Loud the Clear

On a line pavé inspired floral design for a cooling water summer display

Use the reflection of the water to fill in your mosaic tile to create a summer pavé tile.

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.

Sparkle web for a wreath display

Weave fishing line over a wreath to create a sparkling grid to stick dew drop crystals to.

Wrap a line grid to support plant material in a shallow, stemmed container

Fishing line creates an invisible grid over a shallow glass cake stand to support the plant material

Macramé inspired hanging test tubes

When I hang these delicate glass bubbles I want to make sure they are really secure. By slipping them into Macramé inspired knots they are not only hanging securely but the fishing line knots at the sides also protect them against bumps

Sea glass counter weights to keep leaning top heavy stems from tipping

An easy fix for preventing flowers from falling out of a container

Craft a spinning diamond shape to frame your small design

A fun hanging design that spins in the slightest breeze.

Wire hairpin needle for threading flowers

Hairpin wire needle to pierce flowers.

Snowy Twig Christmas Twinkle Swag

Prune a dried twig from your garden to display as a luxurious minimal Christmas floral swag.

Rolling leaf tubes

Roll foliage to create tubes

Skewered Foliage Garland

Create a garland that dries well with rolled up leaves

Wedding welcome and direction sign

Hang a twig and wood mobile at your weeding as a direction board

Designing with Tillandsia

Air plants need special design consederations

Clips to hang flowers vertically

I designed and printed these clips on a 3D printer as a fast, secure and convenient way to hang water tubes vertically down fishing line.

Messy wire lace

I call this “lace” because I use pins to guide the wire sections together- almost like you do when making lace.

Besom Broom

The word ‘Besom’ derives from the old English ‘besma’ meaning ‘bundle of twigs’.

Twinkle and Pine Christmas Star

Use a cardboard shape to craft a simple wire Christmas star

Three Tier Wire Ring Chandelier

Bend and weave three wire wreaths to string up as an air plant chandelier

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.

Floating Filigree Pumpkin Patch

String up pumpkins and glass seahorse vases to craft an autumn mobile design.

Secret Battery holder

Sometimes the best way to hide something in your design is right in the open

Hanging Twig Line-Up

Craft a twig mobile for Spring

Bark squares, wire and water tubes dangling dangler

A mobile design that is crafted around your plant material.

Celebrate!

A closer look at my design at the 20th anniversary of Canada Blooms and The Toronto Flower Show

Besprinkle Birthday besparkle!

A reflection back into my sparkliest design ideas as we celebrate my book's birthday!

Pink

Weave an invisible grid to float the plant material on

On Pumpkin Coloured Days

Create a besom broom to sweep up those Autumn leaves

In the Bag

My bag was woven from re-purposed wire and recycled fishing line and tiny stems of growing sweet pea plants and orchids

But of course.

Repurpose an apothecary vase lid for a floating Spring design.

Let's hang out

Skewer some Eucalyptus to suspend between the orchids

Hang on!

Macrame inspired handing seahorse vases

Diamond Jubilee Waterfall

To commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and the 20th Anniversary of Friends of Government House Gardens Society a Horticultural event was hosted in the gardens and Great Hall of Government House in Victoria, Canada entitled British Columbia Blooms.

Seeing a Diamond in the Stuff

A fun design to create a spinning diamond frame using minimal plant material for maximum effect.

Designing Body Blooms

Designing Contemporary Floral Accessories and Body Flowers Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine

Are you a fan?

Weave a fan... and add calligraphy inspired floral details using another fan favourite Tutorial... drying hydrangeas.

‘Twas, and still is pausing to add a grin to your Swag Details that really Crafts a special Christmas

One snip from the garden... and you have your swag ready for Christmassy snow!

Today I'll be

Silhouette design using glasses filled with water

Wedding Welcome

My article and wedding direction board design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

But wait… there's more!

Tucked into the box with every advance copy of the book, the effortless floral craftsman is a packet of clips. This design and Tutorial is a bit of inspiration... what will you create with your clips?

Jack Frost’s Christmas stocking

I used wire, fishing line (mono-filament) and Phalaenopsis orchid roots to make a messy lace Christmas stocking and dressed the stocking with frost green Cymbidium orchids

A Very Merry Christmas Star

A wire Christmas star with a secret plan to hide the twinkle

A Twirl

Suspend a wire chandelier design to twirl

If you frame it that way…

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

As pumpkins do this time of year

Hanging pumpkins and tiny vases to create a Autumn mobile floral design.

Strangeness

Weave a wreath to display air plants on

Get in line!

Line up a few pussy willow twigs for a hanging armature

Dangling

Cut flowers arranged as an airy and breezy mobile.

Harnessing the Wind