Lavender cake
Around an organic cake pan from Smithers Oasis, to make it waterproof, a layer of cellophane is
wrapped. An elastic band is placed around the mold, between which the placed lavender stems are clamped. After enough lavender has been placed around the form, the whole thing can be secured with waterproof
tape and then nicely finished with ribbon and thread. Fresh flowers are placed in the (wet) floral foam including Helleborus, Clematis, Gloriosa, Phalaenopsis, Talinum 'Long John' and Echeveria succulents. Matching baubles and handmade stars made of purple aluminum wire add cachet.
Circled
With black wrapping wire, pine cones are attached to each other by making two wreaths around each other. This creates two rows of pine cones. An iron ring was incorporated into the inner row to create strength after which the whole thing was placed on a frame of black pokes: the basis for a hand-tied bouquet. The bouquet features flowers in beautiful shades of purple, brown and salmon: Clematis (including C. Amazing Kibo), Helleborus, chrysanthemum, Scabiosa, Zantedeschia, lisianthus, Echeveria succulents and Kalanchoe beharensis foliage.
Subdued
A 5mm aluminum wire was placed on a wooden base. On this, 2 mm aluminum wire was placed and coarsely kneaded into a Christmas tree model using the crush technique. Around this are cut pieces of the Calocephalus plant, or silver bush, wrapped with silver wire. The plants are super dry which also makes this little tree very long lasting! Two beautiful Kalanchoe leaves complete the look - here the art of omission applies.
Xmas twist
Within the gold-colored ring - formerly a kind of tray
with a mirror - a silver bush (Calocephalus) cut into pieces was first placed. Through this, all the materials were inserted. The whole thing was placed on a vase so that the cut flowers were all in water: Clematis (including C. Amazing Kibo), Chrysanthemum, Scabiosa, Zantedeschia, Rudbeckia and Phalaenopsis. Finally, Christmas baubles and Echeveria
succulents were glued on top.
Bowl bouquet
This bowl-shaped frame bouquet was made from black 1.4 mm pokes using the chicken wire technique. Then long garlands were made from the shoots of fruit trees and copper-colored bouillon wire. Make sure that these short pieces of branch are well dried, so that they do not shrink, before wrapping them. Guzmania flowers, Gloriosa, Talinum 'Long John', Scabiosa, spray roses and chrysanthemums were incorporated!
Majestic
This particular copper vase calls for a majestic arrangement. For this purpose, over 125 branches of Gypsophila Grandtastic corn sheaf were tied. Untangling the gypsophila branches is easy and produces little waste. A (fake) fur sheet is wrapped around the stems, making this heavy hand-tied bulb stand out even better in the vase - creating even more volume. A real eye-catcher that will dry in beautifully.