Like a hazy serotinal sunset

A wreath bridge to hint at the transition between the wildness of late summer and the autumn haze to come

Arrange a selection of freshly cut cosmos flowers to hint at the autumn to come.

Weaving a twig wreath

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 copper wire into the weave

Stripping foliage from weaving stems

Remove foliage from stems to weave with

Standing a water tube at an angle in lumber

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

Scattered dried grass with raindrop crystals

Craft a light and airy grass halo to suspend tiny drop crystals around gorgeous roses.

An eggshell stack and grass snippet arch with a hidden water source for a Spring or Easter design

An almost nest like design with a hidden water source.

Hovering golden wheat Ghost Ship armature

Using dry and fresh floral material in one design without the dry becoming soggy and the fresh drying out.

Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

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

Four wreath harvest basket that looks like it grew that way… because now some of it still is!

Harvest some cuttings to root in a wild and overgrown floral design.

Vase topped with a Hollow Wreath for Halloween

Create a dimensional wreath by assembling wreath vine to hug around an oblong container.

Building up a wreath panel

Connect six wreaths to build up a hanging panel to display your flowers on.

Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin

Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin

Chain link wreath weaving

Weave a few small wreaths to connect

Weaving Willow spheres

I build up the spheres by weaving willow wreaths and then use those to shape the ball

Willow Heart Wand

Overgrown Willow web inspired by a traditional Dream-catcher

I wanted my willow armature to hint of a web-like dreamcatcher that grows in the wild rather than being a precise replica of the traditional craft technique. But I did weave it in a similar way.

Willow Spring

Set willow tips into a spiral to create a spring design

Willow Parasol

Weave willow stems into a decorative parasol

Hanging Willow Nest

Bend and weave a nest shape from fresh willow stems

Hanging Tillandsia

There are many ways to hang your air plants in a design. In this Tutorial I explore three

Weave a small wreath in the side twig of a willow branch to keep a flower in place in your design

This is both a decorative and functional design solution. But most importantly, I think, there is absolutely zero waste.

Weave a burst of overgrown wildness wreath

This wreath is perfectly imperfect. Perfect for using those first few autumn (or preserved from last autumn) leaves.

A green plaited willow way-over for small flower details

Here it is: the first of my first autumn harvest of willow from my willow coppice I am growing in my balcony garden. It is working spectacularly well!

Thread your wreaths in a row to show off your "it could (almost) be mistaken for Spring sprouts"

Late winter flowering irises in a wreath armature

Hug winding wreaths over a glass container for a jaunty gerbera, caladium and chilly almost autumn display

Using handmade wreaths as mechanics that gives that cozy early autumn vibrance.

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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

Counting Raindrops

Grass crisscross that makes you want to lean in closer to count the late summer raindrops around these gorgeous roses.

Ship Shape

The dry wheat stems are suspended from the outside of the container so that they remain dry and the flower stems can gently rest inside to remain hydrated.

Like trying to find a water tube in a eggshell stack

A fun Spring and Easter design with stacked eggshells.

Haerfest

Rooting clematis cuttings in a harvest wreath basket

Spring Light

Wrap and weave a lace fine disk.

Magic Spell Number 614: How to make absolutely any task you need to do fun

A hint of a wreath table top design for pre-Halloween decorating.

End Up

Connect small wreaths to create a pretty summer armature to arrange your flowers on.

As tendrils tend to do

Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin

Link

weave a few wreaths to link

On The Street Where You Live

A floral design snapshot of what it looks like when walking down the streets of Vancouver this week.

Three Drops of Floral Chocolate

The design drips down in three tiers each celebrating life, love and connection.

Love Spell

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

How To Catch A Dream

Take inspiration from a traditional Dream-catcher design to create a floral armature

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A willow sphere to display your first Autumn treasures.

How to make an early Spring

Roll and set willow twigs into a spring

Creative Expectations

My article and a floral parasol design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

Practice

Weave a willow bird nest

Strangeness

Weave a wreath to display air plants on

Transition into Fall

A sustainable, absolutely no waste floral design using willow to suspend your flower head in your arrangement.

You are all invited!

My article and Willow Crown design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

It’s a sugar rush!

A perfectly imperfect wild willow wreath to display the first Autumn treasures of the year.

Brewing some inspiration

Autumn harvest willow for a double the pretty plaited flower support

“Ha ha ha weeeeee!"

Beautiful iris wreath kebab to chase away the winter blues

I Break For Beauty

A cracked Easter Egg willow armature for hiding some treats...

It even sounds like the heat is winding down all the way up to a chill!

Winding up the colour of designs to a vibrant autumn.