Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Double water source to keep Carnations hydrated in foliage cones
- 30 March 2022
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Roll a Monstera leaf into a cone.
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Secure the leaf into the cone shape with floral glue.
Just my personal opinion but... a staple looks horrible! Rather glue or pin the foliage with a sharpened twig.
Hold the foliage in your hand for a few seconds for the glue to set.
Measure out the flower you want to place into the cone so that it fits perfectly.
And slip the water filled water tube into the foliage cone.
It's so easy to assume all that is required is to place the stem into the water tube and it will be perfectly hydrated. But it gets complicated when you get creative. Book readers turn to page 188 for more details on how to place flower stems in water tubes.
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The Effortless Floral Craftsman
To get you started I have also linked a Tutorial below on where to cut carnations so that they can freely take up water. See the Tutorial section below.
Place the foliage in a bud vase to hydrate and secure the tip to the vase.
or...
Place the flower in the cone...
So that the stem end is right at the tip of the foliage...
And place both the foliage and flower stem end in the water filled vase.
Finish the design with some sparkling dew drop crystals.
See the Tutorial below for instructions on how I place the dew drop crystals.
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Tutorials
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Suspend flowers over a water filled container by weaving a natural grid.
Take all the usual ingredients for a budvase design- a flower, a leafy green something and roll it into something unusual to display.
Create a tiny visual tunnel to focus attention.
Curl and pin a few leaves into a tube to create an armature for those "left over" freesiabuds.
Long stemmed autumn leave tubes as a floral armature
Hide the water source in a rolled leaf
Rolled leaves offer support for floral stems
Favourite Flowers
Pink, Carnation, Clove Pink, Chinese Pink
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... a something to look forward to design that makes you lean in closer to see what might still be.
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I would definitely describe my own personal style as minimalist classic... but with an edgy twist.
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