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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.

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.

Manipulating stems: Snapping at an angle, Bending, Spiraling, Curling and Straightening

Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without breaking it.

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.

Bark covered heart

Cover cardboard with bark to create a heart shaped log

Free Standing Twig and Wire Heart Armature

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

Midolino heart armature standing on Hana-Kubari legs

Create a re-usable cane armature for a romantic pave design

Braiding three Tulip stems

Plait Tulip stems

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.

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

Braid a Celtic heart knot

Braid or knot a traditional Celtic heart with foliage

Stacked Table-Top Twig Heart

Stack and glue moss covered twigs into a heart shape

A Sprouting Spring Twig Heart

Carefully glue a twig armature to display the mini-miniature Darling orchids

Love Bug

Heart shaped rosery vine and pine love bug

Willow Heart Wand

A grass frog that falls into a heart

A small wineglass overflowing with love... and tiny Arctic Bell daffodils.

Have your heart set on it armature for Valentines Day

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

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!

A quirky kind of Love

Retail florists and wholesalers are already designing, ordering and preparing their product range for Valentine's Day. This is my article that I wrote for the December 2012 Valentine's Day Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine

Be My Twig-Heart

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

Love at second sight

This is my article that I wrote for the Valentine's Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine

Tiptoe through the Tulips

Braid Tulip stems to set in water

If you frame it that way…

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

Two Are

Equisetum Valentine's hearts

Parallel Hang Ups

While waiting for the blossoms to open... why not weave in a touch of Valentine's Day love?

The sound of a kiss

Stack and glue twigs into a table top heart

It could hold

A fragile looking heart made from twigs that can hold a lot of orchids

Love Spell

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

For the love of those little gasps of unexpected wonder

let grass fall into a light hearted frog for Valentine's Day flowers

A tendril Valentine connection

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

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis orchid detail from my Harnessing the Wind design

Ceropegia woodii

Pompon Chrysanthemum pom-poms and strands of Rosary vine for my floral lariat necklace in the Canadian Florist Magazine