DIY Monday: Flower arranging tip

I asked a friend to help me with a wedding a couple weeks ago and she was asking about making a tape grid to hold flowers in a square vase. There's a special floral tape that's water resistant and skinny enough to make a grid on a small vase opening.

It's called "clear floral tape" and it's made by the Oasis company - the same people who make the floral foam. I finally found mine at save-on-crafts.com (after much searching).

Before you arrange your flowers, you make a simple grid (like a 9 patch quilt by using 2 strips of tape one way and 2 strips of tape the other way) with this tape at the top of the vase - don't make the ends too long or they'll show under your arrangement. Also make sure you keep a center square so that you'll be able to make a center in your arrangement. Add your water and preservative after you've made the grid and use the grid to help keep your flowers in place.