You can feel it in the air

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.

Moss Grosgrain Ribbon

What a find! They are exactly, exactly the colour of "healthy plant material". This is a great design staple to have in your tool box for securing floral details that you might need a visible tie that should not distract from the plant material.

The Effortless Floral Craftsman, a floral crafter's guide to crafting with nature

For more information about my book (and to read the first 38 pages for free...) here is the shop link.

Knot some knots to elevate a traditional knotted butterfly to slip into a messy grass sheath frame

Combine two sheaths of grass into a wreath. The perfect habitat for the very rare... "LooksJustLikeASquiggle" species of butterfly

Ripped Grass Frame

Create a sheltered or veiled design by framing the outer edge of your armature (in this case thick cardboard) with long strands of grass

Loop-over grass veil for a cool summer design

A cool and minimal floral design for summer.

Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

Three Twig Bundle Braid

Braid bundles of twigs to create an armature for flowers to dance in

Knot a delicate hammock from ripped foliage

Light and airy addition to a floral design to celebrate summer

Knot a dragonfly

The easiest critter ever. All you need to do is make a few knots...

Ripped Flax Mittens

Knot delicate floral mittens from flax.

Weaving Zori-inspired slip-on Sandals

Sandals made from bamboo, grass and sisal and a bit of satin ribbon for luxury

Twig and skeleton leaf Stick Insect

Made from dried cherry twigs and a skeleton leaf.

Weaving a ring basket

Create a wire frame and weave ripped foliage around it

Cross and knot forked stems to support them in a minimal summer display

Abyssinian Gladiolus do not need much help to be pretty perfect for a summer display... water and a few twigs and a pretty bow.

Grass Spiral Snail

Fold a foliage snail

Fold a crab from grass

A fun coastal touch for your design... a woven crab.

Zig zag Palm Dragonfly

Fold a dragonfly from a long strand of grass or palm leaf

Scattered dried grass with raindrop crystals

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

Twisted Lily Grass sun hat

Twist and weave a sun hat from blades of lily grass

Solar Fireflies String Light

Craft fireflies to add to your summer container plants.

Stalk and Husk Scarecrow

Use husks or dried leaves to make a scarecrow or doll

Fuzzy Willow Caterpillar in a buttercup and jasmine vine swirl

As in… Pussy willow catkins caterpillar… that is super fuzzy.

The horror of flower dye and a spider that sits beside her

Weave a spider from lily grass... and reposition it every so often for a creative Halloween twist.

Fold a Foliage Fish

Fold and weave a fish from two blades of grass

Folding a Frog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

Weave a bird nest

use bark wire and grass to weave a floral armature.

Heap tufts of quaking grass bracts to dance in the slightest summer breeze

A delicate stack of light and airy grass around gorgeous lilies.

Craft your own Quaking Feeler bug from Quaking grass

This Sprekelia formosissima (flowering for the first time this year in my balcony garden!) needs no adornment to make it shine. But a few tiny admirers is fun to add.

Bending blades of grass to shadow over a design

Curve a handful of grass to twist into place

Use two tiny budvases to display a few blades of grass for autumn.

Weaving grass to create a delicate mesh cup armature

I wanted a really delicate, see-through armature to frame my tiny flowers so I wove grass in panels around the vine shape

Adding folded grass "jitters" to a Sunflower

Adding tension to a design with a grass frame and collar.

Guacamole Green Coiled Grass Chameleon

My Chameleon is mono-botanical. Made from coiled grass

Weaving with tufts of grass

The fine sections of grass are securely woven and interwoven and resting on the wooden slats. It looks very fragile but is secure enough to use.

Interweave a fairy light and grass glow vase

Wrap a fairy light grid around a fishbowl vase to interweave dried grass for an almost basket display.

An almost not even there grass grid

... with the help of an old staple technique.

But because it is a Dahlia 'Café au Lait' … we can have a whip of grass and hint of Autumn to sprinkle on top, right?

Sure a classic French café au lait is simply equal parts brewed coffee and steamed milk and not traditionally served with foam, cinnamon, cocoa powder, or sugar on top... but this... is... just as delicious!

Almost... all over!

Loop a grass veil over a lily stem to create a minimalist summer design.

High-Strung

String up a tiny hammock for a dreamy summer vacation design

Grab your party mittens, flower buds… it’s Book Launch Day!

Celebrating my book launch by knotting floral mittens using the design Tutorial from my book and the template from the free gift template booklet.

Pick-Up Sticks

A twig and stick design with sweet dumpling pumpkins and rosary vine (Ceropegia woodii). I also made a cherry twig and skeleton leaf Stick Insect

All white, just not quite

My article and woven ring basket design featured in the summer issue of DIY Weddings Magazine

… And his little flower

Easy support for a single flower... and knot a special secret admirer just to keep it company.

Counting Raindrops

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

A Shade of Summer

Twist and weave a lily grass summer hat

This Summer

Weave slip on summer sandals

a Yay! You

A tiny Spring detail to add to a cute little floral design.

Scattered

Scatter some dried grass to make a floral armature

Leapfrog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

I found it this way: Bird nest design

This was the fourth design I did in my "I found it this way" floral art demonstration

Mr. Stalk, the Seriously Terrifying Scarecrow, on his Day Off

An easy going design of ripped grass and calla lilies. But look a bit closer. See if you can find Mr. Stalk relaxing somewhere between the blades of grass.

DIY a Could Be

It's once again critter season... and a tiny detail is all you need to add to a flower this pretty.

Arachnis Phobicus

A fun woven spider for Halloween decorating

It’s a snap (and a fun snap) so snap to it

Snap grass stem and lean them to support in the snap of a snapdragon.

Go on Autumn… glow!

Mixing permanent and fresh design ingredients to celebrate just how clever the glow of Autumn is.

Can you see the tiny hint of Sunshine on the tips of the grass?

I left the grass to mature so that the tips mirror the sun bleached yellow of the orchids.

Snail Away

Spiral roll a snail to add to this sunny design

In dribs and drabs

The person who got to name a 'Café au Lait' Dahlia should be allowed to name more things! Whipped up in an early Autumn display... uh huh... delicious.