Where would you put it!?!

Stack a Twig Enclosure

Loop and tie a few stacked twigs to create an enclosed floral armature

Squigly vine twig armature

Loosely entwine vine stems

Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.

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.

Weave a willow twig blind

Weave twigs in parallel to create a twig blind with strong but natural horizontal lines.

Twig Zipper

I wanted my Zipper to be "edgy" rather than "peaceful", so using bamboo or reeds or willow would not be appropriate.

Mossy Twig handbag

Radiate short twigs in a circle to make a moss and twig handbag

Twig mushroom

Stack and wire a twig mushroom armature

Twig Shooting Star

Wire and glue a twig armature

Racked up dried Twig Snippets to display a few flower buds

Combining dried and fresh floral details for a easy breezy summer design.

Catch Blossom Petals in a Pussy Willow tray basket

An easy to assemble yourself harvest basket to carry home and display Spring blossoms.

Hanging Twig Line-Up

Craft a twig mobile for Spring

Pine NeedleTube

Glue pine needles to a up-cycled disk to create a winter scene

Shaping Thanks with wire that has a bit of give

Shape the letters out of wire and then decorate with autumn design elements.

Crossing Boundaries

Twig waterfall creates the boundary between the "under" and the "over" of the design. Tutorial: How to cover test tubes with Rainbow Oasis

Veiled Sunshine:50th Anniversary of the South African Orchid Society at the Cape Town Convention Centre.

Bright and sunny cymbidium orchids and roses, lilies, lisianthus and pincushions

Harnessing the Wind

Intimate Dinner For Two- Table Setting Competition Class

Floral Sushi Dinner, for two

Drinking straws become flower test tubes

Design 2: Up-cycle drinking straws to make tiny test tubes to hold the orchids on my willow twig blind.

WAFA 10th International Flower Show in Boston USA: This Glorious Earth

I wove my Zipper from just over 300 short, dried rose twigs with tiny thorns on them. The delicate "fabric" at the back of the design is woven rose bush roots. Aranthera and Aranda orchids in tiny test tubes covered with rose stem bark are placed in the Zipper design.

Designing Your Way to Profits

Floral Craftsmanship Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine

Twig-a-tude

Stack and wire twigs to create a twig mushroom with attitude for summer

Bright, brighter… brightest!

Celebrate the bright colours of autumn with lilies and Chinese lanterns

Everlasting

Design Inspiration Video: Take a few twigs, snippets of air plants and succulents and combine both traditional wire and tape techniques with more contemporary methods to embed a Boutstix Magnet Stix right into the foundation of the design for a strong and secure way to attach corsages and boutonnieres.

Please have snow… and presents under the tree

Wire a Tiny Twig Treasure Trunk for small Christmas gifts

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

A tiny orchid stem ladder keeps the orchid suspended just above the water line

Prickly

Build a twig porcupine armature for fall flowers

Glued to stay just so

Wire and glue a twig armature

Be Silent And Listen

Lash a few bamboo pieces together to create a scaffold armature

To

Make a quick and easy twig disk armature

Creativity will come

My Twig Bridal Basket design and Tutorial featured in the Extraordinary Wedding Flowers issue of the New Zealand Floral Design Magazine

At Play

A quick-to-do-but-looks-impressive way to display a beautiful cut garden vine for an effortless summer design.

Spring Tray-ning

A Spring basket design for catching falling blossom petals.

Get in line!

Line up a few pussy willow twigs for a hanging armature

Can it be?

Craft a pine tube to display a soft and snow filled winter scene

giving a thanks

A wire and acorn thanks

Things are looking up!

My article and Bamboo Lantern design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

Step Along

Create twig steps to display the orchids

A Point of Support

My contemporary floral art design demonstrated at the Canada Blooms flower show in Toronto.

Rosa

My all in the same boat floral art arrangement with roses in an Agave sisalana (sisal) leaf.