When it comes to buying faux floral stems, it seems the options are to settle for plastic-y looking stems or pay absurd prices like $40 per stem!

Mary from At Home on the Bay found a way around the dilemma by gluing the blooms from inexpensive craft store stems onto tree branches for a much more realistic look.

Mary is so right when she says, “The sticks add that natural element that is missing from the plastic stems.”

Mary was inspired by the Faux Quince Branch from Pottery Barn.

Get all the details from Mary at At Home on the Bay.