Flower Arranging for Beginners
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PLEASE NOTE: This book contains over 80 pages. Some of the text is written within the images and will not be included in the word count.
There are so many beautiful ways to decorate your home with flowers. All it takes is imagination, focus and the understanding of color, along with step-by-step instructions. Through visual photos, common sense information and tips, you too can become a wonderful decorator of flowers.
Wow your family, friends and yourself with flower arrangement accomplishments that beautify your home everyday. Not only that, holiday arrangements and centerpieces will be easier to design than you ever thought. Why? Because you will understand how colors work together. After designing a few the process will become easier.
Years of decorating retail stores and their window fronts allowed me to learn how to design, especially with color. I enjoy being creative and enjoy sharing. Whether I am producing artwork for my children' books, writing my newest gardening or flower arrangement books, my compassion for all of these remains strong.
There are so many beautiful ways to decorate your home with flowers. All it takes is imagination, focus and the understanding of color, along with step-by-step instructions. Through visual photos, common sense information and tips, you too can become a wonderful decorator of flowers.
Wow your family, friends and yourself with flower arrangement accomplishments that beautify your home everyday. Not only that, holiday arrangements and centerpieces will be easier to design than you ever thought. Why? Because you will understand how colors work together. After designing a few the process will become easier.
Years of decorating retail stores and their window fronts allowed me to learn how to design, especially with color. I enjoy being creative and enjoy sharing. Whether I am producing artwork for my children' books, writing my newest gardening or flower arrangement books, my compassion for all of these remains strong.
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Flower Arranging for Beginners - Kathy Barnett
Table of Content
1. Tips on Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh
A.) Purchasing Flowers or using Ones from Your Yard
B.) Warm Water Helps to Open Tight Blooms (flower heads)
C.) Cut the Lower Leaves From their Stems
D.) Cut the End of the Stems at a Point
E.) What to Put in the Water to Keep it Clean
2. Flowers that Droop or Move Out of Place or Droop
A.) Bundle the Stems
B.) Flower Frog
C). Make a Flower Grid
D.)Avoid Direct Sunlight
E.) Keep Water in the Vase to Prevent Drooping
F. Insert Wire into the Flower Stem
3. Glass Containers
A.) Single Flower Designs in Vases
B.) Pebbles, Sea Shells and Other Ideas
C.) Flower Blossoms Inside Clear Glass Containers
4. Decorating with Tinted Glass Vases and Jars
A.) No Tinted Glass; Make Your Clear Containers Colorful
5. Choosing Your Color Scheme
A.) Understanding Color-the Color Wheel
6. Stages of Flower Blooms
7. Colors and Grouping in Arrangements
8. Make Your Own Beautiful Flower Centerpieces
A.) From Foam to Completion-Step-by-Step Instructions
9. Artificial Floral Arrangements Centerpieces
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Introduction
There are so many beautiful ways to decorate your home with flowers. All it takes is imagination, focus and the understanding of color, along with step-by-step instructions. Through visual photos, common sense information and tips, you too can become a wonderful decorator of flowers.
Wow your family, friends and yourself with flower arrangement accomplishments that beautify your home everyday. Not only that, holiday arrangements and centerpieces will be easier to design than you ever thought. Why? Because you will understand how colors work together. After designing a few the process will become easier.
Years of decorating retail stores and their window fronts allowed me to learn how to design, especially with color. I enjoy being creative and enjoy sharing. Whether I am producing artwork for my children' books, writing my newest gardening or flower arrangement books, my compassion for all of these remains strong.
If you have any questions about any of my publications please email me at kathybarnettbooks@yahoo.com.
Enjoy!
1. Tips on Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh
Making beautiful arrangements is fun and