This unique centerpiece will bring delight to your guests this ST. Patrick's Day
What you need:
18-22-gauge floral wires
Brown floral tape
About 42 new potatoes 1 inches to 2 inches in diameter
Sphagnum moss or sheet moss
Wicker or open-weave basket about 9 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep
8-inches-diameter plastic saucer to fit inside basket
Floral foam for fresh flowers
Pan-melt hotmelt adhesive
10 bells-of-Ireland
36 daisies
1. Wrap the floral wires with brown floral tape, and cut each wire in half. Wrap a piece of wire around the middle of each of 36 potatoes, twisting the wire to secure it.
2. Soak the moss to fluff it, and blot it dry. Cover the outside of the basket with moss, and hold it in place with the potatoes. To attach the potatoes, push the wire ends through the wicker, twist them once or twice inside the basket, and flatten the ends against the basket. Work in rows around the basket from the bottom to the top.
3. Glue the floral foam into the plastic saucer, then soak the foam. Place the plastic saucer inside the wicker basket.
4. Fill in around the floral foam with additional moss, then insert the bells-of-Ireland to define the shape of the arrangement. Position the tallest stem in the center of the floral foam. Cut the remaining stems 2 inches to 3 inches shorter, and angle them toward the front, back, and sides of the arrangement as shown in the step 4 photo.
5. Cut the daisy stems to varying lengths. Insert them along the bells-of-Ireland. Rest the remaining potatoes on the moss around the top of the container.
