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Rose stem
Posted: December 27th, 2006, 4:02 am
by stanhco2
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.
Posted: December 27th, 2006, 2:37 pm
by islandmassive
if i was u i would go for the wire stem as it is much more elegant than just plain old paper
Posted: December 27th, 2006, 7:19 pm
by metrodj
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