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How to Decorate a Flower Girl’s Basket

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A wedding is so much more personal if the decorations are hand made. One of the easiest things to make on your own is the flower girl’s basket. Theis basket carries the flower petals that the flower girl scatters along the bride’s path to the alter.

This is a very easy pr0ject to do. You could even do it as a craft with the flower girl if she is the type of young girl who is creative and likes to participate.

For this project you will need –
• Florist wire in green or pink
• Pearl sprays
• Wide and narrow satin ribbon in a color of your choice
• Wide and narrow silk ribbon in your favorite color
• Baby’s breath
• Fabric for basket liner
• Woven Basket
• Fresh flowers
• Fresh or artificial greenery
• Hot glue gun
• Rose petals
• Wire cutters

Choose a small white, green, pink or natural-colored basket. Your color choice might depend on what the bride’s color theme for the wedding might be.The basket should be large enough to contain the desired amount of flower petals but small enough for a child to carry in one hand.

You should also select satin and silk ribbon to tie onto the basket. Use a combination of wide and narrow ribbons that coordinate with the predominant wedding colors chosen by the bride. About 4 to 5 yards of narrow ribbon and 2 to 3 yards of wide ribbon should be enough to decorate for one small flower basket.

You should then select silk or fresh flowers to decorate the basket. One of the benefits of decorating with artificial flowers is that you do not have to refrigerate it. The flowers will stay fresh forever. If the blooms are artificial it will be a wonderful keepsake for the flower girl.

If you decorate the basket with fresh flowers then you need to order them ahead of time to ensure their availability. Just about any type of flower can be dyed professionally to match the colors used in the wedding.

Tie lengths of narrow ribbon at each base (or just one) of the basket handle, or use a hot glue gun to attach them to the basket. The ribbons should trail approximately 6 to 10 inches below the bottom of the basket for an attractive effect.Be sure to use the wide ribbon to make a bow at each base of the basket handle. These bows will cover any knotted portions of the streaming narrow ribbons.

Attach the flowers to the basket. Either cluster the flowers on each side of the basket or attach flowers all along the basket’s rim or edge.Attach artificial flowers and greenery by weaving their stems through the open spaces in the basket. Twist the wire ends to secure and then tuck them back into the basket so that they are hidden. You have now created a beautiful basket.

How to Decorate a French Country Kitchen

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One of the most fashionable ways to decorate a kitchen is in the French Country style. This is a very rustic look that is reminiscent of the charm found in homes in the South of France.

To accomplish this look you will have to decorate with toile. Toile is a fabric that has pictures of the countryside of France on it. It might depict landscapes, bottles of wine, cheese and the produce of France on it as well. These motifs are a great choice for the curtains, tablecloth, chair seats and dining ware in your kitchen.

Ladder back chairs are also characteristic of this look. Make sure the table is large and rustic and that the chairs have seats made out of rush (twined water reeds.)

The colors of the French Countryside are rusts, greens, blues and golds. Keep the walls, ceiling and floors in earthy brown, creams and red colors. If you have beams running across your ceiling you are lucky because it means you would have accomplished the look. If you don’t have beams in your ceiling you can also install them.

A stone floor also compliments this look. You can get faux tile in stone like colors that can help achieve this affect. Another charachteristic of this kitchen style is roughly plastered walls. Cast iron wall sconces also look nice on a plastered wall.

Yet another characteristic of rustic French kitchens is rusted metal. Rusted metal could be found in kitchen cabinet hardware, lighting fixtures and baker racks.

French motifs in the form of scultprues, clocks and other items can be roosters, olives, sunflowers and lavender. Decorate with handmade pottery to bring the element of the French countryside to your kitchen.

It is also characteristic to hang baskets in a kitchen. These woven baskets should be large and natural looking. You can put fruit and vegetables in these baskets and use them to store cooking implements.

Copper pots and iron pots also look gorgeous in this type of kitchen. Be sure to hang them from the ceiling and on the walls to augment the look.

When planning your space, remember that the French Country is a very warm, relaxed, and informal decorating style. Stay away from anything too fussy or formal.