Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Quick and Easy way to dress up poinsettia plants for Christmas
- 13 December 2023
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First things first: prepare the tiny pots by watering it thoroughly and removing the price tags from the tiny pots.
Match the decorations with the bells. I am using a champagne coloured ribbon and baubles to dress the pots.
Use the wire as a needle and thread three baubles into a wired wood pick. Let the baubles slip all the way down the wire so that they rest against the wooden pick leaving the wire to work with...
Tangle the wire around the pick and between the baubles to shape a tight cluster.
Press the sharpened end of the wooden pick into the soil so that the baubles peek out through the plant.
Cut a small sheet of plastic and a small sheet of tissue paper...
Place the tissue paper on your working surface and then place the plastic sheet on top of that. Stand the small pot on both sheets. Fold the plastic sheet and the tissue paper up and around the pot.
Tie the ribbon around the paper and fluff out the top part so that it shapes a collar around your poinsettia.
Slip the plants into the container making sure the baubles just... just peek out between the foliage.
See the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions on how I made this beaded container.
And if it is a gift remember to tell the recipient that there are plants in there and how to maintain them.
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