How do you sink a flower?

Are you wanting just the bloom surmerged or are you keeping the stem on? If you keep the stem attached, you can anchor the flower down with rocks. If not, I have not idea.

I posted something (kinda country sounding) a while back.. Using actuall sinkers for fishing. they are shaped like Pac Man and just clamp shut, so i see no reason they couldnt be clamped close to flower on stem, before stem is cut. :>)

good luck

You can anchor the stems in the pebbles in the bottom of the vase, or use anchors. A good one to use, that is VERY cheap, are lead weights. You can buy plant ones at any pet shop (for aquarium plants). The look like long flexible metal strips, and you wrap them around the stem to hold them down. They are about $2 for 20.

The fishing sinker would work wonderfully and you can get them in all different sizes.

That's right! I remember you saying something about using sinkers before! I totally forgot about that! I'll have to experiment with that to see if it'll work... don't see why it wouldn't! I could probably even put a few of them on there if I needed to. Thanks for the help! And I'm wanting probably just the bloom to be sunken so it wouldn't really work to anchor it with rocks. Although I guess I could always hide the stem under the rocks... hmmm. Gives me a few option to mess with. Thanks guys!

I didn't see your post earlier Analy.... I'll have to look into those lead weights.... 20 of them for $2 is my kind of money! I love all the helpful suggestions I get on this website... you guys are amazing!

Yup! You would just leave a tiny bit of stem, wrap the anchor, and stick it into the rocks. Ur welcome!

Okay, now onto my next question.... if the Gerber Daisy is sunken, would you really even be able to tell if the Daisy was real or not?

Depends. Some silk flowers will bleed when submerged in water. You would need to do a test.

Wow... I never would have thought that a silk flower would bleed. I'll have to test that out. A huge help as always Analy.

Any time! You might look for plastic ones...no bleeding there!

I might run by Hobby Lobby today and see what they have. Will I be able to tell which ones are silk and which are plastic? I've never really worked with fake flowers before so I'm a little lost - lol

You will be able to tell. Just buy a few, submerge them in separate containers of water, and see what happens! take photos too, so you can compare.

Never would have thought of taking pictures! That way I can always look back at the picture to compare.

Well, not only that, but if you do a total setup with any other things you are including (like candles) you have an image to show whoever is seting it up, if you can't be there, with an order to "DO IT LIKE THIS OR ELSE!" LOL

Just had to stop by and say that the title of your post made me smile... and I needed that

I would take some fishing line and a needle. pierce the very center of the flower, then tie a knot. It's clear, so no one will notice. Then attach a sinker to the fishing line, and hide the sinker with rocks. Then you can control how far down you want the flower. It could be suspended in the center of the glass, or at the very bottom, depending on how long you make the fishing line.

Ooo Carmen, good idea!

This may be waaaaay off base and I have no idea of costs, but there is this stuff called floral gel or something like that. It's supposed to look like water. I heard someone say it starts out like a powder and you add water to it and then it gels up. I know that was TOTALLY vague, but you might look into it. I would do more research for you, but I'm at work with limited internet.

That is a wonderful idea Carmen! And I'll have to look into that floral gel too to see the pros and cons of that. Thank you all... you have amazing suggestions... as always!