Flowers & Nature Crafts, Flower Gardening
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Overview
Quick, easy to make, sophisticated, and elegant: these 40 silk flower arrangements are well suited to today's busy home decorator. The basics of designing that are illustrated and presented here will soon have the arranger making creative leaps in styling. Put the new, more life-like than ever, silk flowers in treasured tiny vases, go "simply exotic" with Chinese-red blossoms and a single bold leaf, or make an everlasting, never fading bride's bouquet. Show off a bucket of tall blossoms, artfully arranged to look as if you've just carried them in from the garden; the version shown here has blue and white delphiniums, lupine, and bells of Ireland in a silver container, but you can select your personal favorites. Hang a unique sylvan wall sconce: with its leafy greenery, ferns, and berries, and a grapevine nest hidden amid the flowers, it captures the beauty of a wild meadow. Plus: Designer tips and project variations expand the decorating possibilities.Editorials
Library Journal
Silk flowers can be so realistic that one must touch them to be sure they are not genuine blossoms. Silk flower arranging is generally similar to real flower arranging, with the exception that containers do not have to hold water. The very attractive and well-designed projects in this book use a large variety of silk flowers and foliage in traditional containers and also rely on unusual accoutrements, such as a lace doily May basket and a wedding cake topper. The best part is that these creations will never wilt. Recommended for public library craft and garden collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.Book Details
Published
September 11, 2003
Publisher
Lark Books,U.S.
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781579903657