Silk Flower Arrangements
31869
Home & Family > Home Accessories
May 19, 2007
vgevge
Silk Flower Arrangements
I bought some beautiful fall silk flowers and I put them in a vase and I just can't get them to look right. Ideally, the tallest flowers should be two to three times as tall as the vase you're using. That will depend on the size of the vase. The larger the vase, the taller the flowers should stand. Otherwise, you're going to draw attention to the vase rather than the flowers. Arranging silk flowers is much like arranging fresh ones. You should start with some short greenery around the top of the vase to hold taller flowers in place as you add them. That way you get idea of where you think the taller flowers would look best in the vase. When you start from the bottom and work your way up the idea of how you what the flowers and the vase to look will be there before you know it. I'm not sure which look you're going for - loose and airy, or rich and dense. If you're going for loose and airy, it's best to use flowers in odds. I start around the base of the vase, using an odd amount of the same flower in even spaces. Then the next layer toward the middle will be a bit taller, and the same flowers will fall sort in between the first layer. Reduce the number of flowers you use each layer until the arrangement is pleasingly rounded on top. Then fill in with accent flowers. With this type of fall arrangement, I always recommend to use some wheat, cat-o-nine tails, or some curly willow tips, my favorite, to trail off from the top of the arrangement. If you're looking for rich and dense, then I recommend grouping in similar colors and textures. When colors are grouped, it has a much larger visual impact than if they are peppered throughout the arrangement. So grouping is perfect for making a bold statement. I'd also use larger flowers for this, such as clusters of hydrangea, sunflowers, large mums, and roses. With this type of arrangement, you'll stay away from too many fillers. They'll just cause a messy appearance. When I'm using large flowers like these, I make a basic circle around the bottom beginning the color-grouping, then put a tall flower in the middle. And then I fill in between with groupings of flowers. Depending on your personal preference, you can make the groups very defined, or you can sort of fade from one color group to the next by mixing a couple of flowers with the neighboring color. Whichever type of arrangement you choose, try to use various heights and depths. The general idea is that the center flowers should be the tallest, the outermost flowers should be the shortest. This is a good rule to make the basic frame of your arrangement by. However, if you follow this to the T, you're going to end up with a blah arrangement that isn't very interesting to the eye. So once you have your foundation flowers in place, make sure to stick a few flowers a little deeper than the ones surrounding it, and a few just slightly raised from the rest. This will keep the viewer's eye moving and really draw them into the arrangement. They will be able to see all the colors of the flowers that you put in the vase and be able to admire the way that you put them together. Just make sure that when you put the flowers into the vase that not all of the flowers that have the same color are next to each other. Use different kinds of colors next to one another that way you will be able to see other colors bring out other colors. With most people when they do flower arrangements they sometimes use the same color next to each other and that makes the people that are looking at your arrangement think that the flower is too big to be put in the vase. So try to avoid that kind of thing. You can use the same color next to the same color as long as one of the colors are either darker and lighter then the other one. So it won't throw off the look of your arrangement.
Victor Epand is an expert consultant for http://www.SendFlowersGift.info/. SendFlowersGift.info offers same day flower delivery within the US and Canada, as well as fast worldwide delivery to international destinations. Start here to search by "Occasion": http://www.SendFlowersGift.info/category/occasion.html.
send email to vgevge
Write a Review
Add to My Favorite
Refer it to Friend
Report Article
Other links owned by this user
This article Talks about what the kind of cleaner you could use to clean your jewelry.
Category:
This article talks about what temperatures are good for growing gardenias and how to take care of them.
Category:
There are many models of portable keyboard available in the market. This article will help you choose the one best suited for your needs.
Category:
88 key synthesizers is a kind of synthesizer that has 88 keys. This article is about the famous brands of these synthesizers like Yamaha, Korg, etc and their model qualities.
Category:
The above article talks about synthesizer headphones and their chief features. It explains the need and functions of a headphone for a synthesizer player.
Category:
This article talks about different kind of color designs that you might want to think about before you repaint your rooms.
Category:
The article narrates the saga of twelve-string guitar from the time of its invention to reaching the peak of popularity. Although there are controversial on how and when the 12-string guitar came into existence, but its sound still lives on.
Category:
This article tell you how to take care of your opal jewelry and what kind of a gemstone opal is.
Category:
if you really want to stand out in the crowd, try body piercing for a change
Category:
This is a story about Krishna's pasttimes and his disappearance.
Category:
This article tells you how you can make your computer faster and more efficient by installing or upgrading the RAM.
Category:
This article is about bongos and congas. They are kind of drums with lot of similarities but are yet very different. It deals mainly with their playing pattern.
Category:
try Feng Shui jewelry for that contemporaneous look and style
Category:
This article talks about the different kind of colored, colorless diamonds, prices, and where you might be able to get colored stones.
Category:
This article describes why a large number of people go for second hand computers and what precautions should one take while buying it.
Category:
cleaning tips and suggestions for your diamonds
Category:
This article is about how one can play electric guitar properly. It describes how a player can improve his playing skills.
Category:
This article contains stories about rings, ring insurance, and cure for rings.
Category:
Other links at Home & Family > Home Accessories
Whether you own or rent your home, you know how important it is to have a nice sized bathroom at your disposal.
Category:
An article about how to choose poof chairs, foof chairs and bean bag chairs.
Category:
Mattress Pads are often overlooked, yet they are an essential element of your bed. They serve many purposes, from protecting your mattress, keeping the sheets on the mattress to protecting you from your mattress; oops!, maybe that was protecting your matt
Category:
The gas refrigerator also needs the intensive care. Here are the tips of cleaning the gas refrigerators.
Category:
Modern day bedrooms are more than just a place to sleep. Therefore, today's bedroom furniture is more than just a closet and a chest of drawers and they have become very adaptable multipurpose rooms in many homes.
Category:
Site Sponsor
Directory Statistics
Articles: 68285
Categories: 501
Yahoo Entertainment
