Shards
Fallen Christmas baubles are the inspiration for this
easy-to-make arrangement – which also works well
in a smaller format. The larger shards are glued to the
dish, the small pieces scattered. With beautiful candles
and here and there a whole Christmas bauble serving as a vase
– containing a carnation, Vanda or Nerine – a tasteful
ensemble is created.
Prickly
A polystyrene ball is wrapped with red wool, leaving
space so that the approximately one hundred tonkin sticks can be inserted between them. The tonkin sticks were sprayed red – in a quick movement – and then subtly sprinkled with glitter while the paint was still wet. A number of small Christmas baubles are glued into the heart. Finally, the Nerine and Gloriosa are inserted on floral tubes between the 'Corallo' rose hips.
Natural wreaths
For the base of each of these wreaths, a polystyrene ring is
used on which prepared foliage is glued with hot glue.
A layer of bullion wire is wrapped around the foliage for
decoration - it also ensures that the foliage stays nicely
within the shape everywhere. All materials are glued with hot
glue, including a number of Christmas baubles upside down
so that they can also serve as water carriers for Gloriosa
and a number of small Phalaenopsis and Nerine flowers.
Nice and luxurious
Cute giveaway vases sell well! These luxury arrangements are based on a (reusable) wooden flower. A number of aluminum wires are placed between the flower petals, which not only have a decorative function but also a technical one: they keep all the flowers in the place where you want them. The processed flowers are Ornithogalum, Nerine, snowberry and Phalaenopsis.
Harmony
Red Cornus is woven and knotted in an open structure woven from 1.8mm wire in the shape of a round open sphere. Various glass test tubes are also woven between the Cornus branches. The most beautiful flowers from the Marginpar collection, supplemented with some spring flowers, are placed in the glass tubes. The flower stems are left as long as possible so that the flowers have a nice movement and form a unity with the frame. Gloriosa superba 'Simba Fifty Shades', Clematis 'Amazing Miami', Talinum 'Long John', Helleborus 'Mammoth Red', Tulipa 'Avignon', Nerine 'Elegance Amor' and Ranunculus.
Grown together
Salix branches bent into a U-shape are fixed with 1.8mm braided wire. A refined selection of flowers is placed at different heights in this frame and tied in a sheaf: Chaenomeles, Nerine, Gloriosa superba ‘Simba Fifty Shades’, Ranunculus ‘Butterfly’, Scabiosa ‘Bon Bon Scoop French Vanilla’, Talinum ‘Long John’, Tulipa jonquieres, Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’ and Limonium ‘China White’.