Beautiful, Dramatic Valentine’s Day Centerpiece That You Can Make In Mere Minutes!

Welcome to the 784th Metamorphosis Monday! Valentine’s Day is just 9 days away. Could you use a fabulous, easy-to-make centerpiece to celebrate? My dear friend, Teresa, shared this stunning photo with me of a beautiful, whimsical arrangement created by a friend of hers, also named Teresa. I loved it the second I saw it! After a few text messages back and forth, Teresa, the owner of this lovely centerpiece and that amazing view you see in the background, graciously shared some additional photos so we could see exactly how she created this clever floral centerpiece for a Valentine’s Day gathering of friends.

To make this Gladiolus floral centerpiece, you’ll need two tall vases similar to those below. In the past, I’ve had luck finding vases of this type in Marshalls, HomeGoods, Target, and TJ Max.

For this arrangement, you’ll start by placing the skinnier vase inside the larger vase. Tip: Before adding the smaller vase inside, you’ll probably want to add a few inches of water to the inner vase for the flowers that will ultimately go inside.

Next, Teresa poured in bunches and bunches of conversation hearts. Conversation hearts are usually easy to find this time of year online or in-store. Note: It takes quite a few bags of these little hearts to fill a tall container to the top, but it’s important to fill your outer vase all the way up since that’s what creates the wonderful illusion of the flowers being immersed in hearts. ♥

Here’s how your outer vase should look, once filled. In the past when I’ve used conversation hearts in a centerpiece, I have discovered that they keep really well inside ziplock bags in a temperature-controlled environment, i.e. my cupboard, and can, amazingly, be used again, even a year later. Good way to reap some future rewards from that initial investment! lol

A view from the top…

All that’s left to do now is add your Gladiolus stems and you’re done! How gorgeous is this! Here’s how this arrangement looked just after Teresa created it.

And here’s how it looked once the flowers began opening—so beautiful! Such a beautiful, dramatic display!

I’m not exactly sure how long it takes Gladiolus stems to open, but you may want to check if you’re making this arrangement for a party or gathering. That way you’ll be able to time it out so the flowers will be mostly open by the day of your party. This is an arrangement I would love to make for Valentine’s Day, party or no party! Love this so much! Thanks so much to Teresa for sharing this delightful, whimsical, beautiful floral centerpiece so I could share it with you!

If you love easy centerpieces, as I do, you’ll find the steps to make a similarly designed (double-container) spring centerpiece made with tulips in this previous post: Double Bowl Hurricane Floral Centerpiece.

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