STYROFOAM Brand Floral Foam
Elegant Bangles Bridal Bouquet
Designed by: Loann Burke, AIFD, PFCI
Materials Needed Elegant Bangles Bridal Bouquet

STYROFOAMâ„¢ Brand Foam:
Balls: twelve 1-1/2"; six 1"

Other Materials:
Wet floral foam silver bouquet holder
Large-mouth bud vase
Fresh floral stems: mini white callas (10); green hydrangea florets (1); white/cream roses (10); white/cream sweetheart roses (5)
Silver bullion wire, 28-gauge
Floral picks: six 6"; three 4" wired
Floral shears
Floral or other serrated knife
Wire cutters
Flower food (if using fresh flowers)
Anti-transpirant spray

Instructions
1. Refer to package to mix flower food with fresh, clean water. Soak foam bouquet holder in mixture and drain on towel. Place bouquet holder inside bud vase as support during design work.
2. Insert one end of bullion wire into a foam ball and begin randomly wrapping wire around shape. Cut end when pleased with effect and insert end into foam. Repeat until all balls are covered with wire. Insert 6" floral picks into six 1-1/2" balls; set aside.
3. Thread two or three small and large wire-wrapped foam balls onto a length of bullion wire, crimping or spiraling wire beneath each ball to prevent slipping. Repeat with two more wire lengths, adding all remaining foam balls. Wrap wire end from each bangle strand around a 4" wired floral pick; set aside.
4. Insert callas into bouquet holder. Insert roses into holder, evenly spaced among callas. Fill in arrangement with hydrangea florets and sweetheart roses.
5. Insert 1-1/2" foam balls into arrangement to accent and fill open spaces. Insert bangle picks into bouquet holder near base, off to one side. Adjust and finger curl wire as desired.
6. Spray arrangement with anti-transpirant spray.

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Form No. 179-11302


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