How to make a tower floral

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Make a dramatic statement at your next party or wedding by creating an Eiffel tower floral arrangement. This type of floral arrangement is a centerpiece that uses a thin, tapered glass vase. To match your color scheme, you can use flowers that you love or add some food coloring to the water in the vase. To give your event space some more dimension, vary the centerpieces with tall or short tower vases.

Things You'll Need

• Vases
• Flowers
• Knife
• Bucket
• Floral foam
• Straight handled floral foam bouquet holder
• Plastic centerpiece bowl with post
• Green florist tape
• Greenery
• Feathers

Instructions

1. • 1

     Choose the height of the vase you wish to use for your floral arrangement. Eiffel vases come in a variety of sizes. Choose 24-inches for a tall centerpiece that allows your guests to talk across the table and 16-inch vases for buffet tables, for example.

   • 2

     Hydrate the flowers for your arrangement. Cut an inch off the end of each stem at an angle. Soak the flowers in in water overnight.

   • 3

     Soak floral foam in water for 10 minutes. If you want to use a bouquet holder with foam, first soak in water before attaching it to the Eiffel tower vase.

   • 4

     Cut greenery to 6 to 8-inches. Insert the floral greenery into the outer edge of the floral foam. Lower the longer pieces of greenery further down into the floral foam to hide the bouquet holder.

   • 5

     Add flowers to the Eiffel tower vase. Follow the design of the greenery. Trim the flowers and greenery as needed to make the flowers appear they extend out above the vase. Add larger flowers first, such as spider mums or lilies. Spread them out around the arrangement evenly. Add medium size flowers next, like calla lilies and roses. Fill in empty areas with daisies, carnations, solidago and baby's breath.

   • 6

     Add a couple of tall feathers to the Eiffel tower vase to disguise the floral foam and the stems of the flowers.

Tips &- Warnings

• Try different types of greenery for various looks. Create your floral arrangements the day of the event to ensure the flowers hold up and appear fresh.

Source: www.ehow.com

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