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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Cover the drinking straw test tube with bark

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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Drinking straw "test tubes"
4 January 2011
Drinking straw "test tubes"

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