Sunflower Basket Archives

Hello there. Is anyone else out there feeling the effects of all this spring pollen?

I woke up yesterday at 6:30 am ready to hit the ground running and get some stuff done. I had two morning appointments and then had to go by the post office to drop off some shipments. By 12:30 I was on my way home and feeling a little scratch in the throat but I still felt like I had lots of energy.

Once I hit my garage door I felt like someone had pulled the plug on my energy supply and the idea of sitting at my computer and working didn’t sound like fun. All I wanted to do was take a nap so that’s what I did. A nap in the middle of the day is such a magical thing especially when you’re lying on your bed with the sun streaming through the window.

Needless to say I didn’t get around to posting yesterday so today I’m sharing my spring door basket.

DIY Sunflower Basket!

When we first got married, my hubby sent me a huge bouquet of sunflowers in a beautiful cobalt vase. It was the most beautiful arrangement I’d seen and since then I’ve had a love for sunflowers. They are kind of like an afternoon nap and always put a smile on my face.

Anyhow, I knew I wanted to use sunflowers in my spring door basket so I set out to find some. I hit up my favorite craft stores and some pretty stems but most were $6.99 or more per stem. Then I stopped by a Dollar Tree to pick up some items and spotted beautiful bundles of sunflowers in the flower aisle. Sold!

Putting the arrangement together was really simple.

I pulled out this woven basket I picked up at the Country Living Fair last year and gathered a few stems of greenery (from Hobby Lobby) and got busy.

I layered my stems placing the green leaf stems at the back of the basket, the sunflowers in the center and the succulent sprays at the front so they would drape down the front of the basket.

I love how the yellow sunflowers pop against the black door and the greenery provide a color and texture contrast.