| Artificial flowers have come a long way from the | | | | material to give the silk flowers life like textures and to |
| days of silk material or crepe paper. Today a wide | | | | recreate the real flower shine Peachskin, a sueded |
| variety of materials and manufacturing techniques are | | | | fabric is used for flowers such as magnolias to give |
| used to create incredibly life like artificial flowers. | | | | that velvety feel that you find on the fresh flower. |
| The most popular material used to create artificial | | | | Artificial berries are usually created from plastic foam |
| flowers is a cotton polyester blend which holds colour | | | | and are then painted with enamel paint to give the |
| dyes and textures that are added to the material. | | | | same lustre shine that you find with real berries. |
| The material is as soft as silk but is harder wearing | | | | All artificial flowers have wire stems, which makes |
| than silk fabric. Cotton polyester material is far | | | | arranging the flowers much easier. Many fresh |
| cheaper to produce than real silk. | | | | flowers need to have their flimsy stems wired so that |
| Latex is another very popular material used. You | | | | the flower can be placed correctly in an arrangement, |
| often find flower varieties such as Calla lily, Anthuiums | | | | however you can avoid having to do this with artificial |
| and Heliconia to name a few. A lot of the different | | | | flowers. It makes manipulation of the flower within an |
| types of greenery used are also manufactured from | | | | arrangement much easier. |
| latex. It gives the artificial flower the same stiff | | | | As can be seen silk wedding flowers are made from |
| structure and feel that you find in the fresh variety. | | | | numerous different materials and this makes them able |
| Special fabric finishes are some times applied to the | | | | to be used by numerous brides for their special day. |