Decorating with Silk & Dried Flowers: Step-By-Step Guide for Making 80 Unique Arrangements

by Home Decorating Institute

Book Overview

-- Demonstrates 80 arrangements using floral materials of all kinds. -- Includes projects for traditional, contemporary and country decors. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865733627
• ISBN13: 9780865733626
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Creative Publishing International
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Highy Pleased

I am very pleased with the content of this book. Inside you will find great instruction, very seducing pictures of a number of assorted flowers and styles. There are inspirations for dried flowers and silk flowers which of course can cross over into the realm of the fresh and live flowers. Any florist and even those just interested in floral arrangement will absolutely love this book. Highly recommended.

Beware of repetition

Beware of purchasing this book. It is the exact same book as another floral book by The Home Decorating Institute called Creative Floral Arranging. I purchased Decorating with Silk & Dried Flowers not knowing the 2 books are the same. (different titles, same book) That didn't make me a happy camper!

It took me purchasing 7 books to find what I finally found in this book.

I was looking for a basic book on arranging silk florals with instructions for basic tabletop arrangements. I was also looking for the fundamentals of silk flowering arranging. I finally found this in this book. Although this book is also about dried flower arranging, it still had more info. about silk flower arranging than 7 other books I have purchased. It was published many years ago but is still current. If you are looking for floral designers showing off their artistic and in my opinion, nothing I would ever make, designs this book is not for you. If you want an artsy, coffee table book try The Art of Floral Arranging by Eileen Johnson. The Art of Arranging Silk Flowers by Emilio Robba is another pretty book and I like it better than the former. Fabulous Faux Florals by Ardith Beveridge has some very good pages on the basics of flowering arranging but the designs, I thought were only ok. Silk Flowers: Complete Color & Style; Guide for the Creative Crafter by Judy Blalcok also has several pages of good instruction on the fundamentals of arranging silk flowers. I just wish there was more of it. My second favorite book would be Silk Flower Arranging: Easy, Elegant Displays by Marcianne Miller. How to Arrange Silk Flowers If You Think You Can't has several pages of good information but the designs are dated and to me, unappealing. Another pretty book is Paula Pryke's Flower School: Mastering the Art of Floral Design. The fundamentals are explained and the information is good but this book deals with fresh flower arranging. If that is what you are looking for, it is a great book.

a helpful guide to flower arrangeing

I found this book very helpful . the projects are simple and easy to make. if you are just staring out then this book is for you.

all wraped up in one book

Decorating With Silk & Dried Flowers is a great book. It has all the information you could want to do flower arranging. The pictures and explanations are also wonderful. I recommend this book to anyone interested in floral design. It's well worth buying enjoy!