Valentine's Flower Bouquet

Who needs a boy to give them flowers????? ok ok, every girl wants flowers! But there is nothing in the rule book that says we can't buy them for ourselves every now and then. Flowers can be expensive, so if you are spending Valentine's Day by yourself or if you just want to decorate for the holiday treat yourself to some very beautiful very delicious smelling pink roses or gerber daisies or whatever suits your fancy!

I have to admit I got this idea off pintrest...That website is so great, but it has been KILLING my productivity. At least I know every other girl is spending just as much time on it as I am. This particular project actually turned out a lot better than I thought it would. You just have to mess with it a little bit until you get everything where you want it.

I used a vase that already had a center spot for a candle. I think that's easiest, but I made another one where I just put a plastic cup in the center I could fill with water. The first thing I put in the vase were the candy hearts. You don't have to necessarily use those, I had wanted to use pink and red jelly beans, but I couldn't find a place to just get the individual colors. I was SHOCKED target didn't have a bag of them.

The second layer is just heart peeps. These were kind of tricky. I pulled some of them apart, and I would NOT recommend that. Use a knife so you get a clean cut with less white showing, OR use a round case so you never have to break them apart and you can just curve them along the edge. They are kind of tricky and don't like to stay. I crumpled up some pink toulle and stuck it behind the hearts to help keep them in place. (Lucky for me that toulle came wrapped around my flowers!)

Then I cut the roses pretty short so they would sit low in their holder. When you cut the flowers be sure to cut them at an angle, I'm not sure what exactly that does but my flowers stay fresher much longer. Someone asked me how I change the water for the flowers...haha this might sound ridiculous, but I use a turkey baster! I suck up the water, and then put clean water in! Works like a charm, and I don't ruin the candy :)

If you try this be sure to send me a picture of how it turns out, I'd love to see what candies everyone uses!!!