Anybody in love with fall color is going to love our velvet Oak stem, an artificial stem with lifelike oak leaves 33″ tall overall. Shades of red and browns will take you from the first fall color season all the way through the holidays. Soft velvet finish on leaves. Woody stem.
FAQs, cleaning and designing with artificial flowers
- Even though they are referred to as silk, most faux flowers such as our oak stem are made with combinations of plastic, polyester and wire
- Occasionally dust your floral arrangements with a feather duster. You can wash artificial flowers under running water, held upside down. Do not fully submerge in water
- The base stems are overly long and sturdy. Feel free to trim the length with wire cutters
- If you are making a permanent floral arrangement in a traditional container, you’ll want to anchor your flowers and greenery in dry floral foam. Dry floral foam does not hold water and offers a sturdy base to hold your plants
- You may glue your floral foam to your container interior, although if you’re not mailing or moving your arrangement, it’s not necessary
- Cover your floral foam with dry moss or pebbles
- Now the fun starts. Insert as many faux flowers into your container as will fit
- Be creative. Feel free to cut, trim and divide your stems into smaller parts. Sturdy wire cutters will work
- If you are using a free-style design of loose stems in tall containers, the basic design rule is you’ll want your stems to stand 1.5 times taller than the container. It’s a start, but do what looks best to you
- Artificial flowers and stems ship flat. You’ll want to bend and shape them on arrival
- Think about this simple rule for mixed arrangements: Use one thriller (the focal point flower), some spillers (stems that drape beyond the sides) and a few upright stems for pizazz
- Another common design rules is to use odd numbers of stems, such a 3, 5 and 7 stems per flower variety
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