OK:dearbob:-- I am asking for help--Have not designed in a holder for years--What do you like and Why?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
Thanks in advance for your answers!
Bouquet Holder
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lori042499
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I like many different kinds for different reasons...some for foam amounts, some for handle treatment ease, some for angle or diversity on how you can hold it....In order to answer this wuestion, i would need to know what you want to accomplish with said holder...
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I don't do them at all anymore but I was at a show in April and one of the holders was a silver handled straight one. The really cool part of it to me was that the end screwed off and apparently has some sort of wick so you can keep it in a vase of water and allegedly keep the foam wet. If I were going to start doing them again, I'd look at that.
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Those are a smithers product I think, they have less fancy holders that do that now too...they are great and the foam on them all is the new max life foam..
CarverFlowers
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I like using a holder when the bride wants too many flowers to be manageable as a hand-tied. I am amazed at how many hand-tied bouquets I see that have so many stems the bride can't even get her hands around them. And they are so heavy with all that extra stem weight. I use a holder and then cover the plastic handle with some leftover stems to make it LOOK like a hand-tied, even though it isn't.
I just made a cymbidium cascade bouquet for a wedding last weekend (yes, Memorial Day Saturday). It was a lot easier to get the design looking the way I wanted it with a holder (and both Oasis adhesive and Floralok to make sure those stems didn't come out).
I just made a cymbidium cascade bouquet for a wedding last weekend (yes, Memorial Day Saturday). It was a lot easier to get the design looking the way I wanted it with a holder (and both Oasis adhesive and Floralok to make sure those stems didn't come out).
We are seeing a return to cascades again, its a slow movement. We also use a bravo holder( oasis) if the hand tied becomes too cumbersome same as above. It looks exactly the same but often is far more manageable when the stems are more of an illusion. I look at the wedding pictures of today, and will be glad when hand ties find a replacement. No matter how much coaching you do, there is always one bridesmaid holding it like an ice cream cone!
