A method and apparatus to create corsage or wristlet types of floral arrangements includes a planar base member having a preferred ornamental shape to which a length of ribbon is attached. A length of fabric netting is gathered and is attached to the base member on top of, or simultaneously along with, the ribbon. The gathered fabric netting is trimmed as desired to provide preferably an oval three-dimensional shape, thereby completing the assembly of the apparatus. In use, the bottom of a plurality of blooms are dipped in a floral adhesive and pressed into the fabric netting to which they adhere until the entire fabric netting is sufficiently covered with blooms. The ribbon is used to tie the arrangement around a wrist or the excess ribbon is cut off and a decorative pin is used to secure the base member to a garment.

A card-like apparatus may be used as a card, a bow, a decoration, or other item, and is preferably made from a single sheet having an interior central region in the shape of a regular polygon defined by fold lines between the central region and a plurality of extremity panels. The panels fold across and beyond the central region, forming an outer perimeter that represents a flower, plant, holiday novelty, animal, person, or other object or living thing. Decoration such as paint, print, artwork, or a portion of a picture may be added to the panels so that the folded panels further represent the object or living thing. Methods have been developed to dissect a whole picture and then to lay or copy sectors of the picture onto distal portions of the panels, so that upon folding of the panels, the distal portions are visible, over and beyond the central region, in positions wherein the picture comes together again as a whole.