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DO IT YOURSELF!
Sunflower bottle
An original creation in preserved flowers. A bottle, a preserved sunflower head, pandanus leaves, a birch bark ... and 20 minutes later you will have created a floral composition with summer and country airs!
1 / Using a cookie cutter, cut a circle of cardboard, a circle of foam and a circle of birch bark.
2 / Insert 2 wires of technical iron into the recesses of the carton and cut them. Fold the ends of the thread on the neck of the bottle and then florataper (optional).
3 / Ligate the wires on the neck of the bottle using raffia, and end up with a tie.
4 / Cut a strip of birch bark from the thickness of the foam and fix it with the brass wire.
5 / Glue the foam circle to the cardboard.
6 / Pierce the center of the circle of birch bark with a wooden spin, and stick it on the foam circle. Prick the flower in the hole. TIP: Make a hole the same width as the stem of the flower!
7 / Option: Add bands of pandanus or beargrass to create volume. Option : Rajoutez des bandes de pandanus ou de bear grass afin de créer du volume.
EQUIPMENT
To make this Do It Yourself, you need :
- 1 preserved sunflower
- 1 birch bark
- Raffia
- Floral stem wire
- Spool wire
- Floral adhesive
- Cardboard
- A cookie cutter (diameter 7-8cm)
- Floral foam
- A bottle
- Some tools
In option :
- Pandanus leaves or bear grass
- Stem wrap tape
1 / Using a cookie cutter, cut a circle of cardboard, a circle of foam and a circle of birch bark.
2 / Insert 2 wires of technical iron into the recesses of the carton and cut them. Fold the ends of the thread on the neck of the bottle and then florataper (optional).
3 / Ligate the wires on the neck of the bottle using raffia, and end up with a tie.
4 / Cut a strip of birch bark from the thickness of the foam and fix it with the brass wire.
5 / Glue the foam circle to the cardboard.
6 / Pierce the center of the circle of birch bark with a wooden spin, and stick it on the foam circle. Prick the flower in the hole. TIP: Make a hole the same width as the stem of the flower!
7 / Option: Add bands of pandanus or beargrass to create volume. Option : Rajoutez des bandes de pandanus ou de bear grass afin de créer du volume.
