Shinoda Design Center » smithers oasis http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net The Decorator's Super Warehouse Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:24:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tip of the Day: How to Pick Your Floral Foam http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net/2011/09/15/tip-of-the-day-how-to-pick-your-floral-foam/ http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net/2011/09/15/tip-of-the-day-how-to-pick-your-floral-foam/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:11:59 +0000 James http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net/?p=1289 Continue reading →]]> If you are thinking that this tip looks familiar, then you are correct. Before I started Tip of the Day, I wrote up a blog about this and posted it to our old site. Seeing how I wrote the Tip about how to soak your floral foam, I figured it would be helpful to re-post this one. Click on the product image to get more information or to purchase. Purchasing requires account registration and activation.

Springtime is light density foam. It is best suited for flowers with hollow, delicate stems such as irises, tulips, daffodils, etc.
Standard is medium density foam. It is perfect for everyday designs with roses, carnations, poms, liatris, etc.
Instant is Standard Floral Foam punched with holes for faster water absorption.
Deluxe is heavy density foam. It is ideal for larger-stemmed flowers, especially tropicals such as birds of paradise, ginger, heliconia, protea, etc.
Advantage Plus is an all purpose economy foam punched with holes for faster water absorption for the price conscious florist. It has a light to medium density with average stem grip for most day to day arrangements.

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One of the most basic floral design products is floral foam. We have multiple sources and kinds of foam in our warehouses. To properly hydrate them, follow these basic guidelines. First, get a large tub of water and fill it up. Place the bricks of floral foam into this tub and allow them to absorb the water until they float levelly on the top. Do not place the bricks under running water or push them beneath the water to speed up absorption. Doing either of these will cause air bubbles to be trapped in the foam which results in pockets of dry foam. These pockets of dry foam will not work to hydrate the stems you are pushing into it.

If you need the floral foam to soak up water faster, look for Instant Floral Foam. This type of foam is designed specifically for faster water absorption.

If you’d like to see our complete line of Floral Foam Products, take a look at the Floral Foam Products section in our online store.

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Have you ever seen a Halloween display and wondered how the cobweb effect was created? I am not talking about the cotton or thread factory created kinds. The kind that wrap figurines and have a much more random weave.

Here is what you need: two blocks of styrofoam, a hot glue pan, and the hot glue pan chips to place in the pan. Turn on the glue pan letting the glue heat and turn to liquid. Dip one block of styrofoam into it. Next, take the block of styrofoam and with the glue side facing down, push it against the other block of styrofoam. Pull them apart, and voila! You should have a web that has been created between the two blocks of styrofoam. Quickly rub the ends of the web onto whatever you would like it to be on.

If you are looking for the items, here are links to them:

Floralife Pan Melt Glue
Smithers Oasis Pan Melt Glue
Smithers Oasis Hot Glue Pan
Styrofoam Products

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