On my online workbook this week: It’s unreal!

Dear

This week's inspiration is getting a faux early start… or a start faux early… maybe?

Well, this is a first for me here on the My Creative Workbook website. I never use artificial plant material in my work. Dried, yes, all the time! The plastic stuff… who me? Never! Well almost never. Okay… truth be told every Christmas for our apartment. You see apartment buildings here in Canada have a strictly no real Christmas trees policy and restrictions on all elaborate fresh decorations used to decorate with this time of year. Not only because it poses a fire hazard but also if you consider that the average apartment building has about 150 units and if all the apartments have a tree… can you imagine the huge undertaking disposing of all those trees would be? Hence… what if you HAVE to decorate with faux? For the month of November I will show you in detail how I design with permanent botanicals to make it firstly look luxurious but also be as reusable and sustainable as possible.

My bonus subscriber tip for you this week is not just for when we are making artificial wreaths. But rather something I like to add in all my wreath designs: a bit of a mystery. Something to discover.

All designs are meant to be admired. But I find a wreath, especially a wreath that is hung outside on a front door, that is meant to be admired while waiting with nothing much else to look at needs something extra to hold your attention for a few moments more. My tip is to veil or hide some of the ornaments slightly behind the branches rather than simply adding them all to the front. This draws the viewer in for a closer look. As an added bonus it also mutes some of the colours slightly which is exactly what I wanted in my design that I show you this week...

Enjoy!

Every good wish,

Christine

ps: I have 6 all new Tutorials for you to look at this week!