Sweetheart Rose Collection: Topiary

The Sweetheart Rose Collection by Clover has another beautiful wedding decoration idea with a Topiary. The elegance and ease of this creation will have brides saving money while still celebrating in a beautiful setting.

Materials: 

• 6” Stryofoam ball
• 2 ft. dowel or stick (we cut a tree branch)
• Stryofoam block to cut to fit flower pot
• Flower pot of choice
• Sphangnum moss
• Silk ivy
• 2 yds. 5/8” wide white satin ribbon
• Sweetheart Rose Maker (Large) #8472
• Sweetheart Rose Maker (Medium) #8471
• Fabric to make roses (different shades of red Duponi Silk and white Satin were used for the model)
• Silk leaves
• Fabric glue or glue gun

Instructions:

1. Make as many roses as you need to cover the Styrofoam ball.
    
2. Cut Styrofoam block to fit your container and glue in place
    
3. Insert stick or dowel into center of Styrofoam in container.
    
4. Push Styrofoam ball on top of stick or dowel.
    
5. Glue sphagnum moss to Styrofoam around base of stick or dowel.
    
6. Arrange silk ivy to your preference.
    
7. Glue fabric roses to Styrofoam ball adding leaves as you wish.
    
8. Loop 2 yards of white ribbon and attach with pin to base of Styrofoam ball.