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Kathy Mustard Hands On: Cascading Crystals

Heart-to-heart

Written by Kathy Mustard   
Hands On: Cascading Crystals
 
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 Sometimes just one rose can say it all.
 

Fresh Floral Products
  • one rose
  • three lily grass
  • one aspidistra
  • several stems of vinca vine

Hard Goods
  • two large and two small Styrofoam hearts
  • three mini acrylic hearts
  • one medium Wedding Belle bouquet holder
  • one cup of glass ice rocks; metallic wire
  • one-half metre of fabric of three-inch ribbon
  • one Cosmopolitan vase
  • one-and-a-half-inch by two-inch length of rhinestones

Construction
  • Bind fabric with metallic wire and place glass ice rocks in vase.  Soak bouquet holder.
  • Cut bouquet holder handle off leaving enough length to insert into glass rock for stability. Add water to vase.
  • Wrap fabric length on vase and secure.
  • Glue on rhinestone lengthwise. Insert and glue hearts into position. Insert lily grass and vinca vine.
  • Fold aspidistra and insert into floral foam.
  • Gently fold back petals on the rose and insert stem into floral foam.