Dangling flowers from blades of grass

18 May 2016
click to send Christine a smile

See the Tutorial below for detailed instructions on how I make my own vials from pipe or drinking straws

Measure the vial to hang about two thirds down the length of the blade of grass

Loosely knot it around the vial

The vial can now loosely dangle down your design

Creating a natural cascade

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Tutorials

4 January 2011

Drinking straw "test tubes"

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

23 October 2013

Hanging leaves from a Hazel twig top bar

Create a free moving autumn leaf screen

14 January 2011

Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

8 August 2012

Stringing wool and Spanish moss

Create veil of wool and Spanish moss

5 May 2021

Sea glass counter weights to keep leaning top heavy stems from tipping

An easy fix for preventing flowers from falling out of a container

29 April 2020

Craft a spinning diamond shape to frame your small design

A fun hanging design that spins in the slightest breeze.

18 May 2016

Cut a plastic vial to make a top-up-able water source for upside down hanging flowers

Snip the closed bottom of a plastic vial

18 May 2016

Sealing water leaks

Petroleum jelly is both waterproof and not water soluble it creates a waterproof barrier to keep the water from leaking out of the vials when you hang it upside down. In fact, this trick work so well that you can use drinking straws or plastic tubes and seal it around the stem with the petroleum jelly

Related Designs

23 October 2013

Their work well done

String Autumn leaves to fall down in a design

28 December 2011

Bubbly New Year’s Sparklers

Delicate glass bubbles filled with the midnight blue African violet flowers, purple ornamental capsicum and spilling down the design are a few stems of rosary vine