A Summer Flower Windowsill Made from Small Glass Vases

Floral Design Spotlight · Catkin Flowers

One little vase can feel modest. A whole row becomes a flower garden. Catkin Flowers uses separate clear vessels to spread soft summer colors across this windowsill.

Take a look at the original design

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Source credit: @theflowerhutatbarnowlcottage. Named flower source in the creator’s caption

Source credit: @the_floriferous_garden. Named flower source in the creator’s caption

Source credit: @oldfarmhouseflowers. Named flower source in the creator’s caption

Source credit: @marilliamflowersltd. Named flower source in the creator’s caption

Give each stem its own place

The clear jars and bottles leave visible space between stems near the sill. Above them, the flowers overlap into a fuller picture. That change from separate bases to connected tops makes the display especially interesting.

Let the heights rise and fall

Tall pink bell shapes stand above rounded pale flowers and smaller blue details. The highest points are spaced across the window, so the line feels lively rather than like a clipped hedge.

Use the window as a frame

The sill gives the design a clear lower edge, while daylight shows through the open stems. Flowers fill much of the view without hiding every patch of glass behind them.

Try the idea in your own style

Line up five small, clean flower vases on a protected surface. Give each a different stem height, then step back and look at the whole row. Move one tall stem until the outline rises and falls gently.

This is our suggested design exercise, not the creator’s recipe or a reconstruction of their method.

Keep creating with us

For guided practice with your own flowers, explore our Online Hand-Tied Bouquet Workshop. It’s a separate Blessed Blooms Flower Farm learning offer, not a lesson by the featured creator.

Our comments reflect the public media we viewed. We haven’t handled this design or tested its mechanics, vase life or shipping suitability. Exact varieties, stem counts and recipes are not inferred from a photograph. Source reviewed 2026-10-31.