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Willow and Vine tiny stem Gathering Basket

Tiny stems are often also delicate stems... place your cut flowers directly in a small glass of water. A perfect fit for this basket.

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

Glue an early Spring basket from leftover cherry blossom twigs

After the last petal drops cut the blossom twigs into snippets to craft a basket with.

Willow Parasol

Weave willow stems into a decorative parasol

Willow Paddle

Weave willow between the fork in a twig to create a paddle like armature

Hanging Willow Nest

Bend and weave a nest shape from fresh willow stems

The difference between detailing a sprouting stem for a floral design and pruning a stem

Give the stem a closer cut to detail for floral art

Weaving Willow spheres

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

Willow Heart Wand

Stripping foliage from weaving stems

Remove foliage from stems to weave with

Stripping bark from willow sticks

Strip the green bark from the stems to expose the smooth wood

Willow flower crown

Loosely weave willow tips to create an ethereal crown

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.

Chain link wreath weaving

Weave a few small wreaths to connect

Twig mushroom

Stack and wire a twig mushroom armature

Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

Mossy Twig handbag

Radiate short twigs in a circle to make a moss and twig handbag

Craft a Spring basket from a wreath

A wide gap nearly basket for nearly spring

Willow birdcage

Weave a willow birdcage to use as a wedding ring box

A little nest for Easter chocolates that naturally hooks over the edge of a container

Weave a tiny nest with a twig hook so that you can hang it in a design

Weaving a diagonal green grass basket

Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.

Midelino Harvest Moon Basket

This is a great flat and open basket to take outside when “harvesting” your fall leaves, pods and flowers. Who knows, you might even find a ghost pumpkin or three…

Midelino cane coil basket

Weave a hand basket from Midelino cane coils

Weave a heart shaped basket

An easy to assemble open weave basket

Just hatched willow twig egg armature

Craft a cracked egg shape armature for an Easter display.

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

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!

Coiled Spring and Wreath flower frog

Wind vines into an all natural armature to display your first of many... perfect... Spring flowers.

Spring Coil Straw Basket

Coil a straw basket... the easy way.

A secret and so pretty stay open support for a growing willow birdcage

Grow your own willow birdcage in a small pot to display Spring flowers in.

Tangle a wild wide web of Jasmine vine to suspend your flowers

My summer design strategy: the warmer the weather the deeper the water. A vine frog is just the thing!

Knot a vine wreath and ripped grass bug net

Simply easy design... with tiny design details to make your summer display unique.

Foxtail wreath frog with a leg in water

Twirl the fern into a wreath so that it can remain hydrated.

… ish

An early... ish Spring basket glued from blossom twigs

Creative Expectations

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

Practice

Weave a willow bird nest

When the pretty eyeballs you back!

Barely there skeleton blossoms with Eucalyptus eyes for my Halloween design... Oh! and a Willow Paddle, which probably should have been the main Tutorial... but... well...

Love Spell

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

You are all invited!

My article and Willow Crown design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

Link

weave a few wreaths to link

Twig-a-tude

Stack and wire twigs to create a twig mushroom with attitude for summer

When the wind whisper

Glue a fantasy forest from Popsicle sticks, grape vine tendrils and willow tips

Designing Your Way to Profits

Floral Craftsmanship Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine

Sparkler

A radiating twig design

Bring some Spring

Just like the weather is only hinting at spring, so is this design only hinting at being a basket

Swing Vine

Weave a delicate vine swing to nestle a small vase with spring flowers in

Spring Tray-ning

A Spring basket design for catching falling blossom petals.

I Break For Beauty

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

“Ha ha ha weeeeee!"

Beautiful iris wreath kebab to chase away the winter blues

Brewing some inspiration

Autumn harvest willow for a double the pretty plaited flower support

springy, Spring, spring

Gorgeous Aquilegia vulgaris spring flower... with it's own springy thing!

the arc of Success

Coil a straw basket for an Easter display

A Stay Open

Grow a willow birdcage... with a bit of a Spring flower support to get it started.

here… from … my little corner… of the world wide web

Weave a web of jasmine vine to support orchid stems

Catch and Release

Ah... yes summer time designing. Anyone else seeing more insects hiding between the petals this year?

everywhere IS nature

A lush wreath that remains green so that you can design once... and cut and cut and place your violas to make sure you have flowers all season long.

Salix matsudana "Tortuosa"

I wove three willow spheres for my Floral Art design Three Drops of floral chocolate.