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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Cut a plastic vial to make a top-up-able water source for upside down hanging flowers

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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Tutorials
Placing orchids in test tubes
25 August 2011
Placing orchids in test tubes

Cut the Phalaenopsis orchid with a bit of green stem attached. This will make them last longer.
Hanging flowers rightside-upside-downside
7 September 2012
Hanging flowers rightside-upside-downside

I love hanging flowers to loosely dangle and move in a design
Syringe with tube
3 January 2011
Syringe with tube

Easy way to fill test tubes and easiest way to remove water from a vase
Fast way to fill a lot of test tubes in awkward places
16 August 2011
Fast way to fill a lot of test tubes in awkward places

I do not believe in arranging flowers without a water source of some kind. I want my flowers to remain as beautiful for as long as possible and I often get quite creative to ensure a water source for even finer stems and blossoms.
Sealing water leaks
18 May 2016
Sealing water leaks

Petroleum jelly is both waterproof and not water soluble it creates a waterproof barrier to keep the water from leaking out of the vials when you hang it upside down. In fact, this trick work so well that you can use drinking straws or plastic tubes and seal it around the stem with the petroleum jelly
Dangling flowers from blades of grass
18 May 2016
Dangling flowers from blades of grass

Knot a blade of grass around a water source to create a free hanging design
Sealing water leaks
18 May 2016
Sealing water leaks

Petroleum jelly is both waterproof and not water soluble it creates a waterproof barrier to keep the water from leaking out of the vials when you hang it upside down. In fact, this trick work so well that you can use drinking straws or plastic tubes and seal it around the stem with the petroleum jelly
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