Originally Posted by Mardy

In the olden days to get the length of a shower bouquet everyting would be wired and taped......then taped together working your way up the 'shower', sniping off the excess wire as you go, until you get to where you want the handle to be, then spool wire flowers in place to get the shape at the top. Find this method much, much lighter to hold, especially with the showers getting bigger and bigger. But VERY labour intensive!