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Making a rose even more roselike by enhancing its rosy-ness.

Tulip petals can be opened or reflexed to create a fuller bloom

Cut a wreath into sections to glue back together into a beautiful rose petal shape

Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without...

This is the easiest way to keep flower in place

Pike a few (hundred!) autumn leaves to build up a hollow leaf armature

Glue a round Autumn leaf Composite Flower.

A great way have your vines root and enjoy them too...

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.

Tape a grid over a vase to keep the floral details in place

Putting the focus on the flowers with an ever changing design.

Suspend flowers with an almost invisible taped grid

Release the soothing effect of the aroma and vapors from the Eucalyptus leaves my slightly crushing it while making roses

For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...

My block design is shaped around a Styrofoam block. It is bulky but lightweight and a great way to reuse packaging.

Rose

Light and airy... like a wonderful breeze on a hot summer day grass and erigeron display.

There's no need to rush the seasons. Take it slow and enjoy the plant material that are still available even if you are excited about what is to come...

Create a besom broom to sweep up those Autumn leaves

Spike a few hundred fall leaves to create a cauldron for Halloween flowers

Quick and easy: Stack autumn leaves onto a wire for a... tiny table top Christmas tree.

Every designer knows how to stretch their supplies. We use and re-use our dried plant material until our fellow designers feel like hiding it from us. I formed such an...

Designing for somewhere not still summer not yet autumn weather...

Have you heard? I have wonderful news this week. Oh! and I also have this pretty grapevine armature shaped like the petals of an open rose to show you. But... Have you heard...

Tulips are so perfect just as they are all that is needed is to simply drape their graceful leaves around the flowers

Using that little something that is unusual about your flower to make the design stand out.

Create a grid to rest some plant material so that it floats and some with their stems to rest in the water below

This was the first two designs for my Floral Art and craft demonstration at The Capilano Flower Arranging club