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daily nebraskan
monday, february 18, 1980
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Silk won't wilt in crafty, fun flower production
By Alice Hrnicek
Features editor
Linda Wissing, assistant manager of Triarco
Arts, Crafts and Hobbies, 1200 N.
dc. i t Silk flowers, which are actually poly-
nben ut odAd ade5 as blue' ranSe. or shape, have hit the scene in a big way in
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Wissing said many couples chose to put
That is, if you make them yourself, together their own flowers for their wed
dings to save money. But she added it takes
time to make them.
"It's also nice to say you made your
own," she said. '"You don't have to be a
crafty-type person."
For her own upcoming wedding, Wissing
estimated she cut the cost in half of what
one of her friends paid for real flowers, and
she was getting even more of them.
Few people can afford to keep a green
house in their spare apartment room, nor
do they need to in order to have natural
looking flowers reasonably priced and easi
ly accessible.
The solution? Silk flowers.
Less costly
Although "silk" flowers are available
from florist shops, the way to save money
Weddings are not the only occasion tor
special occasions, or as office or apartment made. Azaleas to make are $5.08 a dozen,
decor and as gifts, silk flowers are almost white tol buy they are $8.08 A dozen
as impressive as the "real" thing. Leftover daisies to make are $6.88; to buy
flowers never die and can serve a second pre-made, they cost $1 11 40 Carnations, a
nnrnncA dozen, would cost $731 to make and
purpose' $9.48 to purchase pre-made.
Putting together a silk flower is a lesson
in plant structure. The parts required are Buying grown flowers costs even more,
petals, leaves, centers, calyxes (the support ' One local florist shop sells sweetheart
directly underneath the blossom), plus an roses for $18 a dozen, carnations for $15
initial outlay of craft glue, florist tape and a dozen, daisies for $5.20 a dozen (less
stem wire. than silk here) and $15 for a single azalea
plant.
Takes practice
"It's not hard to learn. It just takes
practice," Wissing said.
The cost of making a dozen sweetheart
roses is $6.06 plus the initial outlay, in
comparison to $6 at a local florist shop.
is to make them yourself, according to which the flowers are made. For other Other flowers cost much more pre
Wissing said that people who start from
scratch and do not use pre-molded petals
use actual silk fabric or wood fiber.
"Lots of people don't like to get into
things they have never done before," she
said. "But all it takes is reading the package."
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Making silk flowers has become a popular craft hobby, according to Linda Wissing,
shown demonstrating the process. She says they are easily done, less expensive than
prc-maae suk i lowers, ana last longer tnan real ones.
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