Sunday, December 2, 2007

Styling Flowers like a Professional Florist

Do you always find that when you get flowers home from a florist or delivered to your home they’re never quite as good when you put them in a vase as when they are in the florists display? Well, here are a few tips to make the most of that lovely flower bouquet: 1. Make sure you have a clean vase. Simple, but effective. If you leave water too long in a vase you will get marks as the water evaporates and algae builds up. By ensuring you have a clean vase the focus will be on the flowers and not the dirty vase. 2. Take your foliage first and snip the ends off to the size you want and then start criss-crossing the stems into the vase so that you have stems all around inside the vase. This provides a base for the flower arrangement and also makes it easier for placing View the rest of this article


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