Materials:
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- 1 Storage jar, approximately 8 inches tall x 5 to 6-inches wide)
- Flowers- 4 stems of the following: White cushion mums, miniature yellow gerbera daisies, yellow lilies, white alstroemeria, brown-berried hypericum
- Foliages- 3 to 4 stems of the following: tree fern, miniature variegated pittosporum, lemon leaves
- 2 to 3 stems Ti leaves
- Floral clippers, scissors and floral preservative/food
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| Directions:
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| Inserting the Ti leaves:
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Step 1 - To hide the stems of the flowers, once placed inside the jar, line the inside of the jar with Ti leaves.
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Step 2 - Carefully fill the jar with water that has been treated with floral food/preservative.
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| To make the floral bouquet:
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Step 3 - Begin by organizing the flowers and greens by variety: i.e. all the gerbera daisies in one stack and all the lilies in another etc. Now strip the leaves from the lower half of all the stems. Set the lemon leaves aside, they will be added last.
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Step 4 - The bouquet will be made by holding the flowers in your hands: If right handed hold the flowers in your left hand, vice versa if left handed. Throughout the process, hold the flowers and greens midway up their stems between your thumb and index finger.
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Step 5 - Start your hand tied bouquet by using the fattest or thickest flowers first. Pick up one flower and one foliage stem. Place one stem directly on top of the other and at about a 45° degree angle.
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Step 6 - Continue adding stems of flowers and foliage at an angle, building your bouquet in a clockwise fashion. Keep your hand relaxed-don't choke your flowers.
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Step 7 - Lastly, trim the ends to approximately 7 or 8-inches in length and carefully insert the bouquet into the ti-leaf lined jar.
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Step 8 - Now add the lemon leaves as a final touch. They enhance the rim of the container.
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