Make A Stunning Dried Hydrangea Wreath

Written by Valerie Garner


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Balance is what you are looking for. Balance in shape, you don’t want any sticking out way aboverepparttar others, you don’t want one side ofrepparttar 135720 wreath to be fuller thanrepparttar 135721 other. Try stepping back and looking at a distance and just think “balance of shape”.

The second area to look for is balance of color. This isrepparttar 135722 purpose of doing each bloom all over, then filling in, so you achieve that balance of color. Give another once over to check on that.

Now, this wreath is either finished, or you can add perhaps add small sprigs of dried baby’s breath to it. Really depends onrepparttar 135723 look you want. Sometimesrepparttar 135724 simplicity of onlyrepparttar 135725 hydrangeas is stunning.

For a grapevine wreath, it’srepparttar 135726 same principal but a different look. You can tie a bow onrepparttar 135727 wreath if you want (if you do, do so before adding flowers), or ribbon. I like to leave bare spaces on these to be able to seerepparttar 135728 grapevine portion as well. Again, look for balance. You can also add dried roses to it or any other type of dried flowers or grasses too. You can get really creative with these and come up with very different looks. Experiment to your heart’s content.

Many times people expect dried floral arrangements to last forever, and are disappointed when they start looking bad after a few years. This is a misconception. Expect them to look good for about a year, that’s really about all they were meant to last. If they are in direct sunlight it will be a much shorter time. However,repparttar 135729 next year, feel free to striprepparttar 135730 old flowers off, and make another withrepparttar 135731 same base for another year’s worth of a gorgeous hand made wreath!



By Valerie Garner-Mother, grandmother and candlemaker / owner of Joyful Designs in Soy. She loves to write on a variety of topics with a warm, and engaging style. http://www.joyfuldesignsinsoy.com


Spruce Up Your Pages with Scrapbooking Embellishments

Written by Fion Lim


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  • Ifrepparttar piece of accent has a functional purpose such as concealing unsightly parts of your photo, adding balance torepparttar 135490 overall layout or holding another item in place, then use that lovely embellishment.

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