 Cocktail parties, warm lit fires and yes, flowers remind us the holidays are here. The next time you're invited to a holiday gathering, put your creative juices to work and bring along a token of thanks in the spirit of Mother Nature's bounty.
Original, seasonal and stunning are stargazer lilies filling a glass ice bucket. The display is made more magnificent by employing candy corn to anchor the fragrant flowers. And when the flowers fade, the practical glass ice bucket will continue to remind your host or hostess of the festive season and YOU!
Materials:
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- Small glass ice bucket (Approximately 5-inches tall x 6-inches in diameter)
- Sharp pointed knife.
- 1 to 2 packages of fresh candy corn (enough to fill the glass ice bucket)
- Approximately 3 to 5 stems of multi-bloom stargazer lilies
- Water tubes, enough for each lily stem. (Water tubes are available wherever you buy your flowers or at craft stores.)
- Floral preservative.
- Floral Clippers.
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Step 1 - Fill the ice bucket nearly to the top with candy corn.
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Step 2 - Fill the watertubes with water that has been treated with flower food/preservative, and replace their plastic caps.
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Step 3 - Cut the stargazer lily stems to approximately 3 to 4 inches in length and remove all the greens, except for the greens closest to the blooms.
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Step 4 - Insert each lily into individual water tubes.
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Step 5 - Now plunge each lily (with water tube) deeply into the candy corn filled ice bucket. The lilies should be evenly dispersed to fill the entire ice bucket.
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Step 6 - Note: If the ice bucket comes with ice tongs tie them on to handle of the bucket with a decorative ribbon, or insert the tongs into the candy corn along with the flowers.
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