Tea Cup Flower Arrangements

This simple DIY project is adorable and affordable! (expert advice)

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These darling, candy-striped flower arrangements could be used as favors for a bridal shower or at a bridesmaid's luncheon. We filled vintage teacups with yellow and pink roses and then placed a cheery flag in each arrangement! The best part is that the tea cups can be used forever after the flowers fade away. 

You will need:

 -Old tea cups (we found ours at a thrift store for less than $5)

-2 small roses, 1 large rose, 1 dahlia bud, 1 stem of sedum per arrangement

-Cardstock

-Calligraphy pen

-Long toothpicks

Instructions: 

1. Fill tea cups with cold water.

2. Cut stems of roses about 1 inch short and placed them in the teacup.

3. Fill in the space between the roses with sedum and then added a dahlia bud poking up out of the side.

4. Cut a piece of cardstock about 1.5 inches wide and 8 inches long.

5. Fold the cardstock in half and cut a v in the end so it looks like a ribbon.

6. Tape a long toothpick to the inside of the flag and then wrote in a calligraphy pen on each flag.

7. Display the teacups at the entrance to your event. We chose a candy-striped cotton to echo the colors of the teacups and roses.

Member Comments

11 16 2 BlondaMay

10/06/2009 at 10:26 am   I had the same Idea for my British High Tea reception, only both Tea cups and Tea pots, and Ill give them to my guests to take home later....

8770 296 65 sly9377

09/19/2009 at 05:01 pm Very pretty! You can get all kinds of vintage settings to use (a friend did that for a High Tea inspired shower)

2040 886 119 ladyhannah

09/19/2009 at 03:39 pm cute.

159 287 31 Cassaundra

09/16/2009 at 10:32 am Oh, these are precious.  We may use these for our Alice in Wonderland Bridal Shower!