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February 13th, 2010

If you are looking for a way to spruce up your home during the holidays, a Christmas silk flower arrangement will do wonders. The usual Christmas arrangements will include Christmas poinsettias and Christmas cactus with a healthy display of green leaves and red berries. Once you look at the benefits of using silk flowers, however, you may wish to use them instead.

The major additional benefit that your silk flower will provide is that they are economical and long lasting. In addition, they can be made before the hustle and bustle of the new season starts, as they are quite easy to make. 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.

Your container for your Christmas silk flower will need to be neither too wide nor too narrow and should be lightweight. Urn-shaped containers make a good starting point when making your silk flower arrangement. Now, select flowers of different textures to lend variety to your flower arrangement. 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. The flower stems should go into the foam. Lengthen the stems by attaching a piece of floral wire at the end of the stem with floral tape. You should vary the size of your Christmas silk flower stems to have the prettiest arrangement. This will lend a good shape to your arrangement and add to the beauty of the arrangement.

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February 5th, 2009

If you are looking for a way to spruce up your home during the holidays, a Christmas silk flower arrangement will do wonders. The usual Christmas arrangements will include Christmas poinsettias and Christmas cactus with a healthy display of green leaves and red berries. However, you can also achieve this festivity with silk flowers.

Unlike traditional arrangements, your silk flowers will last longer and be far more economical, while still being beautiful. Another benefit is their simplicity makes them easy to make before the start of the busy holiday season. In order to adequately prepare your Christmas silk flower arrangement, you will need a pair of pliers to bend wires, along with a container, wire cutters, floral adhesive, flora tape, foam and tape.

When you pick your container for the Christmas silk flower arrangement, be certain to pick one that is the right width, neither too wide nor too narrow. You should start your floral project by arranging your florals in an urn-shaped container. 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.

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

Set up your flowers in the way that you want them. A wide opening is desirable, as it will help you show the actual shape of the flower. Carefully slide the stems of the flowers you purchased into the foam. Many people simply add a bit of floral wire to the end of each stem to give it a longer appearance. Every Christmas silk flower arrangement should have variety in the stem sizes. Your arrangement will then have added beauty and shape definition.

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