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How to make a letter in flowers, Tallahasee Florist

Recently I was asked to do an H for a wedding covered with flowers. Then about three weeks after the wedding I was ask to do the letter A.... The Alabama A for a funeral. So this is how we did it. 1) First find the letter you want and enlarge to desired size. Trace it and cut the pattern in cardboard. 2) Using a sculpting sheet cut out your letter by laying cardboard on styrofoam (sculpting sheets are 24X24 sheet of styrofoam and wet foam) 3) If you have to use more than one sheet pin together with dixon pins and wood pics. 4) Now soak your foam with water. The water will make this heavy so be sure you are using a wood easel or wire it to a strong structure. 5) Now cover with desired flowers. We also wrapped the styrofoam with satin ribbon to cover and give it the finished look from the side. This H was hung from a beautiful iron gate. This made a perfect touch for the back drop for the nuptials . It took two of us to lift it up. We placed stron...