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Purple Perfection Peony


Peonies are one of my favorite flowers, we have had them adorn our landscaping for almost 22 years; I remember planting our first peony plant with Sydney (she was almost two) and it just happened to be Mother’s Day. As I was covering the the second cake Sydney came through the door ready for 10 days of fun (she is spending the summer in DC). I had originally created the Peony cake topper as another cake, in a long line, of 21 birthday cakes for her to choose…

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Tiers Of Happiness commented over 11 years ago

It’s great how you achieved the peony to be so widely open… I see you used a wire for the petal as well, did you use wire for each petal and leave them go dry a bit first?
Thank you!
Ilona

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Bobbie commented over 11 years ago

I wired each petal with 28 gauge wire, and allowed them to try dry partially. I needed the petals to have some amount of pliability. I have fully detailed tutorial @ http://su.pr/2uN5J7

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