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She smiled to the rest of them. "You will each have a pair of safety clippers, made so that it will cut the flowers but not you. Pick out some of the best flowers out of my collection. But remember to leave a few good blooms on the plant. Never ruin a plant for the sake of the arrangement. There's always good replacements. Put them into one of the pitchers of water. Then you will pick a vase and a packet. These packets contain powder that will turn the water into a colorful potion which will freeze the flowers' look as they are for about a week."
Anna retrieved a pair of safety clippers and the headed over to the flower collection to pick out the ones she wanted to arrange. There were flowers of all shapes, sizes, and colors, but Anna went right for the red and orange-yellow flowers, thinking they'd look wonderful with some baby's breath spread throughout. Anna then picked out a vase that she thought would compliment the flowers and baby's breath. She used the pitcher to fill the vase with water. When she was sure she had an appropriate amount added in, she poured a packet in, thinking that it was pretty awesome that this potion would freeze the look of her flowers for a week.
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Korvis Korvis looked over at Crystal. "Keep the stem as long as possible. You can always trim it later, after all." She walked around, looking about, then it occurred to her she'd forgotten something. Well, after Jimmy followed her around a few minutes tugging on her and changing to different colors. "Oh! I almost forgot! Make sure that your colors work well together." She waved her wand and a color wheel appeared on the board. "Something about colors next to each other and across from each other. Either way, if in doubt, hold the flowers next to each other."
Color Wheel Anna looked at the combination of red and orange-yellow flowers she'd chosen. The colors really did work well together. They reminded her of a sunset, something she's always loved to see. The green leaves really helped set everything off and when the baby's breath was added, it would look even better.
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Korvis "Alright, then! Everyone has the flowers they want? If you haven't already, pick a packet. Fill a vase with some water and add your packet to it! Cover the top with your hand and shake it around good. What you should have left is a wonderful colored gel with bubbles! You can move your arrangement into there, then move them freely in the gel. It will hold them in whatever place you want!"
ooc: When you are done, please say how your arrangement looks. Points will be awarded for it!
Anna covered the top of her vase with her hand and then shook until she was sure the contents of the packet had dissolved throughout. Anna removed her hand and stared at what she'd produce. The mixture looked...
weird. It was an odd color with weird looking bubbles brewing all over. Anna shrugged and then set to work to create her arrangement.
Anna started with a red flower and then added in an orange-yellow one. She continued with this process until she a vaseful of alternating red and orange-yellow flowers. She thought it looked pretty that way, because none of the red flowers seemed to be touching each other and none of the orange-yellow flowers seemed to be touching each other. Anna fluffed up a few of the leaves so they could be seen, as well. There were no holes throughout the arrangement. All of the flowers seemed to work well together. Anna grabbed several pieces of baby's breath and arranged them in patterns throughtout the arrangement. She then stood back and admired her work. True, it wasn't what agreed Herbology class should be all about, but at least the flowers were pretty.