Silk Flower Topiaries

I did this project sometime in early April when I was desperate for some spring flowers in what seemed to be the longest winter EVER! (For me, anyway.)

To begin, I used my Joann's coupons to purchase two styrofoam balls, a packet of Spanish moss, some floral foam, and a couple of green/white hydrangea stems. When I got home, I pulled out some little light blue silk flowers from my craft box, grabbed my pearl straight pins, and found some sticks outside.

{Sorry, no pictures of the sticks or pins... or the process... I'll work on that} :)

With my supplies all compiled, I began by twisting/braiding my sticks together. I twist-tied them on each end and inserted one end into one of the styrofoam balls to make a hole about 1 inch deep. Then I removed the sticks so I could attach the flowers.

I pulled every single hydrangea flower off the little bush and used the pearl straight pins to stick them into the styrofoam ball. I filled in some of the gaps with the little blue flowers. Using regular straight pins, I attached some of the leaves from the hydrangea stems to the bottom of my ball.

When my ball of flowers was complete, I used my hot glue gun to get the sticks to stay in the 1 inch hole I made earlier. Then I put the entire stick/ball contraption into the floral foam which I had cut to the size needed for the glass cube vase.

Finally, I stuffed the Spanish moss around the edges and top of the floral foam.

For the second flower ball, I just used some of the wire stems to secure it in the smaller flower pot, which I later mod podged (as is seen in the picture). To find out how that was done, see this post.

 An easy, fun project that can be done while watching a movie or relaxing with friends!




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