Workbench
Basics
Basket
support
Dress up the handles of 4-inch baskets
to enhance Administrative Professionals Day gifts.
Four-inch-round willow baskets economically contain modest
bouquets and small plants, making these designs perfect gifts
for gracing the desks and cubicles of customers’ support staff.
Taking the time to add a little flair to the basket handles will
set your Administrative Professionals Day offerings apart from
the rest, and arranging the materials low in the baskets will
help keep the focus on the handle treatments, which is a twist
from more common arrangements that obscure the handles and
utilize them for support only.
A mounded basketful of carnations has double charm with a
ring of Hypericum berries encircling it and a bow arranged
in shoestring fashion on the handle. The bow is created with
four loops, which is an ideal way to add bulk to the thin
ribbon, and it is placed off-center for an asymmetrical
presentation. A pronounced center knot is created by tying
the bow to the handle with an additional length of ribbon.
HOW TO:
Make a four-loop bow with wire-edge ribbon. Tie the bow in
the center with another length of ribbon, and tie the bow
onto the basket handle with that same piece of ribbon. Curl
the ribbon tails around the basket handle.
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A mounded basketful of carnations has double charm with a
ring of Hypericum berries encircling it and a bow arranged
in shoestring fashion on the handle. The bow is created with
four loops, which is an ideal way to add bulk to the thin
ribbon, and it is placed off-center for an asymmetrical
presentation. A pronounced center knot is created by tying
the bow to the handle with an additional length of ribbon.
HOW TO:
Place a dab of hot glue onto a basket handle where it
connects to the basket, and press a piece of ribbon onto the
glue. Wrap the handle with the ribbon, and secure it on the
other side with another dab of hot glue.
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An interesting handle treatment of broom (Genista) adds
thickness and organic appeal to a basket filled with
carnations and jessamine (Murraya) foliage. The broom is
inserted into the floral foam at each side of the basket’s
handle and attached to the handle using thin-gauge wire
wrapped with a light-green stem wrap, which is curled at the
ends to resemble tendrils. The carnations and jessamine
foliage are arranged via the terracing method to create
depth.
HOW TO:
Arrange stems of Genista into a floral-foam-filled basket
where the handle joins the basket. Form the Genista to cover
the handle, and secure it in place occasionally with pieces
of taped wire. Curl the ends of the wire into “tendrils.”
MATERIALS:
ribbon from Morex Corp.; baskets, carnations, Gerberas,
Hypericum, broom (Genista), ‘Charlotte’ roses, button spray
chrysanthemums, sunflowers, jessamine (Murraya) foliage and
ming fern from favorite suppliers.
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