A Valentine’s Arrangement by Jakkelyn Iris
A Valentine’s Arrangement by Jakkelyn Iris
Jakkelyn Iris shares her floral arrangement recipe.
Valentine’s Day is around the corner…
and in honor of the day set aside for celebrating the ones we love most, we asked the effortlessly talented Jakkelyn Iris to dream up her take on the ultimate Valentine’s Day arrangement. We love her non-traditional take! Here, we’re sharing her floral recipe for making your own candlelit dinner centerpiece. But first, a look inside her dreamy studio.
Photos by Ashley Caroline Photography.
A Valentine’s Arrangement by Jakkelyn Iris
What You’ll Need
A few stems of Olive branches
A 10 stem bunch of white Tulips
5 stems of light blue Delphinium
3 stems of a bicolor Carnation
White Ranunculus (optional)
Shears
A vase (with a recipe like this, the bunch size will look best in a vessel with an opening no larger than 4" wide and no taller than 7"; solid vessel over clear glass will hide the tie or wrap around flower base keeping the focus on florals)
Instructions
Step One
To start, clean each bunch by removing extra foliage at the base of the stems (peeling backward). Removing any excess foliage or buds that will fall below the water line to will prevent bacteria growth on the stems.
Step Two
Next, place the flowers next to each other. To begin arranging, start with placing one stem of the same variety of a bunch in hand. Jakki recommends starting with Tulips because they are already naturally bending outwards.
Step Three
Then, add in the taller fluffy type stems of Delphinium around the Tulips to act as support. Adjust the heights of Delphinium slightly above the Tulips and stagger them a bit. Layer your blooms at different lengths to mimic how they would naturally grow.
4 Take the carnation stems and anchor them around the outskirts of the bouquet at slightly different heights.
5 Towards the top (where your hands gather the bouquet) is where the flowers should sit against the lip of your container. Jakki suggests wrapping these stems with ribbon or elastic band and cutting the floral bunch to place in your vase (pro tip: leave a little more room if you feel you're cutting it too short). Once the arrangement is wrapped, cut the stems the same length.
6 Now, see how the wrapped bunch looks in the vase. Depending on how its presenting (i.e. whether or not there are “holes”, or the arrangement isn’t sitting at the lip properly), you can either leave it as is, or add more delicate stems at slightly varying heights.
7 Lastly, add in some ranunculus for that finishing touch.
All arrangement images courtesy of Jakkelyn Iris. See her incredible work on @jakkelyn_iris.