| Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. While we are not making a true Ikebana display, the principles of the technique are at work. That is, simple styling with emphasis on each individual flower.
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Materials:
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- Long Tray, approximately 20-inches long x 6- to 8-inches wide
- 3 floral pin frogs about 1-inch in diameter
- floral clay
- Two 4-inch diameter ceramic saucers
- 1 large conch shell
- 3 plastic or metal napkin rings
- 1 handful of small pebbles/rocks
- 3 stems white iris
- 3 stems white freesia
- 1 stem casa Blanca lily or white Asiatic lily
- 1 stem umbrella grass
- 4 to 5 stems baregrass
- Floral preservative and clippers
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| Directions:
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Step 1 - Place floral clay on the bottom of each pin frog. Place the pin frogs in the center of the two saucers and in the mouth of the conch shell.
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Step 2 - Place the napkin holders over the frogs. Now use the small pebbles just inside the napkin rings to help hide the frogs.
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Step 3 - Set the two saucers onto the tray, one in the center and one on either side of the center saucer. Place the conch shell at the other end of the tray.
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Step 4 - Carefully pour water that has been treated with floral preservative into each saucer and the conch shell.
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Step 5 - Cut 3 stems of freesia about 6-inches in length. Insert the freesia into the center saucer. The freesia blooms should face outward.
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Step 6 - Cut 1 stem of iris about 10-inches in length, cut another iris stem about 7-inches in length and cut the third stem to about 4- or 5-inches in length.
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Step 7 - Insert the stems into the other saucer. Insert the baregrass around the iris and or other blooms.
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Step 8 - Finally cut the bloom of the lily and the umbrella grass to about 2-or 3-inches in length and insert into the conch shell.
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