springy, Spring, spring

Wind vines into an all natural armature to display your first of many... perfect... Spring flowers.

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...

Remove foliage from stems to weave with

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

Long, long, long lasting display that will even root in place with a few adjustments.

Grow your own willow birdcage in a small pot to display Spring flowers in.

Tiny stems are often also delicate stems... place your cut flowers directly in a small glass of water. A perfect fit for this basket.

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...

Water... lots of water- that is the answer to designing flower arrangements that survive the summer heat.

Weave tiny vine wreaths on the leave stems of a stripped Wisteria vine

Weave a delicate nest for a small spring design.

Weave a few small wreaths to connect

Loosely weave willow tips to create an ethereal crown

Bend and weave a nest shape from fresh willow stems

Set willow tips into a spiral to create a spring design

Weave willow stems into a decorative parasol

Glue cherry stems to create a mask

My inspiration for my Harnessing the Wind design was a wind spinner.

My Spring/Easter design and the introduction article about my floral journey written by the editor, Nina Tucknott in the latest issue of Flora Magazine.

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

A tiny carry basket to gather the shortest stems from your cutting garden... with a place for water and your cutters.

Ah... yes summer time designing. Anyone else seeing more insects hiding between the petals this year?

A cooling design to celebrate the summer solstice.

A almost impossibly delicate oncidium (dancing lady) orchid wreath.

Weave tiny wreaths on the stems of Wisteria vines

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

weave a few wreaths to link

My article and Willow Crown design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

Weave a willow bird nest

Using fresh twigs to bind a little twig platform to suspend the beautiful orchids from.

Roll and set willow twigs into a spring

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

Take inspiration from a traditional Dream-catcher design to create a floral armature

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

Delicate cherry twig, rosary vine and oncidium orchid enchanted forest masquerade masque.