Mark's Remarks - Fourth Quarter 2005

Mark S. Massie, AIFD

It's All About COLOR Tutorial!

In this lesson, I'll show you how to create this colorful arrangement.


First off, everything is glued together.

supplies

You will need these items from the Smithers-Oasis Spirit Collection:

  • 1 Large Saucer
  • 1 small Saucer
  • 1 cylinder vase
  • 2 rainbow foam discs
  • rainbow foam powder
  • 1 rainbow foam brickpool of Wire

as well as:

  • OASIS(tm) Decorative Aluminum Wire
  • 1 Tube Smithers-Oasis Floral Adhesive


Glue a disc of rainbow foam into each of the large and small saucers. Using a wet brick of rainbow foam, shave the brick down to make a cylinder smaller than the vase. Insert the rainbow foam cylinder into the cylinder vase.

Apply glue to the bottom of the small saucer and adhere it atop the rainbow foam disc in the larger saucer. Do the same to the cylinder vase and glue it to the rainbow foam disc of the smaller saucer. Allow the glue to dry. To cover my glue mechanics of the smaller saucer, I used Rainbow Foam Powder as a collar.

While the glue is drying, wrap your anthuriums with OASIS(tm) Decorative Aluminum Wire and insert them into the rainbow foam as shown. I then topped the second rainbow foam disc with orchids by using floral adhesive, gluing them to the disc. I then cut my lions head papyrus to make it more uniform and inserted my oncidium orchid through the papyrus, then I collared my vase with sedum - BINGO! you have a colorful and whimsical table centerpiece for all to enjoy!


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