Flowers to wear!

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Flowers to wear!
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Flowers

• Are worn by both men and women on special
  occasions such as weddings, holidays, etc.

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Corsages

• Flowers worn by women
• Cluster of flowers and foliage and accessories
  that accents a womans dress and adds to the
  theme of the celebration

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Boutonniere

• Flowers worn by men
• Pinned to the lapel
• Usually a single flower with foliage

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Boutonnieres

• Recent trend toward using multiple flowers
• Two or three stephanotis blooms with foliage
• Mini carnation with a sweetheart rose

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Boutonnieres

• Add a touch of color to the mans clothing
• Usually coordinates with the theme of the occasion

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Boutonnieres

• For a wedding or formal dance, the mans flowers
  should compliment those worn or carried by the
  woman

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Selecting flowers

• Chose flowers that have been properly conditioned
  
• Hold up well out of water

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Most popular

• Carnations
• Roses
• Stephanotis
• Pompon chrysanthemum
• Lilies of the valley
• Alstromeria lilies

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Principles of design

• Apply to corsages as well as to arrangements
• Balance, Scale, Color

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Flowers to Wear

• Corsages usually worn on the womans left
  shoulder
• Some women may consider newer trend to wear
  flowers on the wrist, in the hair or on a purse

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Corsages

• Band aids may also be glued to the bottom of the
  corsage and taped to the shoulder

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Colors and flowers used

• Dictated by the personal preference of the wearer

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Things to consider

• Formality of the occasion
• Size of the wearer
• Color and style of the clothing to be worn

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Important

• Find out the occasion and the preferences of the
  customer
• Smaller women look best with a smaller corsage
• Larger women can wear a larger corsage

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Color

• The dominant color of the flowers should
  compliment the clothing
• If clothing color is not known, white is
  considered appropriate for all occasions.

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Corsages

• Should be designed to be light and easy to wear
• Removing stems from the flowers helps to keep
  them light

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Flowers

• Should have space between them so that each can
  be seem separately
• Good workmanship and good flowers are essential

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Wires

• All wires should be covered and the corsage
  should not come apart or be misshapen

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Football mum corsages

• Some areas of the U.S. mum corsages are popular
  at college and high school football games.
• Especially popular for homecoming games dances
• May be simple in design or quite elaborate

• In

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Football mum corsages

• In Texas and Oklahoma large extravagant designs
  are popular. They include an abundance of
  streamers, braided ribbons and accessories.
• Using floral adhesive and hot glue

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Corsages

• Alternative to wiring and taping
• Floral adhesive is a rubber cement developed for
  use on fresh flowers
• Floral adhesive may be used in corsages of very
  light and delicate flowers may also be used to
  add greenery, flowers and accessories to a wired
  corsage.
• Hot glue may be used to construct a corsage

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Hot Glue

• Available in several forms, including pan-melt
  glue, glue chips, hot melt sticks and low
  temperature sticks.
• Glue may be melted in a electric frying pan, glue
  pot or glue gun.

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Hot Glue

• Hot glue melts at a temperature of 275 F., low
  temperature sticks melt at a much lower
  temperature reducing the possibility of injuries.

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Hot Glue

• Low temperature glues are less likely to cause
  damage to delicate flowers, but do not have the
  holding power of hot glue.

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Student Project 1
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The Oasis decorative wires come in many colors.
One (or two) is sure to match your favorite
dress. For a simple ring, you will need aluminum
wire, bullion wire, Oasis floral adhesive,
diamante pins and a small flower blossom.
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Create a ring by twisting a 6 length of aluminum
wire around your finger. Not too tight it is
easier to size down later than it is to enlarge.
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Loosely wrap the bullion wire around three
fingers about 35 times. Stretch your fingers
apart slightly so you can easily slide the wires
loops off when you are done. Round and round you
go
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Using a bit more bullion wire, bind the looped
bullion wire tightly together in the center to
create a figure 8. Now you are ready to fan out
and fluff the loops creating a colorful daisy
form.
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Place this on the ring base and fold the extended
arms of aluminum wire across the top to anchor it
in place. To get a nice firm connection, squish
the joint tightly together with a pair of needle
nose pliers.
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Isnt this fun? And easy too! The base is
complete and pretty all by itself. To finish,
choose the perfect blossom and glue it in place
with a dab of Oasis floral adhesive. Just a dab
will do ya!
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Add the head of a single diamante pin to the
center of the flower for a sparkling touch of
glamour. For a touch of whimsy, a tiny lady bug
could be glued in place. Ohhh. that sounds like
fun!
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Student Project 2

• View Demonstration on Bow making.
• Items needed Ribbon, Wire, Scissors, Floral Tape.

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Student Project 3

• Tape Lab practice using floral tape.
• Need Tape, Wire, Wire Cutters

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Student Project 4

• Power Point on different Wire Methods
• Demonstration of Different Wire Methods
• Movie on Different wire methods
• Worksheet on different wire methods
• Items Needed Wire, Tape, Greenery, 3 Different
  flowers.
• Piercing
• Hook
• Clustering
• One more XXXXX

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Student Project 5

• Power Point on Boutonieer
• Video on Making Bout
• Making Boutonieer
• Items Needed
• Tape
• Flower
• Wire
• Greenery

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Student Project 6

• Taped Corsage

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Student Project 7

• Glued Wrist corsage

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Student Project 8

• Bandaid Corsage

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Student Project 9

• Hair Accessorie