Spring Roll

26 March 2025
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… and so the sleepy Winter

rolls onward

Freshly cut willow nest for Spring chick easter eggs

lifting up like tumbling smoke

Lindt chick Easter eggs in a floral design

making way for a fresh fragrance of green accords-

Butterfly orchids to celebrate Easter in a flower arrangement

newly unfurled green, dynamic green, dew drop scented green, uplifting green... an energetic kind of green.

Adding chocolate Easter eggs to a flower arrangement

With a one last great big stretch

How to make a Spring and Easter flower arrangement that will last for some Spring styling

…and a little yawn

Milk Chocolate Lindt Little Chicks in a flower arrangement

… invigorating Spring aromas slowly wake

Phalaenopsis orchids and willow sustainable floral display without using floral foam

and all that creative sap once again starts to flow.

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Tutorials

26 March 2025 Willow nest roll that continues to grow for a Spring display

This design is meant to be long lasting and ever changing... make now and enjoy all the way to Easter and beyond

1 November 2011 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...

8 July 2015 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.

27 January 2016 Sprouting willow armature

Carefully manipulate and bend green willow stems to place in water to sprout as an armature for tulips to mature and open

11 February 2015 Willow Heart Wand

16 March 2016 Willow Parasol

Weave willow stems into a decorative parasol

26 February 2025 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

24 May 2017 Designing an odd one out wreath

Adding floral material to a wreath design

18 April 2018 Clematis Vine Swing

Weave a delicate nest for a small spring design.

3 August 2016 Hanging Willow Nest

Bend and weave a nest shape from fresh willow stems

16 October 2019 Not quite a wreath, not quite a basket armature

Easy to weave design that can hold your prettiest autumn design treasures.

8 January 2025 A growing Paperwhite paperweight to secure twirling passion fruit vines under water

This design takes a few weeks to make... but lasts a few weeks longer growing and evolving all on its own.

12 February 2025 Have your heart set on it armature for Valentines Day

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

6 March 2024 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.

7 February 2024 Knot willow twigs around a shallow container to keep tiny orchid stems upright

An all natural flower frog that adds to the design feel.

15 February 2023 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.

28 January 2015 Well Rooted Sprouting Willow Weave

Weave a sprouting armature

Favourite Flowers

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid

Salix matsudana "Tortuosa"

Curly Willow, Chinese Willow, Tortured Willow, Globe Willow, Dragon's Claw, Hankow Willow

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