No tricks, just treats in this newsletter! 🎃
Welcome to Emma's Flowers October newsletter, containing dates for Christmas wreath workshops🎄 and a tutorial on how to create a display for Halloween.👻
here are the dates for the Christmas wreath workshops. Spaces get booked up quickly so click on the links to avoid disappointment! 🎄
- Sunday 1st December 2024. 10.00am - 1.00pm at the Woolwell Centre, Darklake Lane, Bickleigh, Plymouth. PL6 7TR.
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- Wednesday 4th December 2024. 6pm - 9pm at the Woolwell Centre, Darklate Lane, Bickleigh, Plymouth. PL6 7TR. Bo
Book here - https://tinyurl.com/45xmmudy
- Saturday 7th December 2024. 10.00 - 1.00pm at Roborough Village Hall. New Road, Bickleigh, United Kingdom. PL6 7FJ.
Book here - https://tinyurl.com/4wekjdvz
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If you celebrate Halloween, why not make this front facing arrangement? Position it on a window sill to welcome trick or treaters. If Halloween isn't for you, you could make the arrangement but choose a colour scheme to suit your home.
How to make a front facing spooky display
What you need:
- A container of your choice. I used a narrow tray approx 23cm x 10.5cm x 8cm but yours can be bigger or smaller.
- 2 blocks of floral foam or an alternative such as agra wool brick.
- Pot tape
- 5 roses or a similar flower such as dahlias, carnations, chrysanthemums.
- Moss to cover the foam/wool. Or foliage from the garden such as pittosporum, tree ivy, box, eunonymous.
- Approx 10 seedheads or a smaller flower such as spray carnations, spray roses, lisianthus. You could forage for seedheads but check your local councils policy on foraging beforehand.
- 3 small sprays of rosehips and 3 sprays of honesty seedheads You could use artificial. Or gyp, waxflower, skimmea flowers.
- 3 verbena stems
How to make the arrangement.
Soak the 2 blocks of oasis or agar wool by placing it in a full sink of cold water. Let the foam take up the water rather than submerging it in the water. This takes about 60 seconds, don't over soak as the foam can disintegrate.
Chamfer all four edges of the foam to create a larger surface area, see photo below.
Secure the oasis in situ with pot tape. Stick the pot tape under the container then over the oasis and back under the container to the same point you started. Repeat again so you have both blocks taped.
Now cover the foam with either the moss or short stems of foliage. If using moss secure it in place with German pins or you could use a short length of floristry wire bent over in half.
Now start placing the seed heads using the taller ones at the back of the arrangement.
Next insert the roses at varying heights in the display. Its visually pleasing to place them at different angles throughout so that they all don't face forward.
Continue placing all of the other flowers and foliage throughout the display making sure the colour is evenly placed.
Mist the display to aid longevity and trickle water on to the foam if required so the arrangement doesn't dry out.
Place away from heat and direct sunlight and unlike me don't place it on a fire! (for photo only).
Thank you once again for reading, I hope you enjoyed it, if you did please forward this newsletter to anyone you know that loves flowers, so they can subscribe too!
Love Emma x
P.S. I'd love to see your arrangements. x