When I was a child I always remember an aunty of mine saying, "Never have silk flowers out when visitors arrive". As the years went by even aunty agreed that the quality of silk flowers had improved out of sight.

SILK SPRING FLOWERS BRIGHTEN UP YOUR LIFE

Colourful silk roses can brighten up a room during the middle of winter (I know, they are not in season), and you can pretend that you are a famous film star and have had fresh roses imported in at the drop of a hat.

Silk flowers have a definite place in the colder climates where it is so hard to have some nice cheering colour around during the winter months. Not only the use of colour, but so many flowers are expensive during this time if you have a need to put flowers in your house, or use them for a special occasion.

USE SILK FLOWERS TO WELCOME IN SPRING

Towards the end of January and into February, it is a great idea to have an arrangement of spring flowers. Using spring flowers will have an uplifting affect on everyone, and they will feel happy that summer is just around the corner. The spring flowers that will help you get rid of the winter blues are: tulips, hyacinths, crocus and daffodils.

Fresh spring flowers are beautiful, but unfortunately their live span is not too long, and the season is also very short. If you treat yourself to some quality silk spring flowers you will have them year after year. Brush them off after each use, store them in a plastic bag in a box and they will look new for the next year.

Colour association has a huge affect on how we view life. The bright sunny colours of spring flowers make us think of sunny weather, outdoor living, beaches, summer holidays and the like.

ADD LIME GREEN LEAVES TO SPRING FLOWERS

A colour that looks so sexy with yellow daffodils is lime green. Daffodils can look lovely in a clear glass feature vase on their own, but if you are going to do an arrangement, put them with some lime green leaves and they will look superb.

If you do not have any lime green leaves, either real or artificial, use some lime green ribbon. You wont be sorry.

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If you don't have either lime green leaves, lime green ribbon, or bright blue ribbon, use a lime green vase. In fact, if you do like having flowers in the house, buy yourself a lime green vase. Lime green goes with so many flowers and makes flower arrangements look so alive and inviting.

BE ECONOMICAL AND HAVE COLOUR

The best way is to buy 3 or 5 (never an even number), quality silk flowers. With these you can add some cheaper bits and pieces, even some dried branches collected from the beach or woods.

Keep several pieces of various shaped dried branches on hand. Try to choose something that has a bit of character: something that is very twirly and soft looking, or to the extreme, something that is very straight and stark. Pieces of wood like this is very attractive when it is painted too. For example, a piece of black painted wood would really compliment yellow daffidols.

Try out your hand at arranging some yellow silk flowers, black painted feature wood, and lime green leaves in a black vase. Stunning!