral stems of the button chrysanthemums from the main stem of the flower. Using the varying lengths of button chrysanthemums, insert them sporadically throughout the pot.

Add to your sunflower theme

          
Wilton sunflower pan ($12.99)       Chocolate sunflower favors 10 piece box ($13.50)

20 yellow paper plates ($2.95)          Yellow paper lantern ($5.07)

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