Soft Serve Swirl

Give a summer look to a leaf roll by lifting the middle slightly out like an ice cream.

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

Curl and pin a few leaves into a tube to create an armature for those "left over" freesiabuds.

Fold and paste a paper flower as an armature

Great way to use all the autumn leaves you collect on walks during the season. Slowly build up the leaf rosette and let the leaves dry before adding a few more.

Hide the water source in a rolled leaf

Rolled leaves offer support for floral stems

Spiral birch bark strips into two mirror images to create a wintery wrap for a bud vase.

Fold and glue a Monstera deliciosa (delicious monster) leaf

Long stemmed autumn leave tubes as a floral armature

Split (but don't cut) a few gladiolus flowers to spiral in a vase

Stack foliage to create a rose spiral in a container.

Fold and then stitch a long fall leaf garland to roll into a coil

Long lasting berries, magnolia leaves and succulent (kalanchoe) flowers that can remain without any water or maintenance for... well... all the way to Christmas!

Curl foliage to use as a natural armature for delicate buds.

My article and Japanese paper flower armature design featured in the March issue of The Academy Leader- Academy of Floral Design, published by the The Floral Art Society of New...

A rosette of fall leaves to celebrate the beauty of autumn

Skewer Dracaena leaves into a roll that supports a tiny water source for the Oncidium orchids

I would definitely describe my own personal style as minimalist classic... but with an edgy twist.

Roll autumn leaves to create a frog to keep flowers upright

Roll birch bark into a double spiral to cradle some perfect flowers to admire all winter.

Fold foliage butterflies

Bend dried fall leaves to balance on the edge of a glass container

Split and spiral a few gladiolus flowers in a way that the stems remain intact, to spiral in a water filled filled vase for a long lasting composite flower

Wind lily leaves to spiral around in a water filled container.

Fold and roll leaves to create an Autumn swirl

A little bit of effort... that will last for weeks design to roll us in to the Festive Season.