The Huron Expositor, 1979-12-13, Page 33THE HURON EXPOITOR
STARTING FROM' 'SCRAT011—The firSt step
in malting the floral arrangement is taping 04,
piece of styrofoaminto a circular -shaped
bowl.
(Expositor Photo)
Photos and story by Alicf Gibb
ADDING THE GREENERY—Here Jean -adds
two shades of plastic greenery to completely
hide the styrofoara and form a background for
•later additions to the bouquet. (Expositor Photo)
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Flowers, whether fresh or artifical, are
an attractive addition to any Christmas
decorating scheme.
Jean Vantyghem, of R.R.4, ,Seaforth,
spends. inost of her tune these days
creating eye,catching Christmas arrange-
ments at Denomme's Flower Shop in
Goderich, The .SDHS graduate studied
flower arranging in a short course
sponsored by the University of Guelph,
through Cooke florists and at a night school
program at the Conestoga campus,
Stratford. •
'MIS fag, Jean taught flower arranging at
the SDHS • night school programt
denionstrating how to make everything
from flower poodles to Christmas wreaths.
At the invitation of The Expositor, Jean
agreed to demonstrate how anyone can
assemble a basic artificial arrangement to
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use as a Christmas centrepiece.
BASIC SUPPLIES
The basic ingredient's in Jean's arrange
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Aleut ineinde red velvet poinsettas, plastic
greenery, a bowl to hold the arrangement,
green . styrofoam, gold ornaments, ' pine
Mies dipped in silver dust a tall red
candle and floral tape. . •
Jean said in artificial arrangements,
green styrofoam s used to hold the
flowers, whereas in arrangements of fresh
flowers, Oasis is used to keep the flowers in
water,
Jean sterted her Christmas arrangement
by taping the styrofoam thinly in place in
the bowl. ' •
A rule of thumb in arranging is to always
put the greens in first. When using a
candle, to draw the eye to the arrange-
ment, the candle must be put in a holder in
ow i is done
to
the centre of the styrofoam. Jean advises
people to remember to put putty around
the stems of the greenery, and the candle
base to keep them solidly in place in the
styrofoam.
Once the candle is firmly in place, Jean
Starts building '„up a base of greenery,
following the lines of the bowl.
When making a candle the centre of an
arrangement, the candle should be about
twice the height of the flowers.
Jeep recommends using .at least two
different kinds of greenery, whether real or
'artificial, in any arrangement, to provide
variation in colour. •
Once the greenery in the artificial
arrangement is completely hiding the
styrofoam, then it's time to add the
poinsettas. • .•
Anyone wanting to work with fresh
THE FINISHED, AFIFIANGENIENT,Jean
01SPlaY.4 'the finished arrangement, whict.
makes an attractive Christmas centrepiece no
Matter what side itts seen from. (Expositor
Photo)
THE DECORATIVE TOUCHES—Here Jean is
adding the gold Christmas balls and silver -
dipped cones to give the arrangernent its'
special Christmas touches. (Expositor Photo)
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flowers rather than artificial can do a
similar arrangement, substit uting oasis
for the styrofoam and rather than taping the
stems, cutting them at an angle.
ptoim, TOUCHES
After the poinsettas have been added,
it's time for the final touches in this case
gold Christmas tree baubles, which match
the gold centers of the flowers and the
dipped silver pine cones. The cons come •
with picks attached to stick into the
styrofoarn, but picks must be added to the
arrangement. Then, voila, the centrepiece
is eninpletel
-Although Jean designed this
arrangement to form the focal point of a
table, so it can been seen from all sides,
you can also make one-way arrangements,
- to sit on a corner table or mantle.
The advantages of the edificel arrange
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share in all its wondrous joys.
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year after year. When you're no using the
arrangement store the candle in a cool
place, and wrap the bouquet It you want to
freshen it up come next Christmas, then
the greenery can be steamed to bring back
the colour and perk it up. •
A:. advantage of using real "flowers for
your Christmas decorating, is that they're
less xpensive and certainly showy, Jean
said.
She advises when fresh flowers aren't
needed for a centrepiece, they Should be
set in a cool spot, and the flowers should be
watered every day and misted occasionally
to extend the life of the bouquet.
The cost of • Jean's artificial bouquet,
already arranged, would be $15. and about
510 to make yourself.
This year some of the other popular
Christmas decorations Jean makes include
oor swagsbase, pine
wreaths, and arrangements made with
brooms.
The -leftovers from artificat bouquets are
often used t melte Comps cersages.
Jean said the secret of corsage -making is to
use small; dainty material, and to use
bright colours - reds, golds or silvers are
popular this year.
One final piece of advice Jean Offers, is
when working with real pine Use it with
another green. Stick the less expensive
greens in first and then the pine, to bring
out the brilliant greens of the pine
branehes. •
In the meantitne, it took Jean
Vantyghern just about 15 minutes to create
an attractive Christmas decoration for the
home. Why not buy the basic supplies end
try your hand at creating your own
Christmas centrepiece?
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