Although red and green are the traditional Christmas colors for decorating, why not consider the color purple? It is a wonderful alternative to red especially if your existing home decor lends itself to burgundy and cranberry hues.
This arrangement is incredibly versatile. Being tall and narrow it can be displayed just about anywhere from a corner of a room to center stage book ending a dining or side table. Although a bit time consuming to make it is well worth the "wow" impact it adds to a room!
MATERIALS NEEDED
Styrofoam Ball 6" - Michael's
Floral Wire (Clear) or Beading Wire (Clear) - Michael's
Plastic Ring 1/4" - Fabric Store (Drapery Accessories Section)
Metal Shish Kabob Skewer - WalMart
Silk Flowers (**See below for more detailed description) - Michael's (Check Michael's website each week for 40-50% floral sales)
Tall Glass Vase - *Amazon, Home Goods, TJMaxx, Marshall's, Michael's, Ross
Ornament to suspend from Styrofoam Ball to Middle of Vase - Michael's, Home Goods
Tape
Paper Clip
Scissors
Flameless Timer Candles - *Amazon
Rose Petals - *Amazon, Michael's
*I bought most of the materials needed at discount stores like Home Goods or Michael's. But, if you aren't near one of these stores or need convenience, Amazon (which I love) sells almost everything you need to make these. I've included Amazon links below for vases, rose petals and flameless candles.
AMAZON LINK BELOW - 26" TALL CLEAR CYLINDER VASE
Cylinder Vase (Tall), H-26" D-6" (1 pc)
AMAZON LINK BELOW - PURPLE SILK ROSE PETALS (200)
200 Purple Rose Petals
AMAZON LINK BELOW - 6" WHITE FLAMELESS TIMER CANDLES
Inglow CGT54600WH01 6-Inch Flameless Round Pillar Vanilla Scented Candle with Timer, White
**See pictures below for flowers I used in arrangement
PLEASE NOTE: You will probably not be able to duplicate the exact flowers I used because Michael's vary their product line. The picture descriptions are simply to give you an idea of what flower sizes, colors and shapes to use. Overall, I used...
24 - 1" wide pink flowers
32 - 4" wide purple, green & peach flowers
10 - 12" tall pink & green flowers (cut in 1/2 to make a total of 20)
3 - 6" wide fuschia flowers
2 - 8" wide mauve flowers
5 - 8" wide purple flowers
5 - 9" long fuschia flowers
4 - 6" wide mauve ornaments
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1: To suspend ornament midway in vase, cut a 36" length of floral or beading wire.
STEP 2: Bring both ends of wire together and tie a knot about 2 inches from beginning of each end.
STEP 3: Tape the wire where the knot has been tied securely to pointed end of skewer.
STEP 4:
Then insert pointed end of skewer straight through styrofoam ball until
skewer end pokes out opposite side of styrofoam ball.
STEP 5: Place a 1/4" plastic ring through one end of the wire and then knot the two ends together holding the plastic ring securely in place. Now the wire cannot be pulled out of the styrofoam ball. Gently cut away tape careful not to cut wire.
STEP 5: Place a 1/4" plastic ring through one end of the wire and then knot the two ends together holding the plastic ring securely in place. Now the wire cannot be pulled out of the styrofoam ball. Gently cut away tape careful not to cut wire.
STEP 6: Attach an ornament on the other end of the wire that is not knotted with the plastic ring.
STEP 7: Gently lower attached ornament into glass vase so it is suspended. Then sit styrofoam ball on top of glass vase and adjust ball until ornament is suspended mid vase.
STEP 8: To adjust suspended ornament to height desired, pull up on plastic ring until desired height has been reached. Then place a paper clip end through ring and attach it to styrofoam ball. Although plastic ring was originally at opposite end of styrofoam ball from ornament end, when you pull up ring to adjust string height of ornament you will be bringing ring down alongside of ball to paper clip it securely in place.
STEP 9: Using the 5 - 8" wide flowers, cut the stems to 6" long and insert 1 flower stem on the very top of the styrofoam ball 2" deep leaving 4" of stem visible. Insert the remaining 4 flower stems around middle of ball spaced evenly, again 2" deep leaving 4" of stem visible.
STEP 10: Using 5 - 9" long flowers, insert along base of styrofoam ball evenly spaced. They will drape down along side of vase for a wispy look.
STEP 11: Using 6 or 7 - 4" flowers, insert them making a row around the flower on very top of styrofoam ball.
STEP 12: Insert a 2nd row of flowers below the 1st row of flowers.
STEP 13: Insert the 4 ornaments around the middle of the styrofoam ball spacing evenly.
STEP 14: Using the remaining flowers fill in around the ornaments and the middle of styrofoam ball. Continue to fill in lower portion of styrofoam ball with flowers until styrofoam is no longer visible.
STEP 15: Gently remove arrangement from vase and clean out vase of any styrofoam debris that may have fallen down into it. Then place flameless candle in bottom of vase and surround it with rose petals. Then replace arrangement on top of vase.
Enjoy
~ Debbie ~
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