On my online workbook this week: Arachnis Phobicus

Dear

This week's inspiration is a frightful failure to make my spider scary. Why is it that no matter how scary what I craft is supposed to be it ends up... horribly cute!?!

My theory as to why is embedded in my core values. It goes like this:

Before adding a new design here on the My Creative Workbook website it must tick *ALL* of these boxes:

✔Be inline with my personal values and design philosophy.

✔Be original. These are all my ideas. I want to show you something new and unique every week.

✔No special tools, vases, equipment or design space required to make these designs.

✔Must fit all budgets so that you can create along every week with the BEST quality flowers... and even try again if something goes wrong- and master each technique.

✔Easy to find. Made from plant material that can easily be bought, grown or ethically foraged.

✔Be educational. There must be something you can learn each week. And it must definitely work. All the designs are within industry standards and based on floral design practices and even comply to worldwide floral art competition rules.

✔My online space is a safe and positive respite. It is a trigger free environment, by design... and this rule here is why my designs lean towards cute. I have trained myself to do so.

I design with this in mind. My values are part of my process.

This week's tip is all about those dangling legs. Make sure you are using the firmest part of the grass to bend the legs from- the midvein next to the leaf blade is ideal for this. And it is the part that you usually cut away when weaving so now you have something fun to do with it and reduce waste… yay!

Press the blade of grass from the harder collar region (it's normally lighter in colour) to weave through to the tip. This harder section makes it easier to weave and if you can make it a habit to always weave from collar to tip you will save yourself endless amounts of time and frustration.

Enjoy and have a fun and flower filled Halloween!

Every good wish,

Christine