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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Jingle Belling

Christmas Flower Trends 2013: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year… A Contemporary floral art Christmas inspired by the lyrics (with more than a little creative license, of course) by the Christmas song

Jingle Belling Floral Art Design

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Jingle bells, tinsel and Seeded Eucalyptus wreath

With the twigs jingle belling

Shiny silver jingle bells

And everyone telling you "Be of good cheer"

Curl tinsel to drape over the seeded eucalyptus.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Glue and stack twigs to make a messy wreath

It's the hap-happiest season of all

Stacked twig and eucalyptus wreath

With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings

Seeded Eucalyptus Christmas table top wreath

When friends come to call

Jingle bells, tinsel, twig and Seeded Eucalyptus wreath

It's the hap- happiest season of all

"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" was written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle

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Tutorials

24 July 2012 Stacked Twig Roundabout

This is a great way to use all those bits of twigs and sticks in your design room to make a floral armature

18 December 2013 Jingle bell stem hook

Cut a delicate stem to hook jingle bells on

22 May 2012 Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

24 July 2012 Blow away hot glue strands

When you glue a structure with hot glue there are always a few stray strands of glue stuck all over the design. Blow it away with a hairdryer.

16 August 2011 Cut spiked flower stems and foliage into short sections

Orchids grow in long flower spikes. It is great to use the entire stem but sometimes you need shorter section. There is a trick to cutting the stems without leaving a visible...

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