FLORAL TOOL ID

Floral Design

Enclosure card

• Reception Card• Respond Card• Ceremony Card• Informal Card• Apology Card• Thank you Card • (Or just confess

your undying love card.)

To: BonnieFrom: Craig

Care Tag

• How to care for your arrangement

Excelsior

• Slender, curved wood shavings used especially for packing.

Floral Foam

• Foam used for flower arranging. It soaks up water like a sponge and acts as a preservative.

Floral Tape• It’s a stretchy

material used in flower arranging and corsage making etc.

• Comes in many colors

Fabric Scissors

• Used to cut fabric with a more precise edge.

• Weapon for self defense?

Underwater Stem Cutter

• Helps to cut the stem allowing wilted flowers to gain the flow of water and nutrients

Waterproof Tape

•Helps to secure the floral foam in its container

Wire Cutters

• Used to cut thin metal wires

• Secure to bows or items that need to be inserted into an arrangement

Wired Wooden Pick

• Protective covering for wreath rings and frames.

Wreath Wrap

• Band worn around the wrist for corsages

Wristlet

Florist Easel

• To display arrangements

Florist Knife

• Used for cutting stems, flowers and foam.

Florist Shears

• For cutting flowers

• Smaller than standard anvil or bypass pruning sheers

Floral Foam Cage

• To keep the foam secure

• Alternative to waterproof tape

Glass Gems

• Used on the bottom of a vase to add color

Glass Marbles

• Alternative to glass gems

• Round

Compotes

• Containers for bouquets or arrangements• Has a “stand” or “base” attached

Single design bowl

• Containers for bouquets or arrangement

Corsage Bag

• To wrap corsage before delivery• Bigger than a boutonniere bag

Boutonniere & Corsage Pins

• Corsage pins always larger

styrofoam

Crushed Styrofoam

Curling Ribbon

• For decoration, balloons, etc.

Dry Oak Leaves

• Used in floral arrangements to show texture

Dry Wheat Leaves

• Used to add texture and sometimes height

Raffia

• As an alternative to ribbon

• Rustic look

Rose stripper

• Used to strip the leaves and thorns from roses

Rose vase

• Standard choice for a dozen roses

• Tapered at top

Chenille Stem

• Fancy name for pipe cleaner

• To fasten or strengthen

Cardette

• Holds enclosure card

PEARL SPRAY/LOOP

Kenzan (pin holder)

• To hold flowers in place

• Place at the bottom of shallow vases

PAN GLUE

•To glue things

•Heat in hot glue pan

Hot Glue Pan

• To heat glue chips

Lace collar

• To collar bouquets• Ugly• Not sure why you

would want to use it

Latex Balloon

Mylar Balloon

Metal Pick

• Goes in the Metal Pick Machine

Steel Pick Machine

• Heavy-duty tabletop stemming machine quickly clamps sturdy metal picks onto flower stems.

Casket Saddle

• Shaped so you can put flowers on top of a casket

• So the flowers can cascade down

Clear Vinyl Liner

• To line base of house plants

• Used in some arrangements

PAPER TWIST RIBBON

•Alternative to standard ribbon

•Texture is conducive to entertaining your cat

POLY FOIL

Metallic FOIL

POT COVER

• Used to conceal the pot

Aquapic

• Holds water for a single flower

• Pointed Tip

Orchid Tube

• Holds water for a single flower

• Or for multiple small stems

• Not pointed at the bottom like an aqua pic

Bouquet Holder

Boutonniere Pin

• Used to pin the floral boutonniere onto the shirt.

• Comes in various colors.

Bud Vase

• Bud vases are used to only hold 1 to 3 flowers

Glue Gun

Glue Stick

• Put in a Glue gun

• Forward… never backwards!

Grapevine Wreath

Greening Pins

• Secure moss and other foliage

• Traditionally dark green

Stickum

• Sticks things together?

Net

• Larger net-like holes than tulle

Tulle

• Finer holes than net

• Used as accents and sometimes bows

Paddle wire

• Just like the wire we use only it comes on rolls.

Paper mache liner

• Alternative to a compote or bowl

Shredded wax paper

• The fluffy shreds that go in Easter baskets!

Spanish Moss

• Comes in green, light green and tan

• More wiry

Sphagnum Moss

• More organic looking

• Slightly “leafy”

Stephanotis stem

• Keeps flowers fresh and firmly supports flower head and eliminates wiring.