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12-16-02
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The natural beauty of the Holiday Flower Tree
can fill your home with holiday spirit.
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Deck The Halls In Style
(NAPSA)-The holidays can be a perfect time to let
your creativity flow and add extra-special touches to your home with fresh
cut flowers and seasonal evergreens. Decorating is more dramatic if you
give each room its own center of attention. For an unconventional approach,
use miniature trees. They make a big impact in a small space.
Once you master the basic design technique, there
are so many ways to personalize the tree and make it your own, say the
floral experts at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. There are practically no limits to
the different variations and sizes you can come up with. Trim the trees
in a different style for each room. Smaller variations can be made in
mini clay pots painted gold or even recycled tin cans as containers. Simply
glue candy canes around the tin.
To make the arrangement, start by securing wet floral
foam, available from most craft shops, into a container. Use waterproof
tape if needed. Create the basic shape of a traditional Christmas tree
starting with a tall piece of boxwood inserted in the center of the top
of the foam and four pieces creating the width at the base. Fill in the
rest of the foam with boxwood.
To add texture and fragrance, intersperse pieces of
other evergreens such as cedar and pine throughout the tree. Decorate
the tree with flowers such as carnations, poms, and baby's breath. Give
the flowers a fresh cut on an angle and insert directly into the foam.
Add gold balls and top the tree with a star. These decorations can be
wired and inserted directly into the foam or first put on sticks and then
into the foam.
Water the tree often and mist it daily to help keep it fresh.
Visit 1800flowers.com
for beautiful holiday gifts such as the Holiday Flower Tree.
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