The Finished Article!
Items used:
13174 Design Ring
10397 Natural Moss
10726 12” 20swg Green Wire
17168 Glitter Bush
15383 Wire Leaf Stems-White
13643 Ivory Candle 280/100
13627 Ivory Candle 265/60
13632 Ivory Candle 165/60
Tools used:
10633 Scissors
13414 Wire Cutters
15298 Parafilm – Green
Method
Start by completely covering the foam with the moss. Tip: keep the pieces of moss in place by cutting the green wire into 8/10 cm lengths and then bending them over to make a ‘hairpin’, push these through the moss into the foam.
Design Ring
Mossed Ring
Next, separate the individual flowers and leaves from the main stem. Trim each individual flower stem down to a shorter length and if necessary use the green wire to strengthen and/or lengthen any flower or leaf stems which may be too thin or short to push securely through the moss into the foam.
Now carefully choose where to place the main key flowers into the foam. Tip:-use an odd number e.g. 3, 5 or 7 flowers, depending on the size of the flower heads, to be the first ones to be spaced around the ring. Once these key flowers are in place you can fill in the gaps using the smaller flowers or buds.
Close up detail of the rosed ring
Once you are pleased with ‘balance’ of the flower positions you can fill in any gaps with the foliage.
To give this arrangement a seasonal touch we added a little Christmas sparkle by adding the white wire leaf stems.
Finally we chose three candles in different heights to sit in the base of the Design Ring.
This arrangement is very versatile; you could change the colour scheme of the candles and seasonal accessories to red, gold or silver then add small Christmas ribbons and bows or berries and cones to keep the seasonal theme, but change the appearance to suit your own colour schemes.
