{"id":12356,"date":"2017-03-11T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/?p=12356"},"modified":"2021-11-23T10:08:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:08:19","slug":"faux-peonies-carnations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/diy-flowers-how-to-tutorials\/faux-peonies-carnations\/","title":{"rendered":"Faux Peonies Using Fresh Carnations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eefkY4tkkvY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<p>Want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/peonies-flowers\/\">Peonies <\/a>at your wedding, but don&#8217;t want to blow your budget? You can create DIY faux peonies by wrapping real Carnations together! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/carnation-flowers\/\">Carnations <\/a>have the same ruffled texture as a fully bloomed Peony and come in a variety of colors that look similar to Peonies. While Peonies retail for about $6 each, you can buy Carnations for less than $1, which will save you big time in the long run! 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