Rose stem

stanhco2 · Post by **stanhco2** » December 27th, 2006, 4:02 am

I'm gonna be making kwasaki roses for Valentines day and instead of using paper as the stem, do you think using stem wire and green floral tape would look better? I don't really like the paper stem.

http://www.amazon.com/FCM-Stem-Wire-Whi ... B0001DSV0C

Thats what the stem wire looks like. Just wanna get other peoples opinions on this.

islandmassive · Post by **islandmassive** » December 27th, 2006, 2:37 pm

if i was u i would go for the wire stem as it is much more elegant than just plain old paper

metrodj · Post by **metrodj** » December 27th, 2006, 7:19 pm

I find that stem wire is too spindly, even when wrapped in green floral tape (unless you use a LOT of it), and looks unnatural.

What I've been doing is buying a pack of wooden dowels (they come in several different thicknesses) and soak them in hot water for a couple of hours, until they are a little flexible. Then I strap them onto a wine bottle, bending the dowels to follow the curve of the bottle, and leave them to dry overnight. When they are dried, I wrap them in floral tape.

They look a little more realistic, with a "natural" curve to them.

metrodj