| How To Make It
Cut the Styrofoam to fit the basket. (Note: The Styrofoam has to fit the basket tightly and you need to cut smaller pieces and wedge them in to the spaces around the original rectangle. That gives a tight solid base to stick the arrangement in.)
Order of adding flowers:
Large filler (pine branches) that forms the base of the arrangement.
Large flowers (poinsettias here), small number carefully positioned.
Medium flowers like the holly sprigs.
Small filler comes last and fills in the gaps in the arrangement.
If any of the foam shows, you should cover it with fake moss or crepe paper or something.
Work from top down but lift it and look at it from different angles as you work to see the effect. Don't be afraid to take flowers out and move them around till you're happy with the effect. Pick the ones you want to use carefully at the beginning to get a good color and texture combination. Have fun doing it, it's great to do in a group as you can give each other advice and trade flowers.
Add decorative wrapping paper and tie with a bow if you desire.
Reception Floral Arrangement
Materials
One 12" vase
A block of floral foam (wet foam for fresh flowers-dry foam for silks)
Three stems of delphiniums (peach)
4 branches of peach blossom
7 stems of open roses (peach or apricot)
3 stems of open roses (white or cream)
5 stems of hydrangeas (blue)
3 sprays of camellias or mums
2 stems of white or light pink roses with stamens
3 stems of lilacs (purple-blue)
6 stems of lilacs (white-pink)
12 stems of fern
2 yards of 2" wired ribbon
1 wired wood floral pick
Tools you will need ...
Wire cutters
Floral knife
Scissors
You may need floral clay to keep the floral foam snug in the vase.
You may also want to use floral tape to make a grid pattern on the top of the vase to help hold your flowers in place while you are arranging. If you want you can make this grid pattern easily by using floral netting on the top of the vase.
If you are making this arrangement with fresh flowers you will want to have floral stem wire available to strengthen and lengthen the stems, which will help you in arranging. See wiring techniques for more information on how to use wire.
Instructions
1. Cut floral foam to fit inside vase snugly.
2. Insert the tallest stems first to determine the shape of the arrangement.
3. Taper the flowers down and fill out the arrangement with the roses and the lilacs.
4. Fill in the empty space with the fern.
5. Make a ten inch wide, 4 loop bow (see directions for loopy bow) with 11" tails and wire to a floral pick. Insert in the front of the arrangement.
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