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>> SUCCULENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE REALLY ALL THE RAGE NOW FOR EVENTS, BRIDAL PARTIES, THEY
EVEN SHOW UP IN BOUQUETS AND BEAUTY NEARS FOR WEDDINGS.
SUCCULENT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE KIND OF EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE VERY SLOW GROWING.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THEM FOR A PARTY YOU WOULD HAVE TO PLAN WELL AHEAD OF TIME.
BUT I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS TO MAKE SUCCULENTS EASY TO USE IN FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS AND THE
NICE THING IS YOU CAN POT THESE UP AND GROW THEM EVEN AFTER YOU USE THEM.
THE EASIEST THING TO DO I FOUND IS JUST TO TAKE THE DECORATOR BEADS THAT YOU SOAK IN
WATER, MAKE SOME CUTTINGS OF SUCCULENTS AND STICK THEM INTO THE BEADS.
AND THIS WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. YOU CAN MIST IT AND YOU JUST BASICALLY STICK
THAT STEM IN, THE BEADS HOLD UP THE SUCCULENTS AND SUPPORT THEM, KEEP THEM MOIST.
AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THESE OUT, POT THEM UP.
THESE ARE JUST A DECORATIVE PIE PAN BUT YOU COULD USE ANY CONTAINER THAT YOU LIKE.
I LIKE TO TAKE SUCCULENTS AND YOU CAN USE THEM FOR NAME CARDS OR FOR MENU CARDS.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A BUFFET YOU CAN PUT THE NAMES OF THE FOODS ON THE CARD.
THIS DOESN'T NEED WATER, IT DOESN'T NEED SOIL, SO IF IT GETS KNOCKED OVER DURING YOUR A PARTY
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. AND THEN CAN YOU ALSO JUST TAKE CUTTINGS OF
SUCCULENTS AND PUT THEM IN FLORAL FOAM FOR ARRANGEMENTS.
NOW, THIS CONTAINER HAS THE GREEN FLORAL FOAM THAT I'VE SOAKED AND THAT I'VE JUST STUCK
THE SUCCULENTS IN TO IT. AND SOMETIMES YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF EXTRA STEM FOR THE SUCCULENTS LIKE THIS ONE HAS A VERY THICK STEM SO I'VE USED
A FLORAL PICK TO STICK IN AND THAT STICKS INTO THE FOAM QUITE EASILY.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A STEM YOU COULD DO THE SAME THING, JUST
PUT A STICK IN THERE AND THAT WORKS QUITE WELL.
YOU CAN ALSO TAKE WIRE AND I'VE JUST INSERTED WIRE INTO THE STEM IN A COUPLE OF PLACES AND
THEN I WRAPPED THAT WIRE WITH FLORAL TAPE. AND THIS TAPE STICKS ON TO ITSELF.
IT'S NOT STICKY. BUT IT DOES STICK TO ITSELF AND IT ACTUALLY
CAN BE PUT IN WATER. SO YOU CAN EXTEND THE STEM AS LONG AS YOU
WANT AND HAVE THAT EVEN GO DOWN INTO WATER. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH YOU CAN
ALSO PAINT SUCCULENTS. NOW, DESIGN MASTER PAINT IS A PAINT THAT CAN
BE USED ON FLOWERS AND PLANTS AND IT DOESN'T HARM THEM.
SO YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING MORE SPARKLY, BRING IN YOUR WEATHER COLORS.
I'VE DONE A TWO TONE EFFECT WITH SILVER AND PINK AND COPPER AND PINK FOR THESE ARRANGEMENTS.
THAT TAKES IT UP A NOTCH. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET A LITTLE FANCY YOU
CAN SPRAY THE SUCCULENTS AFTER YOU PUT THE SPRAY PAINT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SPRAY GLUE
FOR GLITTER AND SPRINKLE GLITTER ON THEM FOR EVEN A MORE DECORATIVE SUCCULENT.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL TRY SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR SUCCULENTS AND ENJOY THESE.
FOR BACKYARD BASICS, I'M TRISHA SHIREY. THANKS FOR WATCHING.