unique flower girl basket
This flower girl basket would be ideal for a rustic country wedding theme. I made it using burgundy and yellow daisy pompons, moss and black ribbon. It is a simple idea and anybody could make it. I like to keep things simple and liked how this flower girl basket turned out. The flower girl could carry flower petals or stalks of country flowers and walk down that aisle.
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cook time
method
No-Cook or Other
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Ingredients
- 10 stalks red carnations
- - a small oval basket
- - one block of floral foam
- - transparent plastic wrapper
- - polycia leaves
- - black cloth
- - 2 pairs of doll's eyes
- - floral wire
- - red ribbon
- - black ribbon
- - black beans
- TIP! BEFORE USING THE CARNATIONS, USE YOUR HANDS TO OPEN UP THE PETALS OF CARNATIONS SO THAT THEY LOOK BLOOMER AND FULLER.
How To Make unique flower girl basket
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Step 1Preparing the basket First and foremost, soak the foam into water and wait until it absorbs water completely. Cut each stalk of carnation to leave about 2 cm of stem. Cut also the polycia leaves into short lengths. To make your job easier, decorate the basket handle with a ribbon first. Here, I used a red cheques ribbon to wrap the handle and tied a bow on each side.
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Step 2Then, take a piece of transparent plastic wrapper and place it at the bottom of the basket. Take the soaked foam and insert it into the basket. Cut the top of the foam so that it is the same height as the basket. Also cut out the excess plastic to make sure that the plastic is not visible.
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Step 3Making the ladybirds I am going to make two ladybirds. One is bigger than the other. For the bigger one, I use 6 carnations and for the smaller one, I use 4 carnations. Let's make the bigger one first. The method for making the smaller ladbird is similar to making the bigger, so I will not explain the steps to make the smaller ladybird. Take 6 carnations and start inserting into the foam to form a semi-sphere. This is the body of the ladybird. Please remember to make room for the smaller ladybird.
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Step 4Now, we make the head. Take some cotton in your hand and form a ball. Also take a piece of black cloth and wrap the cotton ball. Secure it using a floral wire.
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Step 5Cut excess cloth to make it more tidy and insert the cotton ball near the ladybird body.
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Step 6Cut excess cloth to make it tidy and insert the cotton ball near the ladybird body.
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Step 7Let's exaggerate the ladybird features a little bit. Ladybirds have black dots on their body, right? We'll make that too. First, take a black ribbon with about 0.5cm width and secure both sides using floral wire.
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Step 8Then, place the black ribbon at the center of the ladybird's body, like this...
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Step 9Then, take some black beans and glue them one by one on the ladybird's body.
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Step 10Now, we make the faces of the ladybirds. Take a pair of doll's eyes and glue them on the head for the eyes. If you want, cut a piece of red ribbon into the shape of a mouth and glue it below the eyes.
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Step 11Lastly, take the polycia leaves and insert them at the exposed foam area to cover it.
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Category:
Other Non-Edibles
Keyword:
#occasions
Keyword:
#DIY
Keyword:
#Silk Flowers
Keyword:
#Fresh Flowers
Ingredient:
Non-Edible or Other
Method:
No-Cook or Other
Culture:
English
Tag:
#Heirloom
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