Vintage Velvet DIY Flower Kit

Wholesale Prices | Delivered Fresh

Adding texture to your centerpieces is essential when creating professional floral arrangements. The Vintage Velvet DIY flower box will add character and depth to your or bouquet. This box comes in 3 sizes, and will include Tweedia, Scabiosa, Anemones, Dusty Miller, and Lambs Ear. FiftyFlowers recommends having this flower box arrive 3 days prior to your event.

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About the Vintage Velvet DIY Flower Kit

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Delivery Recommendations

Recommended Delivery Date: 3 days before your event. (If your event is Saturday, suggested delivery day is Wednesday)

Availability: Year-Round

DIY Flower Kit Details

Our DIY Flower Kits include all the flowers and greenery needed to create stunning floral designs, from bouquets to centerpieces and beyond. With fresh blooms ready to arrange, you can effortlessly design for weddings, special events, or any occasion that calls for the beauty of flowers. Available in multiple kit sizes, there's an option for everything from intimate gatherings to large-scale celebrations!
Average Stem Length: 15-20 inches
Expected Vase Life: Minimum of 5 Days with proper care and handling.
Vases Not Included: See Vases & Supplies Tab above

Recipe & Size Details

This DIY Flower Kit features growers bunches of tweedia, scabiosa, anemones, dusty miller, and lambs ear.
  • Small kit contains 90 total flower stems.
  • Medium kit contains 180 total flower stems.
  • Large kit contains 280 total flower stems.

Please Note

Your flowers will arrive looking thirsty and sleepy. This is absolutely NORMAL. Please see our Flower Care tab on this page to learn how to properly care for and handle your flowers.

As flowers are a natural product of Mother Nature and monitor resolutions can differ, the exact color tones of this flower may vary to some degree.

Package contents and prices are based on availability and may change due to weather and market conditions. If a substitution is necessary, we take great care to ensure your order closely matches your original flower choice, even if this means substituting flowers of higher value. While we will make every effort to contact you, there may be rare instances where we are unable to reach you in time. In such cases, we may proceed with substitutions to ensure your order ships on schedule, even without prior verbal confirmation.

Caring for Your Flowers

Our flowers are shipped fresh directly from our farms to your doorstep. When you first open the box, your flowers might appear "sleepy" or "thirsty," which is completely normal. These flowers have just completed an international journey and need water. Following the important care and preparation steps below will help rehydrate them and ensure they last as long as possible.


Flower Care Steps – From Arrival to Arrangement

Step 1: Unpack and Inspect

  • Unpack and Inspect: Cut any straps to remove flowers from the box, but leave their protective packaging and rubber bands on for the first 4 hours of hydration. As you unpack, check your blooms for any visible concerns.

  • Process Immediately: Begin the steps below immediately upon opening the box to ensure your flowers rehydrate and recover from their journey.

Step 2: Prepare the Containers

  • Choose Clean Buckets or Vases: Ensure your containers are clean and sanitized to remove soap residue, bacteria, and dirt, which can shorten flower life.

  • Fill Containers: Add at least 4 inches of cool, fresh water, and mix in flower food if available.

Step 3: Trim and Place in Water

  • Remove Foliage Below the Waterline: Strip leaves that will fall below the waterline to prevent mold or bacteria growth.

  • Cut Stems Correctly: Use clean, sharp floral shears to cut stems diagonally about 1 inch from the bottom. Avoid household scissors, as they pinch the stems and block water absorption.

  • Place and Space: Place the freshly cut stems into the prepared water immediately, ensuring enough space in each container to allow the flowers to bloom properly.

Step 4: Hydrate and Maintain

  • Hydration Time: Allow flowers at least 4 hours to hydrate, though 8 to 12 hours is ideal. After hydrating, remove any protective packaging, rubber bands, and guard petals, if present (outer layers that may look bruised or brown).

  • Store in a Cool Place: Keep flowers in a cool, dark place away from direct sunlight, drafts, and heat. Avoid placing them in a refrigerator, as this can harm flowers.

  • Monitor Water Levels: Flowers drink heavily upon arrival, so check frequently to ensure all stems are always submerged. If the water drops below the stems, refill immediately and recut them before placing them back in the container.

Step 5: Time to Design

  • Ready to Arrange: After completing the hydration and processing steps above, your flowers are now ready for design.

  • Recut and Maintain: As you design, make sure to recut the stems and maintain water levels.

  • Refresh Regularly: Change water daily and recut stems every 24-48 hours to keep flowers fresh.


Tips from Our Experts

  • Always keep flower buds above the bucket or vase rim to prevent your blooms from bruising.

  • Warm environments speed up blooming, while cooler areas slow it down. Adjust storage as needed, but always avoid direct sunlight and excessive heat.

  • Use a floral finishing spray after arranging blooms to help them last longer.


Precautions

  • Tinted Flowers: Tinted roses may release color into the water, which is perfectly normal. To keep the water clear and clean, be sure to change it regularly. Tinted water can also stain surfaces, so be cautious. The dye may transfer to skin or clothing, so we recommend wearing gloves while handling. For added protection, especially with clothing like a white wedding dress, wrap the stems to prevent dye from transferring.

  • Thorns: Flowers with thorns require extra care. Wear gloves when handling them, and consider using a thorn stripping tool for added ease and safety.

Customer Reviews

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Natalie H.
Romantic Backyard (Covid) Wedding

Because of the pandemic we greatly scaled down our initial wedding plans and decided to have a small, intimate, DIY backyard wedding. Although it was going to be a small wedding, we still wanted it to be beautiful, sweet, and thoughtful; a wedding that really represented our relationship. Our backyard is not a picture-perfect landscaped area and by our wedding date in October, is no longer lush and green. Rather than try to make it something it was not, we embraced the rustic look and used farmhouse tables, benches and chairs and decorated them with lots of fresh eucalyptus and candles. We chose wildflowers and beautiful ruffled spray roses for their sweet romanticism. We built a large arbor out of copper pipes and then used floral foam cages to add greens and flowers to it. I admit to being a bit worried that we had maybe taken on more than we could handle and wondered if it would be as beautiful as I'd hoped but everything turned out beautifully. We watched several YouTube tutorials to learn how to create the flower arrangements for the wedding arbor and on putting together a bridal bouquet, boutonnieres and corsages and it was easier than I thought it would be. I was also so impressed with high quality of the flowers and how long they lasted. We waited until the day before to put together the arrangements, but we could have easily done them a few days ahead of time and they would have continued to look great. After the wedding, I used the flowers and greens from the tables and arbor to make bouquets that we gave to family and had around the house. I refreshed them every few days, taking out the spent flowers and we still had flowers two weeks after the wedding!

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Anonymous
5 Stars

This mixture was so cute in the bouquets.

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Anonymous
5 Stars

These were outstanding.

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Anonymous
5 Stars

Such a great value! Got a beautiful mix of textures and shapes to compliment the classic look of the garden roses.The lamb's ear especially was insanely soft. The shorter stems made it ideal for smaller centerpieces. Got tons of compliments on the scabiosa, it's so unique! The tweedia was the perfect pop of powder blue to match my dress without looking artificial. Perfect for my "vintage velvet" wedding.

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Charlotte Z.
December 1st Wedding in Chicago

Because the venue was very rustic, the bride only wanted table runners---but very thick and lush ones. The attached photos show the finished product. I was so happy with Fifty Flowers--the products were great and the service was the same. Staff could not have been more helpful! Will be ordering from them again soon!