Thaw

Bring in some warmth with a tulip design that still hints at winter

Tulip petals can be opened or reflexed to create a fuller bloom

Here is a trick to make sure your tulips will condition thoroughly

Glue artificial snow to twigs

Tulips continue to grow after being cut. Sometimes when you make a very small design or for competition or bridal work you want to minimize growth. The best way to do this is to...

An grass armature that looks scattered but is actually very secure

Craft a suspended armature to create a clear winter design.

Split a twig to create a t connection to hover a twig over the design

Wedge snipped twigs into a glass vase to act as a support for your flowers

Glue twigs to screen delicate flowers for a wintry design.

Craft an everything is still growing spring design to celebrate... what we love!

Tap away most of the pollen from a fully opened tulip

Flowers naturally float in water. They just don’t always naturally float on water. For that they sometimes need a bit of help.

Tulip

Leaning Muscari flowers in a snow covered twig armature.

An old tulip trick in a new way to keep the flowers fanned out

Reflex Tulip and Passion Fruit Tendrils in a wax disk

Scatter some dried grass to make a floral armature

Stand tulips upright in a shallow container with a suspended twig armature.

Wedge twigs into a vase to create a grid.

That good old double vase trick... but this time I deliberately added a bubble between the two layers to create a third circle in the design.

A delicate winter twig armature to show off the delicate beauty of these early spring coloured tulips.

A Spring Tulip celebration design... with a special message

Create a grid to rest some plant material so that it floats and some with their stems to rest in the water below

Manipulate fresh willow stems to create a sprouting armature for long tulip stems

Float flowers using a bubble wrap raft