How To Make A Spring Dough Bowl

Step by step instructions for filling a dough bowl for spring!

Place a clean, empty dough bowl on your work surface.
Add excelsior to fill the dough bowl.
Next place the flowers (instructions below) in the direction that is pictured. The bunnies will be placed in the center of the arrangement so you want to lay the flowers on the left of the center to the left, the right to the right.
Most flowers come in plugs (meaning there are several stems on one bush). With wire cutters begin by separating the plug into smaller stems. Then place each flower in the bowl. Tuck the stem into the excelsior and lay the flowers in the bowl and around the edges.
Then cut the next plug into usable stems and place them in the same manner. Shown in the photo are a beautiful gray/green berry bush.
Continue to place all the stems in the same manner, filling in the gaps where you see the excelsior. Shown here is a lavender berry bush.
Repeat process. These are the faux lily of the valley that are being added.
Cluster dainty blooms together in groups of 3 so they have more of an impact. Shown here are clusters of faux lavender flowers.
Add greenery in the same manner.
Place the two grapevine birds nests (instructions for making these are in the blog post) in the center of the design, overlapping a little bit.
Place the cement-looking bunnies in the centers of the nests to complete the design.
Add a few faux Easter eggs around the arrangement to complete the look.