Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Cut a plastic vial to make a top-up-able water source for upside down hanging flowers
- 18 May 2016
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When hanging stems upside down you need to pay special attention to the water level in the water source so that the flowers do not wilt prematurely. This is an easy way to make sure you can top up the water
For more detailed instructions on how to hang the flowers upside down, how to seal the tubes and to how long the stems should be inside the vial see additional the Tutorials below
Snip the closed bottom of a plastic vial away to create an opening.
Insert the flower in the plastic vial and tie the line to the flower stem to hang
Making it easy to top up the water
See the Tutorial below on how I add a plastic tube to a syringe to make it easy to top up water
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