The Complete Wedding Floral Book [Paperback]

Kirsten Nelsen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1996

Learn how to make everything for a wedding from bridal bouquets to arch decorations to cake flowers. This book is filled with fabulous wedding floral ideas. Every design is accompanied with fully illustrated, detailed instructions to help you make professional looking arrangements.

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Two of our most experienced floral designers put their talents together to bring you a book that inspires you to create as well as provide answers to all kinds of technical questions.

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Floral Wreath

It is an old Greek custom to hang a wreath of fresh flowers on your door to celebrate special occasions. The rings are made of grass, raffia, vines or any other supple material. The stems of the flowers are cut to three inches or so and wired onto the garland.

(The following steps are each illustrated)
Step 1. Gather a bundle of long grass. If the grass is too dry to shape into a circle, wet it down before shaping it and binding it with fishing line, twine or roll wire.
Step 2. Bind small bunches of flowers together using roll wire. Leave some of the larger flowers separate.
Step 3. Randomly secure the bunches of flowers and the single ones to the grass wreath.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Mark Pub (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568240988
• ISBN-13: 978-1568240985
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #869,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A LITTLE OUTDATED, April 20, 2010

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This review is from: The Complete Wedding Floral Book (Paperback)

WHILE THIS BOOK DOES GIVE SOME BASIC DESIGN IDEAS AND INSTRUCTION,I FOUND THE DESIGNS TO BE A LITTLE OUTDATED. ALL OF THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE DONE IN SILK. MOST ARE LARGE AND VERY DRAMATIC.TO MUCH GLITZ FOR MY TASTE.