Flower Placement

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Make all pull out stems and vines first. This will help to place the flowers properly. It will take some practice at first. You will need to experiment in holding the decorating bag in the proper angle and position. Angle, position of bag, and how the tip is tilted are of most importance to your success. Icing should be medium consistancy. You can use royal, buttercream, bettercream etc. icings. Some of these flower sprays work best on sheet cakes and some are best used on round cakes. In most cases, you can redisign to fit better.

Bachelor Buttons Petals: Using large flower nail, pipe tip 103 ruffle petals leaving space for centers. Centers, tip 5 - hold flat to nail so it spreads out. Then go over with tip 2 dots. The leaves are tip 249 royal blue.	Sweet Peas Pipe 2 ruffle petals tip 104 flat to nail. Pipe 2 standing petals, tip 103. Pipe deep purple center. Leaves: Hold bag at 12:00 and pull out flat leaf. #2 stems	Fantasy Flower Make large petals tip 81 separately and assemble. Small drop flowers tip 224
Poinsttias Tip 225 petals on largest flower nail. Tip 5 dots, over pipe tip 1. Pine tip 2 pull outs	Hibiscus 5 tip 104 petals Tip 249 small leaves	Oak and acorns Tip 104 leaves Tip 16 base of acorns Tip 12 acorn center
PrimroseG Tip 104 5 petals on nailD Tip 249 tiny leaves on #2 stems	Gardenias and Wisteria Tip 104 gardenias Tip 149 to make clusters of wisteria Tip 249 large leaves.	Roses Tip 104 roses Tip 35 drop flowers Tip 3 held flat for drop fl. buds Tip 240 leaves
Dainty BessM Petals: On flower nail, pipe tip 103 ruffle petals leaving space for centers. Tip 13 star centers	Mums"N Tip 103 leaves: hold tip flat to surface Pipe tip 10-12 center to later pipe petals over. Tip 82 mum...make out petals first, work to center	"Nothing Flowers"