Hi,  I am not a florist but I had fun working with these turquoise poinsettas to make up a wreath unlike any my neighbors might have!

Two bushes of flowers were used: one turquoise and one a greenish/gold.  Use wire cutters to cut the flowers off the bush.  Leave it  a little long until you have worked with the flowers and know how much you need to adhere it to the wreath!  It is easier to shorten than wish you had left more later.  As you can see from the wreath and the pictres above, although the centers are nice, they didn't stand out, so we put glitter on them.  We also wanted to lighten the flower up a little and so we added glitter to one of the short petals near the center and one of the long petals  on the opposite side.

    A small brush was used to put glue all over the small leaf near the center and in a random pattern over the long outer leaf opposite.  After using the turquoise glitter, the center of the flower was painted with glue and the chartreuse glitter put on the centers.  You can put on the glitter in the order you want; just make sure to let it dry before using the other color.  Once the glitter is dry, you can use a clear sealer to overspray the glitter or wait till your wreath is done and  overspray it then.



 
The three pictures above show more detail of the flowers.  The greenish/gold flowers were used without adding additional glitter.  Note that the flowers are not all placed in the center.  It is  helpful to play with the placement of the flowers to determine where you want them before you glitter and  work with the other flowers.  I like to use the stems on the wreath to hold the flowers in place.  You can twist them around the flower stems and it will be enough to hold it  until final placement of everthing is decided.

Afer placement of the poinsettas, decide on placement of the fern like leaves.  Three leaves came on one stem, so next the leaves were cut off amd since they were straight, they had to be bent  for placement.   In this wreath, the tip placement was alternated in position - that is - the tip to the inside of the wreath alternated with the tip to the outside.  Once you have them bent and  in place, the rest is just filler.

5 stems of silver foam berries  were used and 2-3 stems of a short leafy silver pick.  ( Our picks were cut into two parts as only a small amount is needed.)

Once you have everthing where you like it, use hot glue to make the placement permanent.  Thin wire can be used for placement but more time is required.

For a larger picture so you can see placement better, look for the picture at the bottom of the page.

Uses:

Wreath: 24 inch (standard size)
Glitter :  Aquamarine #92  for turquoise leaves.  Use Green-Eyed Monster #82, Hot Lime #83 or Peridot #112 for the center of flowers.
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10 poinsettas ( 2 bushes of 5)
5 fern like leaves ( 2 stems of 3)
5 silver berry picks
3 silver leaf picks

Bottle of glue for crafts that dries clear and a mediun brush.  Be sure to wash out your brush with water so you can use it again!
Hot glue gun
Clear acrylic spray if you wish to keep glitter from falling off.