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Hands On: Shining Silver
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Photography by Bochsler Creative Solutions. Product donated by Hofland.

“We need to find ways for consumers to fall in love with carnations again. Their beauty is often forgotten.”
– Design Note

Fresh Floral Products
• five stems of mini carnations
• five Anastacia chysanthemum
• two stems of ivy
• a few sprigs of cedar and pine

Hard Goods
• one-half block of floral foam
• five 10-cm wire balls
• six six-cm wire balls
• 10 bamboo sticks
• one “bliss” vase
• silver paint
• three pine cones

Construction
• Fill vase with floral foam.
• Spray all items with silver paint.
• Secure mesh balls in position with wire hairpins and bamboo sticks.
• Insert foliages.
• Insert solid silver balls.
• Spread wire balls open far enough to insert carnations then close.
• Position Anastacia.

Kathy Mustard aifd, cafa, is president of Creative Floral Concepts Inc., in Hamilton, Ont. The company specializes in window display, visual merchandising and consulting.