I don't often sit down to do floral arrangements. This project started when I saw this simple inspiration arrangement while out shopping:
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| My Inspiration |
I was able to find some large roses at the dollar store and had these vases for years, also from the dollar store.
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| My vases and roses |
I also had these styrofoam balls and they fit into the vases perfectly. I used a knife to make the top of the foam level with the vase. Depending on the arrangement, sometimes you have the foam a bit higher than the vase.
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| Materials Used |
The next step was to secure the styrofoam to the vase using green duct tape.
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| Securing the styrofoam |
I stripped most of the leaves off the artificial rose stem and glued them (with a glue gun) to the top of the foam to cover the base (completely).
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| cover the base with leaves |
Then I cut the rose off the stem with a wire cutter, leaving a few inches to be able to poke it through the styrofoam. I put a bit of warm glue on the spot where I poked the rose through. Here is the first vase completed! I was happy with it.
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| first arrangement completed |
How do you think it compares with the Inspiration arrangement?
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| The Inspiration Arrangement |
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| The finished look |
I had so much fun with this and I don't think this project took me more than an hour! It wasn't very messy either. Using the glue gun is actually quite fun and it's so fast!
