Savannah Rose and I were invited to attend a "Spirit of Women" Cooking Class meeting this past Monday evening. It was held at a place we had never visited in Great Falls, MT called Electric City Conservatory.
Cooking did not take place as a local business, Penny's Gourmet To Go provided a table full of finger foods.
Carrie and Rachel with Electric City Conservatory showed us how simple floral arrangements in vases, flower orbs, rose petals and candles can decorate a table easily.
One floral arrangement was simply a bunch of Bells of Ireland greenery snipped at an angle on each stem to desired height for your vase filled with water. Snipping at an angle helps the water be absorbed better.
Also, very important for each vase arrangement is to remove all the leaves and greenery from the stems that are to be submerged in the water. This prevents mold in the water and slows down the aging of the arrangement.
The flower orbs (balls) made for the table were from roses and one from bachelor buttons. A floral block called Oasis was cut to size, placed in a sink or bucket of water not submerged but on top. The Oasis then soaked up a great deal of the water in pretty short order. Afterward, knife was used to shape the Oasis block into a ball or round shape. Each individual flower was cut on the stem at an angle with about 2 inches remaining and then pushed into the Oasis.
The smaller the flower bloom, the more bunches are needed to fill the Oasis shape. Also, it was mentioned that the finished flower ball may get your table wet and decorative plates could be used to set them on. The flower orbs do not have a very long table life, approximately 3 to 4 hours.
One of the most beautiful arrangements I have ever seen is called "Spilling Over". The roses are placed in slanted laying position as if they are falling out of the vase.
We closed out our evening by doing a little shopping in the store. I got more ideas for crafting projects and found some fun cards with "character" to send to my sister-in-laws.
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