Friday, November 18, 2011

Does anyone know where I can find instructions on making a wreath with hydrangeas?

Okay, this is an easy project! I made one a few years ago as a house warming gift for my friend. I used dried blue, violet and pink Hydrangea flower heads and floral wire and one of those $5 grapevine wreaths. I just wired the flower heads to the wreath, used about 20 of them, it was full and beautiful! And my friend loved it!

Does anyone know where I can find instructions on making a wreath with hydrangeas?
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have fun!
Reply:go to Amazon books and look in the category of flower arranging. Paula Pyke is very good. I have made one. It isn't hard. I am lucky to have a big hygrandea bush.... Are you doing dried or silk. I used a grapewreath vine weath and wired and hot glued my flowers in two rows of circles using ones I had dried.You can email me if you like this method.
Reply:This should help you out:





http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1...


http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf629766.tip.h...


http://searchwarp.com/swa9312.htm


http://www.allfreecrafts.com/nature/hydr...


http://www.save-on-crafts.com/wreatmakan...


http://www.wickedknits.com/29224.php


http://www.onlinediscountmart.com/making...


http://www.pioneerthinking.com/vg_hydran...


http://www.crafty-moms.com/seasonal_craf...


http://www.allfreecrafts.com/nature/inde...





Hope this helps!


Does anyone have the Pampered Chef chicken and broccoli croissant wreath recipe?

I am having a party tonight and need the recipe for my pampered chef party and I cant find the cookbook anywhere...can you help me out...I'll give the points to the first person with the whole recipe. Thanks...Happy Weds.

Does anyone have the Pampered Chef chicken and broccoli croissant wreath recipe?
Ingredients:


2 cups cooked chicken, chopped


1 cup broccoli, chopped


1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped


1 garlic clove, pressed


4 oz. (1cup) sharp cheddar cheese, shredded


1/2 cup mayonnaise


2 tsp. all-purpose dill mix


1/4 tsp. salt


2 pkgs. (8oz. each) refrigerated crescent rolls


1 egg white, lightly beaten


2 tbls. slivered almonds





Directions:


Preheat oven to 375F. Chop chicken and broccoli using food chopper; place in 2 qt. batter bowl. Chop bell pepper using 5" utility knife; add to batter bowl. Press garlic over vegetable mixture using garlic press. Shred cheese using cheese grater and add to vegetable mixture; mix gently. Add mayonnaise, dill mix, and salt; mix well using scraper. Unroll 1 package of crescent dough; do not separate. Arrange longest sides of dough across width of 12" x 15" rectangle baking stone. Repeat with remaining package of dough. Using roller, roll dough to seal perforations. On longest sides of baking stone, cut dough into strips 1 1/2 inches apart, 3 inches deep using a pizza cutter (there will be 6 inches in the center for the filling). Spread filling evenly over middle of dough. To braid, lift strips of dough across mixture to meet in center, twisting each strip on turn. Continue alternating strips to form a braid. Tuck ends under to seal at end of braid. Brush egg white over dough using pastry brush. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake 25-28 minutes or until deep golden brown.


Substitute 1 tsp. dried dill weed for The Pampered Chef Pantry All-Purpose Dill Mix, if desired.





Yield: 10 servings Approximately 410 calories and 27 grams of fat per serving
Reply:I found a recipe for Chicken %26amp; Broccoli Braid......from Pampered


Chief. .....if you want that one email me!


sorry i looked !


Does any one know of a patten for a wreath for a flowergirl to wear on her head?

What I'm looking for is some thing crocheted over wire, with a decoritive edge that I can then glue silk flowers onto.

Does any one know of a patten for a wreath for a flowergirl to wear on her head?
What my sister did for her wedding was took thick wire (old wire clothes hangers) and wrapped them with ribbon. Then we glued flowers and leaves to them and left long ribbons hanging down the back. They looked so good.
Reply:This site will show you the proper way to make a flower girl's headpiece.


http://www.eleganceinbloom.com/headinstr...
Reply:Some good instructions... Not sure if this is what you are talking about...


http://www.save-on-crafts.com/headgarfor...
Reply:I do this with craft wire %26amp; flower wrap, the green tape of sorts %26amp; I wrap the flowers onto it, once I have the size of it figured out %26amp; made into a circle to fit the head.

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How do I make a big bow for a wreath?

I'm not sure I can explain this, but I will try. Take a very long piece of ribbon, your choice of width, but make it compatible with your wreath (not narrow for a large wreath, not real wide for a small wreath). With the right side of the ribbon toward you, holding it in your left hand between your thumb and first finger, drop a length that would equal one strand down. Make a loop towards the left side of your hand (don't make the loop too large, it will droop), now, as you bring the ribbon to the right side of your thumb, twist it a half twist so the right side is facing you and make a loop on the right side of your thumb. Remember to hold tight with your thumb and finger. Now take the ribbon and pass it back under between your thumb and finger to the left side again, twisting to keep the right side of the ribbon toward you. Continue doing this until you have about 5 or 6 loops on each side. Droop a length to make the other hanging strand. Take a piece of craft wire and tightly tie together between your thumb and finger. If you leave your wire long enough, you can run the wire through your wreath and tie it on with it. This takes a little practice, but soon you will be an expert at it. Good luck!

How do I make a big bow for a wreath?
you could just go buy one at like hobby lobby or some place like that


How to hang a "wreath bird feeder" to keep squirrels off?

Invest in a "squirrel baffle". These can be made at home with a little ingenuity using a sheet of aluminum or the top cut from a gallon milk jug, or even using a large funnel (like you get from the hardware store), but it's easier to buy one.

How to hang a "wreath bird feeder" to keep squirrels off?
Bird Feeders are great and my kids love to see the same birds return every year. Just make sure you don't have a problem with mice/rats because according to my friend, they enjoy the fallen seeds.





Have fun !
Reply:Make a wreath of pine cones, seeds and peanut butter. Choose a spot more than 100 fee from the nearest tree branch and hang the wreath from a sky hook.


Can anyone please give me directions on how to make a bow for a wreath?

Thank you:) I can't seem to figure out how to get to the holiday section to post this...so I put it here:)

Can anyone please give me directions on how to make a bow for a wreath?
Here you go! :D Good luck...





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Reply:My mom is Idaho's equivalant to Martha Stewart and she showed me some tricks anyone can master. I'm TERRIBLE with bows so she instructed me to pick ribbon that has a really fine wire to make it super easy to work with (I get mine at the dollar store). then just work it into loops holding it between your thumb and forefinger. You can make it as large or small as you want but 5 loops usually make a nice full bow. Take a bread tie or craft wire to secure the loops, then fluff and arrange your bow until it looks the way you want. If you can't hold the loops you and put a dot of hot glue as you go. FYI, don't waste your money on the "bow makers" you see in the craft stores.


Anybody know how I can go about making a wreath?

Was thinking a heart shape with white carnations flowers with the top rim bing red roses I guess wires involed but what material to put folwers on cardboard?

Anybody know how I can go about making a wreath?
c links below.


hope they help.


have fun.


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Reply:make a circle shap with some leaves
Reply:yes i would buy some kinda greenery. you can sometimes buy them in shaped heart. then you buy or pick out flowers you want ot put on them you can buy this stuff from craft store little wires to use to ut them on with. its fun. but it can be expensive depending how much workyou put inot it. sometimes you can go to places where they have big sales and buy up stuff ot make that or do. its easier to watch sales and buy them but the heart shapped ones are around you have to look you could do it with coat hanger. shape it and go. buy your own greens and stuff. but you have ot make it full.
Reply:You can buy soft floral foam hearts for wreaths. They are usually green. If you are wanting to do a live wreath this would be good because it holds water. If you are doing it with silk flowers you can also get it in regular white foam. If you are doing a silk arrangement buy some ribbon to wrap the base in. Make sure to buy enough flowers and greenery to hide the base of it also.
Reply:People here have given you some good answers. One person's instructions had one really serious error that I feel I must point out, so you don't do it. If your wreath will be using an oasis, you must THOROUGHLY soak it in warm water with a floral preservative for at least a 1/2 hour. It may appear to be whetted all the way through, and still be dry in the middle. Once you insert your flower stems, they may end up in this still dry section of the foam. This, of course, will hasten their demise. If you are going to use silk or dry flowers, get blocks of Sahara floral foam at a florist (it's brown). It is much sturdier than what you find in a craft store.
Reply:I hope these links for heart shaped wreaths will help you!
Reply:go to your local florist and ask for an oasis heart, this is made from a sponge like foam which holds all your flowers in place and is the key to making a finished product you are happy with. then buy your flowers and give them a good drink of warm water.


run the foam under the tap and pour off exess water and after your flowers have had a good drink for an hour cut the stems to a couple of inches and push them into the foam until the design pleases you...


good luck

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