cinnamon

* Cinnamon sticks (around 20 depending on the circumference of your oasis rounds)
* Two 8 cm oasis rounds
* Four bamboo kebab skewers
* 8 dress-makers pins
* Double-sided tape
* A small hack saw
* A zip lock bag
* Scissors and a permanent marker
* Piece of fairly thick brown paper
* Hot glue gun
* 5 Cymbidium orchids (lillies or roses would also work.)

Soak your oasis in water.  As I said in my previous post on rose and lamb's ear arrangements, place your oasis rounds in a small container filled with water and let them sink on their own - don't force them down.  If you force them you will end up with a dry pocket in the centre.  Soak for as long as possible.

Find a bowl or plate that is around 5cm wider than your oasis rounds.  With your permanent marker, draw around this on to your ziplock bag and cut it out.

 

Pin to the bottom of one of your oasis rounds as shown.

Place the other oasis round on top.  Measure the height of your two stacked rounds by placing a kebab skewer next to it.  Cut your four kebab skewers to that length.

Push the kebab skewers down to the bottom - be careful not to pierce the plastic at the bottom.

Cut out a rectangle from your zip-lock bag that goes right around the outside of the rounds with a small overlap.  Use double-sided tape to secure this down.