Tools | Fixing a broken flower | Making a Wreath | Color Questions |
---|---|---|---|
If you push it under the water it could get air pockets.
Why do you lay foam on top of the water and let it sink instead of pushing it under the water?
|
Put a wire or stick along the side of the bent stem and tape it.
If you have a carnation whose stem is bent, but not broken, how can you fix it?
|
Deco Mesh
What material did we use to make the wreath?
|
hue
What is another name for color?
|
The double pierce method (2 wires inserted at North, South, East and West) and then tape the remaining wire.
What wiring method do you use to fix a flower head that has popped off the stem?
|
Pierce it with a wire at the bottom of the leaf. Bend the wire like a hairpin, tape it and insert it into the foam.
If you have a fake leaf with no stem, how do you insert it into foam?
|
A tint is a color mixed with white.
What is a tint?
|
|
Fill up a water pick, give the stem a fresh cut and insert the stem into the water pick.
If you want to keep a flower alive for a while and the stem breaks, what do you do?
|
Use the floral glue.
If you have a flower head with no stem on it at all, how can you attach it to the wreath?
|
A shade is a color mixed with black.
What is a shade?
|
|
You give it a fresh cut, stick it in a filled water pick and tape two sticks that are14 inches to the water pick.
If a 6 inch stem breaks and you need it to be 20 inches, what do you do--that will also keep it alive?
|
The tape makes the wire less likely to fall out of the foam because it is a bit sticky.
Why did we tape the wire before using it?
|
||
When the flower is inserted into the foam, it could hit dry patches without water.
What could happen if you insert a flower into foam that was pushed under water instead of foam that sank in the water gradually?
|
|||