Friday, May 30, 2008


2. Hearts’ Desire

St Valentines’ Day is marvellous opportunity to be hopelessly romantic and create a decoration or gift in true Victorian style. A heart-shaped basket provides the prefect container for a dramatic collection of red roses, the very embodiment of love. The basket is first filled with damp floral foam. The stems of the scarlet rosebuds are cut very short and then packed into the centre of the basket following the heart shape of the container. This solid of mass of colour and texture ensure maximum impact. An edging of lilac serves to soften both the hard edges of the basket as well as the solid outline of the heart arrangement of roses. Heart-shaped fresh rose decoration created solely from roses of a single colour can generate very different moods, depending on the colour chosen: vermillion for powerful drama; shaded pinks for a soft and pretty effect.

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