This arrangement is a petite, which means (by NAFAS rules) that it must be no more than 25cm (approx. 9") in width, depth and height. It was made for a competition to depict a Fabergè creation. It is made entirely from dried plant material. The head of the topiary tree is a dryfoam ball, which has been covered with dried Buxus leaves (Box), which have been stuck on in layers using hot melt glue. The leaves were varnished to give them a shine. Stuck on to the leaves at intervals are some small pieces of dried Statice dumosa, sprayed gold, and some dried continental lentils, which have been painted with pink pearlised nail varnish to emulate enamel. The stem of the tree is a gold sprayed piece of twig. The container, base and plinth have been made from cardboard, which I sprayed green, then highlighted with black, to give a marbled effect. On each of the corners of the container and plinth are some dried seed pods which have been painted with pink pearlised nail varnish. A garland of gold Statice dumosa and lentils adorns the container, with glycerined and gold sprayed tassels of Garrya eliptica at the corners. Gold reindeer moss (Cladonia rangifera) covers the dryfoam in the container.