The Complete Flower Arranging Book
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ISBN: 0891344543 / Publisher: North Light Books, October 1992
Provides detailed, step-by-step information on designing and assembling flower arrangements, and suggests a variety of projects using fresh and dried flowers and other materials
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The Complete Flower Arranging Book is an attractive, up-to-date guide to creating flower displays for every occasion, with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations to all the basic - and the more advanced - techniques that you'll need.The first chapter describes all the essential equipment and helps you choose the 'extras' that will be most useful. The basic design principles are explored to make all your arrangements look eye-catching and professional, whether a formal arrangement or a deceptively casual bunch of garden flowers. Traditional techniques using fresh flowers and foliage are explored, encouraging you to create different floral moods.Once you have mastered the simple basic techniques, you'll learn how to make innovative combinations of flowers with fruit, herbs, vegetables, seedheads and other unusual components that give spectacular results. A chapter on dried flowers gives ideas and inspiration for everything - from actually drying the flowers to making pretty swags and elegant flower trees. You'll also see how unique containers can be used and, in the final chapter, you'll find sumptuous arrangements specially designed for entertaining, from candle cups to lavish dinner table domes.With its straightforward text, stylish photographs and illustrations, as well as handy hint panels, The Complete Flower Arranging Book is an invaluable and comprehensive guide for every flower arranger.
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