Materials:
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- 1 Loaf pan from the kitchen cupboard
- 1 Brick floral foam
- Two 12-inch tapers
- 3 Stems stargazer lilies
- 12 Stems red roses
- 6 Stems yellow-berried hypericum
- 8 Stems leather fern
- 6 Stems sword fern
- 2 Stems lemon leaf
- One-hard 2-inch wide decorative ribbon
- Floral clippers and knife
- Floral preservative/food
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Step 1 - Soak the floral foam in water that has been treated with floral preservative/food for about 30 minutes.
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Step 2 - Insert the soaked floral foam into the loaf pan and trim to fit. Insert 2 tapers, equally spaced, into the top of the foam.
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Step 3 - Cutting the sword fern: Cut 2 stems of each of the following lengths- 9"-inches long, 7"-inches long and 5"-inches long. Now insert one of each length into the SHORT ENDS of the loaf pan.
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Step 4 - Cutting the leather fern: Cut the stems to approximately 4"-inches in length and insert the stems into the floral foam to cover it almost completely.
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Step 5 - Cut the lemon leaves at varying lengths, dispersing them throughout the arrangement.
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Step 6 - Cut 2 stems of yellow-berried hypericum to approximately 8"-inches and scatter them evenly throughout the arrangement.
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Step 7 - Use the individual blooms of the stargazer lilies and insert them evenly throughout the arrangement.
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Step 8 - Cutting the roses: Cut 2 red roses to 7"- to 8"-inches in length and insert them at the short ends of the arrangement. Cut another 10 red roses to approximately 4"-inches in length and insert them throughout the arrangement.
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