Creating a Centerpiece

One of the more common uses for silk plants, flower arrangements, and other small home decor trinkets is as a centerpiece. Centerpieces are usually placed on the dining room table, coffee table, or other prominent area in your home. A good centerpiece attracts the eye but also accents the beauty of its surroundings. If you arrange your centerpiece carefully, you can create a piece that is well-balanced and causes your audience to take in the whole creation. For instance, a flower centerpiece that has an X. pattern or direction causes viewers to their eyes from the top left to the bottom right and vice versa. Some arrangements do this by having long strands crossing in the middle. Arches are a completely different look that still cause you to look at the whole piece. If you would like to find out more about centerpiece designs, there are many pictures available on the internet; home decoration magazines also have great ideas.

Decorating with Artificial Roses

It is a growing trend in weddings to see more and more silk flowers among the decorations. At these events, roses are used more often than any other kind of flower. The use of roses to decorate homes is also greatly on the rise. The prime reason for this movement is the resemblance to the actual flower and the durability of the silk. Silk roses will last anywhere from a couple years to decades, depending on the care that is given them. There are many ways to decorate your house with rosesthey can be added to a garland draped over a mantelpiece, or they can adorn a vase on a side table. Remember that roses are best seen directly, so if your roses form your centerpiece, have some flowers pointing in different directions so that some can be seen from anywhere in the whole room. Another tip when decorating with silk roses is to add a drop of perfume to the roses from time to time in order to give them a faint pleasant aroma.

Using Liquid Illusion With Your Silk Flowers

In a world of silk flower design, there is a newer technique known as the liquid illusion arrangement. Basically, this is a silk flower arrangement that looks like it is in water. This is clearly a great idea in terms of making silk flower arrangements look more realistic. Ideally, you should not be able to tell that silk flowers are artificial. In this way, the liquid illusion arrangements are far superior to ordinary designs. There are several methods you can use if you would like to try this technique with your own creations. A strong gelatin mixture is one way to create a liquid illusion. We also recommend going to your local craft store and asking for assistance in creating this liquid illusion. Many customer-service representatives of these customers have put together flower arrangements themselves and will know what to recommend.

Decorating with Topiaries

Creating topiary plants has to do with cutting and shaping plants into certain designs. Hedges and bonsai trees, which are very dense plants, are a perfect canvas for topiary design. These topiaries come in every shape and sizes ranging from elephants, squirrels and people to elaborate designs, mazes, and even tunnels. There are many silk topiaries, in almost as many designs as there are real ones. Silk topiaries are most often found in offices or churches. A very popular look for silk topiaries includes a spiral shape, because it can be very small but decorative.