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If you enjoy doing crafts, you will enjoy this, try using candy in an arrangement. I have seen peppermint candies heapeds up arranged like an old fashioned ice-cream sundae served-up in a frosty mug or dish, complete with spoon and drinking straw. I have attached candy canes to an advent calendar, allowing children to Savor the Flavor each day as they count-down to Christmas, or attach colorful, favorite candies to dried wreaths, as mouth- watering treats for little ones as well as us older kids. HO! HO! hoe MERRY CHRIST- MAS.
With the holidays approaching like a flyboy jet pilot, go to my favorite wholesale Website, www.schustersoftexas.com our complete florist supply, making GIGANTIC Strides in the floral industry, where I can STOP and SHOP for silk flowers, dyed or natural Dried flowers, preserved plants, botanicals, dried wreaths, foliage, wood, gourds, & many other items. I’m selecting the Chinese roses (look like wood), Chinese peony in cream, burnt oak/mango, Heliconias in burnt oak/mango, Buri tips in spice and Grass balls in chocolate to make an arrangement for a shiny black ceramic vase. While your shopping, select several burgundy Hydrangeas, to form a topiary tree. Simple & elegant arrange- ments done in minimum amount of time bringing satisfaction and joy to those who do & see.
While searching out the website for information on FREEZE-DRIED FLOWERS a familiar name popped-up: Gayle Christie at florage.com/freeze-dried flowers, for directions on using freeze drying machines for flower preservation. freeze dried flowers go through a process in which water is removed as vapor directly from ice, without passing through the liquid state, with heated air, lowering the temp. of an object, using a vacuum to extract all the moisture from it, allowing you to pre- serve flowers from weddings, receptions, centerpieces, boutonnieres, bridal bouquets and corsages, as keepsakes and memories to last a lifetime.
How many of your remember the popularity of the kiln (50 yrs ago was a brick-lined oven, used for drying clay substances)? It was used for firing ceramics, pottery, urns, vases & dishes. some objects were handcrafted figurines,& ashtrays. Our neighbor had a kiln & gave classes in the art. Her students learned how to operate a potters wheel, work with the clay, color glazing, and the changes that took place during the firing. The highlight of this artistic process was the actual firing of the kiln, seeing their finished art work when the kiln (cooled off) was opened. Many of those kilns are gone today, replaced by electrical ones. I found information on the web, at www.kiln, where you can purchase your own kiln, along with the potters table, and learn to throw (a potters term) your own pots, vases & dinnerware.
We’ve covered a lot of territory in this article, going from freeze-dried flowers to our wholesaler, schustersoftexas.com, to candy centerpieces, and the use of kilns. So, ladies & gents what are you waiting for? Christmas?
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