How to Use a Lapel Pin Vase
- 1). Insert a bamboo skewer into the pin vase. Push the tip to the bottom of the vase. Mark the skewer with a pencil line at the point where it emerges from the top of the vase. This will give you a measurement for the stem of the flower you will place in the vase.
- 2). Pin the vase pin to your lapel. Position it so that the vase is straight up and down. Move your head and arms a bit to make sure you won't easily brush the pin with your movements.
- 3). Place a small amount of liquid inside the base of the vase using the eye dropper. Fill the vase about 1/2 inch deep.
- 4). Fill a bowl or sink basin with water. Make it deep enough that you can submerge your flower and cut the stem fully underwater.
- 5). Measure the length of the flower stem against the marked bamboo skewer. Holding the stem of the flower underwater, slice the stem at an angle using a single cut.
- 6). Pull the flower from the water and place in the vase immediately.
- 7). Fill the vase around the flower stem using the eye dropper. Fill to about 1/3 inch from the top; leave a little space so that your movements don't cause the vase to splash.
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