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Nancy @ Nancy Liu Chin Designs, San Francisco Vendor: Florist Website: Nancy Liu Chin Designs About Me: A San Francisco native, Nancy graduated from the University of California - Berkeley's Haas Business School where she studied finance and marketing. Beyond running her floral studio, Nancy is a huge fan of Top Chef, loves to travel to exotic locations, is an avid reader of contemporary fiction and considers herself on Team Edward (Twilight fan!), entertains friends in her loft style home in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood, and can be found at SF Giant's home games. Nancy and her husband, Kevin are a dynamic pair and can be frequently seen walking their white Bichon Frisee, Chin Chin around the city and lounging at cafes sipping Italian sodas.

PRO: {Inside the Floral Studio #6: DIY with Submerged Orchids}

June 9th, 2009 @ 11:22 am by Nancy @ Nancy Liu Chin Designs

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For many years now, floral designers have been doing submerged flowers. Sometimes submerging is very easy, while other times they seem so intricate and require wiring, rocks, or weights.

The key to submerging flowers in a vase is to begin with a great vase. I prefer cylinder (24 to 30 inches tall) and unusual tapered vases. Of course, it’s important to put your own spin on it, so try different variations until you get it right. For this arrangement that I did, I choose a tapered vase.

The other key element is selecting a flower that would look great submerged. I have to be honest; orchids tend to be my favorite.

Believe it or not, some flowers don’t really work submerged. And others just look plain silly like hydrangea or carnations (trust me, I’ve tried them). There are many techniques for submerging. This one is one of my favorites…