What is a flower frog and how to use it.

Flower frogs are objects used in flower arranging that help flowers stay in place.

Some look like this:

The metal spiky one is more common. You can use them to make Ikebana style flower arrangement which are a special kind of Japanese flower arrangement. The glass one is considered vintage and you can find them at thrift stores. It is the only one I have and I don't think they are that easy to find. I am still looking for a small and medium sized one.

The idea of the flower frog is poke the stems through the metal spikes or through the big holes so that they stay in the right place and don't shift. This gives you more control over what you want your flower arrangement to look like.

One of the flower arrangements I have right now uses a spiky flower frog. This is what it looks like (excuse the messed up table):

 Doing an arrangement like this without a flower frog would be impossible because I am using such a shallow bowl. However, if you just add a flower frog, you can really control your design. Add a bit of water and you can have a flower arrangement that can last for a while. 

Here is an arrangement with my glass flower frog:

Just place your flower frog in the vase...

Ain't it pretty? It makes such a big difference having a bit of nature in the house. 

Here are some of my favourite photos of flower arrangements from this week (excuse the yucky window in the last photo please :) )