Joanna Gaines's 5 Must-Read Tips For Creating Stunning Flower Arrangements

The vase is an important part of the arrangement. The article recommends keeping a variety of vase types around, including unexpected ones like an old pitcher or empty jelly jar.

Using the tools of the trade will elevate your flower arrangement from amateur to pro-level beautiful. Consider investing in items like sharp scissors to cut and strip stems, wire to hold floppy flowers upright, and frog tape or foam to secure and separate blossoms within the vase.

It's tempting to plunk all your blossoms into the vase and arrange afterward, but Joanna believes in going in a specific order: start with the filler greenery, add the big focal-point flowers, and finish with accent stems.

To give her flower arrangements that head-turning, romantic look — without making them seem overstyled — Joanna includes a mix of blossoms in different shapes, sizes, and textures. Think frilly and spiky flowers, tightly closed and loosely opened blossoms, and swooping berries mixed with casually trailing branches all in the same arrangement.

The key to keeping the arrangement looking polished and unified is to stick with a single color palette, so don't mix deep purple flowers into your delicate pink and peach arrangement, and keep the red roses out of your soft white and cream bouquet.