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February 17th, 2010

A Christmas silk flower arrangement can decorate your home this festive holiday season. Undoubtedly, most people have a difficult time not feeling festive once you look at the typical Christmas arrangements as they feature bright green, red, and white Christmas flowers, surrounded by holly and Christmas cactus, along with green leaves and red berries.

You might wish to use silk flowers instead of the traditional arrangements, however, as they offer several additional benefits.

Besides being festive and beautiful, you silk flower arrangement will be more economical, and they will last longer. Another benefit is their simplicity makes them easy to make before the start of the busy holiday season. A storage container, floral adhesive, wire cutters, foam, flora tape, pliers, and tape are the materials your Christmas silk flower arrangement needs.

The lightweight container you chose for your Christmas silk flower arrangement shouldn’t be too wide, but it shouldn’t be too narrow, either.

Begin by making a decent sized silk floral arrangement in a container that is urn-shaped. By choosing your flowers in different textures, you will add extra variety to your arrangement. Picking the right color of the silk flowers, holly, and berries is of course very important, as is examining their edges carefully before buying. Reject frayed or damaged edges over ones that look fresh and natural.

Next, begin arranging your flowers. As you open each flower, reveal its true shape and make sure it unfolds widely. Place the stems into the foam. Floral wire at the end of each stem will allow you to lengthen the stems. For the very best Christmas silk flower arrangement, alter the length of your stem size. Your arrangement will have more shape with this altering, and will be more attractive as a whole.

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May 16th, 2009

Every home that includes a Christmas silk flower arrangement adds a bit of festivity to the Christmas season. The green leaves and red berries that accompany the Christmas poinsettias and Christmas cactus in your usual arrangement easily give the home a more festive decoration. On the other hand, there are several benefits to using silk flowers to achieve the very same effect.

Unlike traditional arrangements, your silk flowers will last longer and be far more economical, while still being beautiful. They are also quite easy to make and can be made ahead of time. You’ll need pliers and wire cutters to manipulate the wires of your Christmas silk flower arrangement, along with a storage container, floral adhesive, flora tape, foam, and tape.

When deciding on a container for your Christmas silk flower arrangement, make sure that you pick an object that is lightweight, and isn’t too wide or too narrow. You should start your floral project by arranging your florals in an urn-shaped container. In order to give your arrangement a sense of variety, choose different flowers in your textures. Before you buy silk poinsettias, holly or red berries, look at their edges.

Pick edges that look fresh and natural over ones that look frayed or damaged.

From here, start arranging your flowers.

Each opening should show the true shape of the flower, which should be wide. Place the stems into the foam. Many people simply add a bit of floral wire to the end of each stem to give it a longer appearance. You should vary the size of your Christmas silk flower stems to have the prettiest arrangement. Your arrangement will have more shape with this altering, and will be more attractive as a whole.

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