Colorful Christmas Tablescape

Colorful Christmas Tablescape
Designed by: Loann Burke, AIFD

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	General Instructions Design Techniques

Materials Needed

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Balls: 2", 12; 1-1/2", 16

Other Materials:
Pencil
Gold decorative aluminum wire, 18-gauge
Floral foam ring, 18"
Pine cones, glittered gold with picks, 12
#9 Ribbon, 1-1/2" x 6 yds
4" wired wood picks
Water tubes
Fresh flowers and greenery: red roses, 10; hot pink roses, 8; red carnations, 12; gold roses, 8; purple stock, 8; lavender stock, 8; ming fern; salal; leather leaf
Artificial Christmas tree, 36"
Christmas lights, 100-light strand of colored lights
Scissors
Needle nose pliers
Floral knife
Anti-transpirant spray

Instructions

1. Light and fluff tree.

2. Insert tip of pencil into balls to form pilot hole. Place balls on lights sporadically throughout tree.

3. Cut decorative aluminum wire into 15" - 18" lengths. Using needle nose pliers, coil wire into spiral at one end. Use straight end to coil around branches to secure in tree, placing spirals of wire throughout tree as desired.

4. For tree topper, cut six 12" - 15" lengths of aluminum wire. Using pliers, curl in ends of each length. Bind lengths together by twisting or binding with another length of wire. Attach to top of tree by coiling curled wire around top branches.

5. Soak fresh floral ring in water and drain. Green with salal and leather leaf, inserting foliage deep into floral foam.

6. Using fresh flowers, cut stems short and at an angle. Insert into foam.

7. Cut ribbon into 15 - 18" lengths. Form a loop using half the length of ribbon. The remaining length of ribbon will form the tail. With wire on wood pick, bind onto wood pick. Insert into floral foam.

8. Fill in spaces with ming fern, gold pine cones, and ribbon loops.

9. Spray with anti-transpirant.

10. Place tree in center of fresh floral ring.

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Form No. 179-11018

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