I have only ever made gumpaste roses and I have done them both with and without a wire. When I made them without the wire I just set the partially formed rose in a bowl filled with tissues while I made the next petal and it worked great. I bet you could do this with most, if not all of the flowers.
I've also used toothpicks for flowers, but for groups of leaves I'm pretty sure that doens't work. I am going to start an arrangement today and I think wires are my only choice for leaves and for alstromeria. I really hate doing that because it really doesn't seem credible to then call the decorations edible.... I'd love to hear better ideas.
Shalom,
itsacake!
I've tried spaghetti for a couple of things and found it breaks really easily (but I'm a klutz). If you find it works for you, plese post the kind/brand you use. The other problem I forsee is that the stems would be realy straight and difficult to use in an arrangement--but hopefully I'm wrong. Please post whatever you decide to do and how it works for you.
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