Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Cover the drinking straw test tube with bark
- 29 June 2011
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Dried Rose stems have a spongy inside that can be scraped out to make a perfect hollow cavity for the straw.
I wrapped each drinking straw with rose bark and secured it with wire.
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