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Instructions for Floral Arrangement by Gary Wells
as seen in Flowers & Florist Review
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"HI-FLOAT is to balloons what preservatives are to flowers. It makes them hold up longer and creates a higher quality image."
-Gary Wells, CBA & AIFD, Premiere Designs, Grand Rapids, MI
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| Ingredients |
- ULTRA HI-FLOAT
- 6 Liatrus
- 2 stems Kiss Proff Lily
- 5 hot pink carnations
- 2 hot pink roses
- 2 stems purple Mateumoto asters
- 8 5-inch pearl purple latex balloons
- 2 11-inch pearl purple latex balloons
- 1 floral container
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| Tools |
- #8 copper wire
- ribbon
- wire cutters
- needle nose pliers
- spray paint can
- floral foam
- helium
- nitrogen or air
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| Instructions |
- Choose a container. It needs to be a simple container so it doesn't compete with the design elements.
- Secure the floral foam into the container.
- Take the #8 copper wire:
1. Cut pieces about 4 ft.
2. Using the spray paint can, wrap the wire tight around the can until half of the wire is coiled.
3. Remove the paint can and shape as desired.
4. Use needle-nose pliers to make the coil smaller.
- Inflate 5-inch balloon with air or nitrogen to desired size and form a coil to encase the balloon.
- Cut the remaining end to desired length and make a “u” with the end of the wire going into the foam. This keeps the wire from turning in the foam.
- Insert the “u” end into the foam.
- Wrap a separate 4-inch piece of wire around the container and allow it to coil.
- Complete floral design as desired.
- Using ULTRA HI-FLOAT, inflate the 11-inch balloons with helium.
- Hand-tie the balloons, attach ribbon, and tie the ribbon to the wire.
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