Powerful
A superb flower to work with is the Craspedia; they also dry nicely. However, for the final result, it is important to find spheres of the same size. They are individually placed on a 1.6 mm wire and run nicely from thin to thick towards the Craspedia sphere. The stems are individually attached to a gold-colored ring wrapped with wire – always with the same distance between the wires. Not many extra flowers and materials have been added to this powerful shape: one beautiful Ceropegia sandersonii tendril, Tillandsia dyeriana flowers, Gloriosa, and various orchids.
Rosemelia
A smaller size Rosemelia is composed of Avalanche Peach roses. A nice size for the slender bride or the bridesmaids. The base is made of Paperwire from Smithers Oasis. The Rosemelia is glued onto this with cold glue. To make it a whole, tendrils of jasmine have grown from the frame, as it were, around the Rosemelia. A number of orchids and Gloriosa complete the picture.
Rosaval
A composite rose made of fifteen Avalanche Peach roses serves as the base for this rich, cascading bouquet. For this purpose, flower materials are placed on long wire garlands and then interwoven. The following were used: Rhipsalis, lisianthus 'Alissa Peach', Ranunculus 'Butterfly' and others, hyacinth 'Sweet Invitation', Hypericum 'Tomato Flair', Gloriosa 'Simba Fifty Shades', Talinum 'Long John', Limonium 'Scarlet Diamond', Narcissus 'Tête à Tête', Fritillaria, and Phalaenopsis.
Diner exotique
For the Christmas dinner, a beautiful five-armed candlestick should not be missing on the table! The candlestick is decorated with gold-colored aluminum wire and Tillandsia 'Hermosa' leaves and flowers. All water tubes for the fresh flowers are attached with the aluminum wire. In the water tubes, beautiful exotic flowers in warm colors such as Gloriosa, Guzmania species, and heart-shaped Caladium leaves.
Christmas stars
'Whoever thinks of Christmas thinks of stars.' These two handmade stars have a base of 5 mm thick aluminum wire. The wire is bent into two star shapes and each placed on a black pin. Then, the star shapes are filled by wrapping with silver-colored bullion wire. This powerful base does not need much more than a beautiful snow star and beautiful Gloriosa.
Lavender cake
A layer of cellophane
is wrapped around a Smithers Oasis bio cake form to make it waterproof. An elastic band is placed around the form, between which the placed lavender stems are clamped. After enough lavender has been placed around the form, the whole can be secured with waterproof
tape and then nicely finished with ribbon and wire. Fresh flowers, including Helleborus, Clematis, Gloriosa, Phalaenopsis, Talinum ‘Long John’ and Echeveria succulents, are placed in the (wet) floral foam. Matching Christmas baubles and handmade stars of purple aluminum wire give the whole extra cachet.