Valentine Balloon Bouquet, Part IIWe've attached the mylar heart balloon of your Valentine Balloon Bouquet to its floral base and started preparing the latex balloons. A few more steps and your unique Valentine's gift is done. Step 5: Attaching the Ribbon Cut about 1.5 m of ribbon. Leaving half a meter spare, tie it in front of the balloon knot (fig. 8). Tie a second knot to attach the ribbon securely. Pass the other end of the ribbon under the nylon line on your base. Adjust the height of the latex balloon until it is just touching the underside of the mylar heart (fig. 9). When you're happy with the positioning, tie the ribbon to the base with two securing knots.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 (opens a new window)for the remaining two balloons. When finished, the three latex balloons should be sitting at an even height (fig. 10). Your Valentine balloon bouquet is almost complete. So, let's move on to ... Step 6: Finishing Touches We need to tidy up the curling ribbon on the base. So take your scissors and trim the excess as close to the knots as possible (fig. 11). Next, curl the loose ends of the ribbons at the balloons. To do this you take an open pair of scissors. Starting at the knotted end, place the ribbon between your thumb and the blade edge and then pull the scissors down the entire length of the ribbon. Try not to grip too tightly as you'll make the curls too tight (fig. 12).
Take about 60cm length of white tulle and tie a decorative bow around the ribbons just above the plant (fig. 13). To add a final delicate touch, place your Valentine balloon bouquet on a doylie as shown in our example. That's it! All that's left to do now is to surprise your loved one with this unique and beautiful Valentine's gift.
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