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Summary: Tips on adding baby's breath to a floral centerpiece in this free how-to flower video.
Diana Bacon has been a florist for 25 years. She started working in small shops and learned the business from the ground up. After attending classes in floral design and techniques she...read more
"Hi! This is Diana for expertvillage.com. We have most of our basket done now, but I’m also going to add some baby’s breath. That’s the small white flower; it kind of looks like snow or popcorn. You can’t find it everywhere and it does make your arrangement look more country and casual and kind of fluffy. You can decide if you like the arrangement to look more clean and gardeny or if you want to add your baby’s breath, it’s also called gypsophila. I’m going to take a stem like this, cut the edge off with my knife, and just tuck it in making sure that the stem goes way down into the oasis. One of the other tricks with the baby’s breath is to set it down low among your flowers. Don’t have it sticking out at the top. Press it down so that it’s kind of a background for your flowers and to kind of fill in the center. We’ll just keep filling it up baby’s breath until it looks how we want it to."
eHow Article: Add Baby's Breath to a Floral Centerpiece