How to create a floral Arrangement

12/03/08

Regardless of the shape or size, the majority of floral arrangements can be built using three simple steps:

Begin by placing your line flowers. These establish the overall shape of your arrangement. Position your line flowers by pushing them into floral foam, styrofoam, marbles, or whatever medium you have chosen to anchor your stems.

Add your focus flowers. These flowers are the larger blooms that direct the eye to the focal point of the arrangement. Leave airspace around your focus flowers rather than placing them against each other.

Before you add filler flowers, look at your arrangement from various angles. If it's not shaping up the way you wish, try removing single flowers and adjusting their placement. Make sure the arrangement is well balanced and has a pleasing shape. Once the arrangement has the shape and feel you're looking for, add filler flowers. Spread these evenly around your arrangement. Your goal is to fill any glaring empty spots while still leaving a bit of breathing room around each flower. This part takes a bit of practice.

T hings to remember:

* Don't forget the greenery! Floral arrangements look fake without that hint of foliage.
* Try to choose focus flowers in a couple of different sizes and colors. Variety adds visual interest.
* Filler can be berries, tiny flowers, or greenery. Don't be afraid to experiment, or use a bit of each to add visual interest.
* When working with silks, shape stems so that they aren't straight. A curved or slightly bent stem has a more natural look.
* Select florals with slight color differences. When flowers are gathered from nature, often the same varieties will be colors differently. Variation of color gives a more realistic look.

 

Marvin Flowers (Point Pleasant Register)
Marvin L. Flowers, 52, of Letart died Dec. 2, 2008 at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was a machinist at the Imperial Electric Co., a member of Letart Guiding Star Advent Christian Church, attended Morning Star Church of Point Pleasant, IBEW Local No. 1587.

Flowers Foods maintains outlook for 2008 and 2009 (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Bakery goods company Flowers Foods Inc. on Tuesday maintained its guidance for 2008 and 2009, saying its business continues to be strong despite the slump in the economy.

Ray Flowers: Plumbing the depths of production (Sports Illustrated)
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US: Flowers boss upbeat on prospects (Just Food)
Flowers Foods boss George Deese has insisted the US baker remains "strong" despite the economic downturn as the company reaffirmed its sales and earnings forecasts for 2008 and 2009.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM(R) Celebrates National Cookie Day, Thursday, December 4th (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Did you know there was a day set aside to honor your favorite cookie? This year, National Cookie Day is December 4, 2008 and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. , the world's largest florist and gift shop, is celebrating National Cookie Day by taking a look at the history of the cookie!

Flowers Foods Reiterates 2008, 2009 Outlook (Fox News)
Flowers Foods Reiterates 2008, 2009 Outlook

Flowers Foods Hosts Analyst Day in New York; Reaffirms Guidance for 2008 and 2009 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
At an event hosted in New York today for financial analysts and broadcast live over the Internet, executives of Flowers Foods provided insight into the company's core strategies and reiterated previously issued guidance for 2008 and 2009.

Flowers for the Taj (New York Times)
The author?s grandfather bejeweled the rooms of the Taj Mahal hotel with flowers for years. The last thing he would have wanted would be to use them to decorate the dead.

Flowers raise funds for choir students (Lake County Journals)
GURNEE - Lake County florists pulled out all the stops in this year’s Choir Booster Holiday Flower Show on Oct. 30. During the event, local florists put together flower arrangements to make money for the Warren Township High School choirs.

Wreaths, flowers laid at crash site (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Some of the families of the New Zealanders killed in the Air New Zealand Airbus crash off the southern coast of France have laid wreaths and flowers upon the water.

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