Spring Roll

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.

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

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

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.

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

Willow Heart Wand

Willow Parasol

Weave willow stems into a decorative parasol

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

Designing an odd one out wreath

Adding floral material to a wreath design

Clematis Vine Swing

Weave a delicate nest for a small spring design.

Hanging Willow Nest

Bend and weave a nest shape from fresh willow stems

Not quite a wreath, not quite a basket armature

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

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.

Have your heart set on it armature for Valentines Day

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

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.

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

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

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.

Well Rooted Sprouting Willow Weave

Weave a sprouting armature

Growing forced bulbs to get extra long leggy nest weaving material for a Spring flower frog

Using the natural responses of plant material to their fullest creative potential.

A dogwood frog with tiny dew drop crystal rafts that won't get lost in the twigs

Bring in a few dogwood twigs to force for some hopeful signs of spring.

Just hatched willow twig egg armature

Craft a cracked egg shape armature for an Easter display.

Nesting a small basket in a clematis vine for a “help yourself” Easter egg display

The dried plant material keeps the vine from flopping over in the vase as it continues to grow and flower and the vine lifts the dried material far above the water to prevent it from spoiling.

Love Spell

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

The last Vine Wreath

Every designer knows how to stretch their supplies. We use and re-use our dried plant material until our fellow designers feel like hiding it from us. I formed such an attachment to my vine wreaths. This post features four designs using the same wreaths.

Creative Expectations

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

“Ha ha ha weeeeee!"

Beautiful iris wreath kebab to chase away the winter blues

Link

weave a few wreaths to link

Swing Vine

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

Practice

Weave a willow bird nest

Center Peace

A visual breather from all the bright and festive designs to come when designing for Autumn.

this IS new

Growing a design... all new... and fresh and blooming well into New Year.

A tendril Valentine connection

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

A Stay Open

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

Knot... that easy

An all natural shallow container design solution...

If you frame it that way…

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

In a State of Flow

weave some willow to use as an armature

Stretching into Spring

Allow paperwhite flowers to grow a bit leggy so that you can weave the sprouted foliage into a Spring nest display.

Ifs and buds

Bring a few dogwood cuttings inside to enjoy the buds.

I Break For Beauty

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

Eggsactly… just like this

The flowers will continue to open around the nest… and the eggs… well surely they will disappear and you will need to replace those before Easter.

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis orchid detail from my Harnessing the Wind design

Salix matsudana "Tortuosa"

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