Things You'll Need:
- 1 dozen or more silk flower stems
- 3 or more artificial greenery stems
- Floral wire cutters (optional)
- 1 opaque or solid vase or pitcher
- Work table space
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Step 1
Consider overall color of arrangement. Silk flowers can complement a room's décor, but shouldn't match it exactly. Unless it's a common color like yellow or white, flowers that are identical in shade to the walls or drapes will be a signal that the arrangement is fake.
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Step 2
Consider the color of each individual silk flower. Simple and muted colors on silk flowers look the most realistic. Stay away from shocking pinks, bright oranges and turquoise as a general rule.
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Step 3
Choose flowers with dark or muted color leaves and stems. Try to find leaves with variations in shades and size. Branches with uniformly bright green, shiny plastic leaves are too obviously fake.
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Step 4
Select a variety of colors. Think of the live flower bouquets you see in grocery stores, with the beautiful mix of colors and textures. Choose three or four colors and then buy multiple stems within those color ranges.
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Step 5
Choose smaller silk flowers.Choose clusters of small flowers and wild flower varieties. The temptation to choose large, dramatic flowers can be very strong, but if you want your arrangement to look the most realistic, smaller blooms are best.
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Step 6
Select a variety of shapes and textures. You can keep them on the same size scale, but choose some long, narrow clusters, shorter and round clusters, and some single flower pieces.
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Step 7
Add greenery for a more realistic arrangement.Be sure to select some solid greenery and filler. Think again of live floral arrangements, with their clusters of baby's breath and ferns. The addition of greenery is a crucial part of making your silk flower arrangement the most realistic.
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Step 8
Choose more muted and/or variegated colors for your greenery. You want this to be a backdrop for your flowers, not the centerpiece. Fern and needle type evergreen artificial greenery often looks the most realistic.
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Step 9
Choose greenery with some width to it. You'll want an accent spray around the flowers, so choose a couple pieces that will fan out on either side of the arrangement.
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Step 10
Choose floral and greenery stems of similar scale. Length can be adjusted somewhat, but four-foot long stems are not going to be compatible with smaller, 20-inch pieces.
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Step 1
Choose an opaque or solid vase. Clear glass or plastic containers reveal the plastic stems and lack of water. A solid texture vase hides the puppet strings, so to speak, so your flower arrangement looks real.
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Step 2
Try using a container other than a vase to add to the "just picked from the garden" feel of your arrangement. Ceramic pitchers work nicely, or cookie jars or metal tins. Experiment with containers you find around your kitchen.
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Step 3
Choose a vase that's the right scale. Flowers should fit snugly into the container. Flowers can spill over but shouldn't overwhelm the vase, and the vase should never be so large that some of the flowers get hidden from view.
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Step 1
Spread out the silk flowers you've chosen on the work table, leaving open space in front of you. Remove any store tags from individual stems.
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Step 2
The arrangement should have depth, with different levels and the shortest flowers hovering around the rim of the vase.
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Step 3
Select the tallest pieces that will make the back of the spray and set them on the table in front of you.
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Step 4
Select the pieces that will form the middle level of the arrangement. Choose the denser clusters of flowers, as this will make up the bulk of the array.
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Step 5
Lay these pieces on top of the tall ones already on the table. Stagger the heights and intertwine some of the stems if possible. Angle stems to a point at the bottom center.
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Step 6
Grasp arrangement by the stems and hold it upright, keeping it in the same formation you've laid it out in.
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Step 7
Add the greenery around the back and sides. Use denser pieces to help fill out the back, and add wide spray pieces at the sides.
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Step 8
Add the greenery around the back and sides. Use denser pieces to help fill out the back, and add wide spray pieces at the sides.
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Step 9
When arrangement is satisfactory, carefully hold next to the vase you plan to put them in. The stems should all be hidden inside the vase, so make note of how much they extend beyond the length of the container.
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Step 10
Carefully lay arrangement back down on table, holding the stems in their current position.
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Step 11
Bend stem ends to adjust length.Use the floral wire cutters to cut the stems at the bottom. You want the arrangement to sit in the vase exactly the way you've arranged it, so the ends of the stems should be in an even line when you're done. You can alternately bend the wire stems at the end to get them to the right length. I prefer doing this in case I want to change the arrangement later and stagger the stems differently.
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Step 12
When stems are all cut, lift arrangement and place in vase. Don't worry if it's not in a precise shape. The arrangement will look more natural with uneven heights and a somewhat unbalanced selection of flowers.
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Step 13
Here is the completed silk flower arrangement.Wind some of the flowers and leaves together so it's a more cohesive blend. You want the spray to be dense and varied.
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