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For my second arrangement I turned to my kitchen.  I went through my serving dishes to find a piece that would be nice and low.  I think it’s very important to be able to see that special someone across the table on Valentine’s Day, so I selected a round simple glass bowl.  After I determined the size and shape of my bowl I headed to the grocery store to find something other than flowers to submerge in it.  I tried desperately to find some white cranberries, but apparently there are none in the entire city of Dallas.  Sigh.  Instead I grabbed some key limes which are nice and small AND you can get an entire bag for $2.00 which was totally in my budget.  I bought 3 silk white hydrangeas for $3.00 a piece and headed home.  I filled my bowl with the key limes and then added enough water to completely cover them.  Next, I took my white Hydrangeas and smushed them into the center of my bowl.  This was so easy and the fruit is a different touch that really goes a long way.This arrangement would also be beautiful with little clementine oranges and pink hydrangeas.  Again feel free to mix and match depending on your personal decor.  This cute little arrangement is super easy and very economical.  Enjoy and Happy Valentine’s Day!!

I have created two very budget conscious Valentine’s Day table arrangements that I’m super excited to share.  For the first one I headed outside to my backyard.  This weekend was beautiful in Texas.  We had amazing 70 degree weather, so my task to create my Silver Branch Arrangement was much less painful than I thought it was going to be.  I headed outside with my doggies to find the perfect branch for this $7.00 arrangement.  I found a fallen branch that had really great character and broke it down to fit my table.  I snapped off a few of the little branches to clean up the overall look and then sprayed the branch silver.  I ran down to my local craft store and bought a fake branch of little pink flowers.  I cut each flower off the fake branch and hot glued the them randomly on my branch.  I placed the branch in the center of my table and placed little votives all around.  This arrangement looks AMAZING on my table.  It is completely unexpected and feels very romantic.   I think the arrangement would be really fun just about any color.  I chose silver because it works the best with my exisitng decor.  I would LOVE to see this branch a metallic bright pink with white flowers!  Just because it’s Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean you have to stick to pink and red.  This idea is so simple and cost effective you could really play around with the color.