How to Arrange Silk Flower Art

Horizontal Arrangement

• 1

  Hot glue a section of floral foam to the bottom of the inside of the basket. This will form the base of your horizontal silk flower arrangement.

• 2

  Determine the layout of your creation. The larger silk flowers should form the center, or focal point, while the smaller flowers will fill in the surrounding area.

• 3

  Use the wire cutters to adjust the length of the silk flowers. This design requires silk flowers with very short stems, as they will be spread out horizontally.

• 4

  Begin inserting your large silk flowers into the floral foam. Anchor the large flowers fairly low down in the center of the foam.

• 5

  Fill out your arrangement with smaller silk flowers. To complete a horizontal silk flower arrangement, build outward instead of upward on either side of the flowers in the center.

Vertical Arrangement

• 6

  Cut a piece of floral foam so that it fits snugly inside the vase. Use hot glue to secure the floral foam if it is loose.

• 7

  Repeat Step 2 and 3 from Section 1. Cut the large silk flowers so that they have the longest stems, and cut the stems of the filler flowers at slightly shorter lengths.

• 8

  Place the large flowers in the center of the foam so that they stand tall.

• 9

  Fill out your vertical silk flower arrangement so that the filler flowers are also standing upright. The arrangement should have significant height but little width.

Triangle Arrangement

• 10

  Repeat Step 1 of Section 2 to create a silk flower arrangement base in a vase.

• 11

  Repeat Steps 2 and 3 of Section 1. Instead of leaving the stems of your filler flowers long, cut them at varying lengths, making some quite short.

• 12

  Insert your large flowers into the center of the floral foam.

• 13

  Fill out the sides of your silk flower arrangement with the remaining silk flowers. Use the varying lengths to build the width as opposed to the height so that a triangle shape is formed.