Parallel Hang Ups

Dew-Drop Crystals

I created the Tutorial for how I add these crystals to my floral designs 11 years ago! Since then I have tried, tested and searched for the perfect crystals that would go from studio‑table picture perfect to show‑day‑dependable and I always come back to these. They remain the absolute best. They’re inexpensive yet have a refined, high‑quality crystal brilliance; they don’t tarnish and their adhesive backing stays reliably tacky even after they were exposed to water.

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.

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.

Stretching leaves and foliage into a ringlet curl

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

Marching winter frosted twig and freesia stack

Frost a few twigs to craft a delicate armature for fragrant freesias

Large wax snowflakes

Artificial snow can be very "chemical" and flowers deteriorate quickly when exposed to it. It also dissolves in water. I use candle wax as "snow"

Twig Tumbler

Wire and glue a stack of sticks into a cylindrical or tube shape

That good old double vase trick

Create a dry layer by placing a smaller vase inside the larger vase

Scalable twig and Phalaenopsis orchid winterscape panel

This design can easily scale up or down by using larger or smaller pieces of wood to create a larger wall panel or make a few of these panels to stack as tiles to create a more easily manageable composite

Free Standing Twig and Wire Heart Armature

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

Willow Heart Wand

Winter White Twig Screen

Glue twigs to screen delicate flowers for a wintry design.

Willow and Rose heart armature

Weave willow stems into a heart shaped armature.

Moss Heart

Biodegradable copper mesh makes the perfect shape to fill with moss to grow tiny stem plants

Wire two Equisetum shoots into a heart

A wire in the hollow cavity inside a shoot of equisetum makes it easy to manipulate into a heart

Have your heart set on it armature for Valentines Day

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

Craft a birch bark bud vase topper for a openhearted Valentine's display

Craft a keepsake heart on top of a vase to display special flowers.

Blossom craving solutions: Forcing and Coaxing and crafting flowering branches

Early spring floral styling with some magic

Hover winter twig armature with an acetate platform

Crystal clear floral design for winter styling

Hanging knotted foliage hearts from Quince blossom branches

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

Float a swirling vine nest in a small vase to help keep your flowers in place

Turn a flower vase into a bud vase by floating a smaller container inside the larger one.

March Days

Line up a few frosted twigs to march across a shallow container

It's stick season!

Snap and stack an glue a few twigs to create a lace like armature

How do you do?

Snow and twigs winter design

On a Grand Scale

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

Be My Twig-Heart

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

Tying the knot

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

Love Spell

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

Tread softly on winter

A delicate winter twig armature to show off the delicate beauty of these early spring coloured tulips.

Pick Love

Craft a willow heart to display 12 red roses to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Grow Love

Love grows!

Two Are

Equisetum Valentine's hearts

A tendril Valentine connection

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

Spoiler Alert: It’s You

A birch bark heart for Valentine's Day

And now we wait

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

Snow… drops

A late winter design for minimal floral styling.

Hang on, love

A hanging heart design to celebrate love this Valentine's Day.

My valenVine

An... everything is moving... design. The tulips are growing and the small vine filled vase is bopping around in the water. And if you lean them against each other just right it grows and bobs in place!