Wedding bouquet-- all stephanotis

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lfederman said:
A florist friend told me that he dips his stephs in Future floor wax and lets them dry, and also uses the stemson's. I haven't tested it out, but he swears it makes them last longer. Anyone ever heard of this tip?
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I have, and I saw it in action at a design show last year. The presenter did the same, and swore it helps them stay perky longer. The only thing I didn't like was the unnatural shine it put on the flowers .... it made them look even more artificial than many people think they already look.

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Tracypieface said:
I have, and I saw it in action at a design show last year. The presenter did the same, and swore it helps them stay perky longer. The only thing I didn't like was the unnatural shine it put on the flowers .... it made them look even more artificial than many people think they already look.

tracy
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I have heard about this for Ivy also. It prevents it from wilting and shines it up. Have not tried it yet.
 
Foliage sealer

I'm a big fan of Design Master Foliage Sealer. It's their Glitter Glue producted marketed and packaged differently. I use it on Ivy and also Bupleurum in bouquet work. I took a chance and used it on tulips I was using for boutinneres and it worked wonderfully. They stayed in shape and didn't open, just as I wanted them to do. I'm wondering if it would work on stephanotis also? I'll have to experiment. It does give a shine to the material but I kind of like it. It doesn't look too artificial. I've also used it and immediately sprinkled diamond dust on the ivy leaves for prom work...the girls loved it!
 
I am thinking of getting a box of stephanotis and trying the different methods posted. Might be a few weeks, but I'll post results.
 
Pixie Sparkle is great stuff,too. I buy it by the gallon! We have used it on ivy, and treated it in a bathtub. We did 6 bathtubs full, and that ivy did not wilt one bit. I found a whole strand that fell behind a display months later and it was still green, not wilted, but it shattered when you messed with it. Amazing stuff, that pixie sparkle. Dunno how it would be on stephanotis, though

I have used the floor wax thing, but it makes it look too fake; I agree.

Now I have to go pack; I am spending the week with Hitomi in Vancouver...
 
Thanks so much for everyone's help with this! I thought I'd post a picture of the finished product. I used just under 100 stephanotis, with 3 hydrangea underneath for stability (thanks to Flowersmith's suggestion!!!). I also threaded hyacinth blooms for "streamers"-- it was a nice finish :)
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Beautiful! Ten years ago, I would never have thought of using hydrangea as a "background" flower, but it works so nicely that way.

tracy
 
I soaked them in clear crowning glory for a bit, then used the stemson's stems (soaked them in water first). The hydrangea were hand-held and they held up just fine, even in this Texas heat!!! I taped a LOT as I went too-- that helped me find the "holes" for the stephanotis blooms.
 
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I soaked them in clear crowning glory for a bit, then used the stemson's stems (soaked them in water first). The hydrangea were hand-held and they held up just fine, even in this Texas heat!!! I taped a LOT as I went too-- that helped me find the "holes" for the stephanotis blooms.
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How long did you soak the whole flower in clear crowning glory? Did you use the crowning glory instead of water with food conditioning? Then you taped the stephanotis bloom to the stemson?

Thanks!
 
I soaked them as I was using them, for less than 30 minutes in the Clear Crowning Glory. I didn't use water and food to condition them at all.... and I didn't even tape them to the stemson's stems... just pushed them through and added the pearl pins. It was easier than I thought :)
 
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