Craft Supplies

A stem is one bloom on one stem — the unit bouquet recipes count from. A bush is several heads wired onto a single group and is counted and priced as ONE piece, however many heads it carries (the head count is stated on every bush listing). A spray is a short branch carrying a small cluster of blooms or buds, used as the finishing layer on wreaths, corsages and arrangements; a pick is its smallest cousin, usually a single accent on a short stem. Choose by the work: stems for recipe-building, bushes for volume-filling, sprays and picks for finishing.

No — every supply on this line sells per piece from quantity one. Bulk tiers (inner box and full carton) exist on the same listings as quantity discounts, not as minimums: they matter when a wedding or a season of wreath stock makes unit cost worth caring about. A first build typically needs fewer than a dozen pieces — one or two testers per flower type, a base, ribbon, and foam. Sample-first remains the standard play throughout the section: order the single piece, check it in daylight, then scale to a tier on the exact SKU you approved.

Grapevine for a first wreath — the frame is already a finished object, so gaps read as rustic charm instead of poor coverage; work in clumps of sprays and picks, wire each clump, and trim. Metal frames (single wire or triple ring) reward more structured builds like deco mesh work and hold heavier attachments, but show every gap. Straw forms suit dried-look and harvest builds. The wreath forms page walks sizes too: 18 in. for indoor and statement walls, 22–24 in. for a standard front door, larger only for double doors and commercial spaces.

Match width to the job. 2.5 inches is the all-purpose standard — the bow size on most door wreaths and package toppers. 1.5 inches is for streamer tails, thin trims, cake bands and small bows where a 2.5 would swamp the piece. 4 inches makes statement bows for large wreaths, swags and mailbox builds. Yardage math: a standard wreath bow eats about 3 yards at 2.5 in., and tails add 1–1.5 yards each — a 10-yard roll therefore carries a bow plus tails plus wrap, or roughly three plain bows. Every width-and-yardage combination is a variation on one listing, not separate pages.

Yes — per SKU, broken out by part: petals (silk-blend fabric, real-touch foam, or PE film), leaves (fabric or PE), and stem (wired, sometimes wrapped). The sample box ships one piece per material line with a contents card naming each material, so the difference between fabric and foam can be judged by hand before any build is committed. This disclosure exists because the words silk, foam and real-touch get used loosely across the industry; here each listing states which is which rather than leaving it to guesswork from the price.

Sheltered outdoor spots — a covered porch, a door with an overhang — are fine for standard craft lines, and seasonal displays there are a normal use. Fully exposed placements are a different job: constant sun fades fabric petals and ribbon over a season or two, and heavy rain is hard on any artificial botanical. For open-exposure garden beds, railings and planters, the outdoor-rated line is listed separately with its UV-resistant line. The honest rule of thumb: treat an unprotected craft piece like a seasonal flag, and it lasts; treat it as weatherproof, and it will teach you otherwise.