Hang on, love

Hanging knotted foliage hearts from Quince blossom branches

Add a bit of love to your blossom branches with hanging heart knots.

Braid a Celtic heart knot

Braid or knot a traditional Celtic heart with foliage

Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

Manipulate Blossoming Twigs To Hang Fluttering Woven Grass Hearts

These peach blossom branches needed only the tiniest bit of help to frame the woven hearts to perfection.

Standing a water tube at an angle in lumber

Create a minimal design by placing a single flower on a platform

Stretching leaves and foliage into a ringlet curl

Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.

Hanging dangling eggshells with a twig and some ripped grass

Pierce eggshells to string it up for a delicate Spring design element.

Willow Heart Wand

Sliced Grassy Cabbage

Slicing a cabbage to create an armature for a vegetable design.

Wrap around grass loop and knot armature

Connect strips of ripped grass to create a knotted armature for short stemmed flowers

Ripped Foliage Mesh

Create a delicate mesh over the design

Free Standing Twig and Wire Heart Armature

Bend wires and fill in the gabs with Stillingia twigs to make a delicate heart armature

Have your heart set on it armature for Valentines Day

A prepare ahead armature design that relies on the strength of a heart shape.

Blossom craving solutions: Forcing and Coaxing and crafting flowering branches

Early spring floral styling with some magic

Blossom Twig Heart Frame… with a twist in the middle

Curve and tie a blossoming twig into a heart... that can suspend a heavy flower head.

Suspend a tiny flower over a large water filled container in a sandwich knot support

You don't have to design with a bud vase when you have a bud vase sized flower.

Parallel Hang Ups

While waiting for the blossoms to open... why not weave in a touch of Valentine's Day love?

Tying the knot

Gypsophilla design with Celtic love knots featured in the DIY Wedding Magazine

Tying the knot and loosening those curls

Romantic rose centerpiece with just a bit of an edge featured in the DIY Wedding Magazine

If

Place a water tube at an angle in lumber so that the Zantedeschia float just above the base to show off the delicate grass snippets scattered up the stem

Well… we did it again!

Blossoms and chocolates for Easter

It’s all ===> right

Hang a dangling eggshell in a Spring blossom design.

Love Spell

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

Half the Fun

Cut a cabbage to create a design platform

On the net

Knot a net to rest short stem orchids on.

Just Meshing About

create a mesh to drape over the design to create a soft veil.

Book Launch Day!

Oh yes! Today is officially my book launch day!

Be My Twig-Heart

Glue an upright twig heart for a freestanding Valentine's display

A tendril Valentine connection

A delicate... but robust armature framing a heart space.

And now we wait

A bit of flower magic to get a few early blossoms to enjoy inside.

If you frame it that way…

A blossom frame to display the prettiest anthurium of the whole bunch!

Blue…

The tiniest flower adds some much needed coolness to a summer floral design.