Are you deciding to decorate your venue
for wedding yourself?
Are you thinking of decorating your birthday party venue on
your
own?
If your answer to these questions is 'Yes',
than you might probably need to know some things about different
flower arrangements and designs. You do not need to panic on the
thought of it. We will help you with your doubts and will provide
you with some tips and advices as regards to decorating and arranging
the flowers yourself. We will advice you on how to combine the
different types of flowers and arrange them so as to make them
enhance the look of your house or your wedding or your party.
Some tips to guide you
You need to keep in mind some tips and advices along with some
specialised treatments to elongate the life span of your flower
arrangement and thus achieve the results that you desire.
- Before starting with a flower arrangement you need to pick
the right kind of flowers.
- The flowers that you pick should not be fully bloomed but
in the form of buds that have bloomed a little but not too
much so that the flower arrangement can last longer.
- As soon as you cut them from the plant, you will need to
put them in water so that they remain fresh for a longer time.
- Cut flowers should be ideally kept in a cool environment;
anywhere between 65 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Avoid putting the flowers atop electrical equipments or
near direct sunlight and heating.
- Leaves that will be below the waterline should be removed.
- Once cut from the plant, the flowers should be kept in a
special flower solution as soon as possible. But if that is
not handy then, you have an alternative of keeping them in
a bucket or a vase filled with warm water.
- You will need to re-cut the stems and change the water every
two or three days.
Flower Arrangement types
There are some 8 basic flower arrangement designs that you can
use. These are listed below.
* Horizontal Arrangements:
Here the flowers are arranged in a horizontal manner in a shallow
container. You can fill the focal area with filler flowers and
foliage.
* Vertical Arrangements:
In Vertical arrangement, flowers are arranged in a vertical fashion
in a vase. Here you have to use flowers with long stems.
* Triangular Arrangements:
In this kind of arrangement, both vertical as well horizontal
arrangements are taken into use. In this the width is less than
the height. Fill in the filler flowers and foliage in a triangular
fashion.
* Crescent Arrangements:
In Crescent form of arrangement you have to make use of curved
line flowers to follow the crescent form. Filler flowers and foliage
should be filled in and around the focal flowers.
* Oval Arrangements:
In this arrangement longest flowers are placed in the focal area
and then proceeded with shorter flowers to give it an
oval shape.
* Minimal Arrangements:
In Minimal arrangement insert
vertical line flowers to determine the height, and secure the
horizontal line flowers to give the basic outline of the arrangement.
* The lazy "S" or "Hogarth's Curve" Arrangements:
Here you have to bend the stems of flowers into gentle curves
and then place focal flowers around the lines of upper and lower
curves. Add filler blossoms and foliage around the central part
keeping the 'S' structure intact.
* Free Standing Arrangements:
In this arrangement use a shallow container and fill it with flowers
on all sides in a standing position. At last to integrate the
design add filler blossoms and foliage.
For getting the flowers that you desire, you can either grow them
in your garden or then get in touch with the florists who are
spread across Australia. Now days, with the advance of technology,
you are even capable of purchasing flowers and flower arrangements
online.