There’s a primal joy that comes from harvesting something with your own hands. Whether it’s a wildflower clipped from a backyard garden or a perfectly cured Cannabis kola trimmed with care, the act itself slows time. It brings us back into a relationship with the season and our senses.
Step outside the recreational market and into your home with this DIY Cannabis floral bouquet guide.
At the center of this creation sits The Mantelpiece Vase, a female-owned entrepreneurial vision brought to life by creator Elisabeth Chembry with the intention to help destigmatize and normalize Cannabis use.
This tabletop decorative glass looks like art, holds flowers like a vase and transforms into a bong when the moment calls for it. It’s clever, elegant and slightly mischievous, the kind of object that invites curiosity while honoring ritual. If your home needs this classy solution, Leaf readers are welcome to enjoy an exclusive savings: Use code LEAF10 upon checkout.
Cannabis Journey
“My relationship with Cannabis began later than most. I was 22 when I took my first toke around a campfire with my parents in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. It was such a safe, beautiful experience. My God, I wish everyone had an introduction like that,” Chembry said.
Her parents, longtime but quiet home growers, had waited intentionally.
“They didn’t want to influence me as a youth,” she said. Today, her relationship with the plant is rooted in reverence: “I don’t get high, I get grounded.”
Breaking Discrimination with Normalization
For Chembry, design is activism.
“People are sitting in prison for this harmless and beneficial plant,” she said. “Meanwhile, alcohol is proudly displayed in homes and boardrooms. The discrimination makes no sense.”
The Mantelpiece — with its slogan “Stop Hiding” — speaks directly to that contradiction. “It’s meant to be hidden and yet not hidden all at once,” Chembry said.
She plans to donate a percentage of proceeds to Last Prisoner Project once profits allow.
“It’s important to keep our prisoners in mind as we boldly display our use while some are still sitting behind bars,” she said.
Conscious and Intentional Design
“What makes something worth creating is the perfect combination of aesthetics and utility,” she explained. The duality is intentional.
“It’s a bong, and bongs can be loud visually and sometimes stanky loud,” Chembry said with a laugh. “I wanted to soften that. I wanted a piece I’d genuinely use every day yet discreet enough to leave out on the mantel.
“At the heart of it, adults deserve options. The Mantelpiece Vase is the Cannabis alternative to crystal champagne glasses.”
Sustainability is woven into the company ethos: recyclable packaging, soy inks and heirloom-quality glass. Plans include new colorways and an ashtray design launching this year.
DIY: Craft a Living Cannabliss Spring Bouquet
1. Set the mood.
Open a window. Light palo santo. Put on music that feels like sunlight. Think heart-centered crafting, not nervous rushing.
2. Lay out your offerings.
Choose vibrant florals — daisies, roses, dahlias, hydrangeas, wildflowers — paired with fresh-cut Cannabis fan leaves. Arrange them in sections from small to large. Let the plants guide the mood.
3. Prepare the vessel.
Rinse the Mantelpiece Vase. Pour water into the floral chamber while keeping the smoking pathway dry and separate.
4. Grounded in green.
Trim stems at an angle, and remove leaves below the waterline. Start with greens as your foundation; vary heights to create movement and flow.
5. Time to bloom.
Place flowers in a loose, open shape. Nature doesn’t do symmetry; she does balance. Let some stems rise tall and others fall soft.
6. Weave in the kush.
Fan leaves slide in like sacred feathers, framing the arrangement. Add Cannabis flower last as gemstone accents. Keep buds dry and lifted so their trichomes stay luminous. Our custom Cannabliss Bouquet features Thunder Chief Farms fan leaves and nugs in Gassius Clay.
7. Bask in your Cannabliss.
Rotate the Mantelpiece clockwise, and adjust gently. There should be one slightly wild side that looks like it grew that way on its own.
8. Keep the blessings blissful.
Refresh water daily. Remove fading blooms. Dry fan leaves as keepsakes, like pressed petals from your love.
Happy spring, OGs! Remember, each of us is in the process of elevating and blossoming.
