Long lasting flower wand

Foam pin holder drying rack

This is a convenient way to keep flowers perfectly upright while you wait for glue to dry.

Floral Fridge magnet in a nutshell

Tuck one half of a corsage magnet in a nutshell before designing to create a floral fridge magnet

Kalanchoe Christmas Bauble

The delicate Kalanchoe flowers last surprisingly well without a water source and is ideal for glue techniques

Flower Girl Red Net Basket

Weave a twig wreath for an easy net basket

Up-cycle the plastic inside of a roll of Florist tape to create a comfortable wrist Corsage bracelet

Cut the plastic, sand and wrap with ribbon

Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills

The finish of every design should be flawless. Make sure there are no bits of glue visible in your design by carefully removing all traces of spills.

Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.

Willow Heart Wand

Willow Paddle

Weave willow between the fork in a twig to create a paddle like armature

A Sprouting Spring Twig Heart

Carefully glue a twig armature to display the mini-miniature Darling orchids

Edge of a platter Christmas quarter wreath garland

How to make a floral display design that will leave space for even more decorations.

Cover a headband with a whole lot of little floral details for a contemporary fascinator

Add the tiniest of floral details below calla lilies to craft a dramatic but still easy to wear fascinator.

Knot a vine wreath and ripped grass bug net

Simply easy design... with tiny design details to make your summer display unique.

Snowy Pinecone with green tomato berries and Kalanchoe flowers

A snowflake covered design that will hang on to well past Christmas.

Budding winter twigs with a fluffy fairy light garland

Snowfall twigs with a light glow garland for a minimal winter display

Using the new growth on blossom branches as a base for a woodland design

A fun way to use your blossom branches in a design once all the petals fall.

Tri-petal (with vines to fill in the gaps) lily flower wand

Pick away petals from a lily to create space for delicate vines to really shine.

Layer

Design One from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary corsages

Encased

Design Three from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary corsages

Tape and Wrap

Design Two from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary corsages

In a nutshell

Sunday April 22 is Earth day and a tiny floral fridge magnet is a wonderful reminder of just how beautiful our planet is.

As tendrils tend to do

Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin

Red, Redder, Reddest!

My article and flower girl net basket design featured in the Red! issue of DIY Weddings Magazine

Stacking the odds in your favour

Cover a wire frame for a winter kissing bough.

Wear it Well

Wrap a ribbon around an up-cycled plastic ring for the most comfortable wrist corsage

Love Spell

Weave willow to create a heart shaped wand design

How do squirrels Cache a tree?

Hoard a few acorns in the fork of a twig to show off a single oncidium orchid.

Achoo! Season

Fold and roll a rose from Eucalyptus leaves

It could hold

A fragile looking heart made from twigs that can hold a lot of orchids

A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop, special department of tinkering together those Soooo Good, for Goodness Sake moments

Long lasting and easy to pick up and place garland to decorate a Festive Platter of… anything, really!

Fascinating!

Trendy fascinator design using long lasting (read can be designed ahead of time) floral details.

Catch and Release

Ah... yes summer time designing. Anyone else seeing more insects hiding between the petals this year?

Ways to Merry a Christmas

A little bit of effort... that will last for weeks design to hang about the whole Festive Season.

All That Potential

Softly glowing winter twigs for a minimal display

All A-flutter

Adding a few fluttering petals to a design.

It's in there

Complete the picture by drawing a lily flower with delicate vines.

Let some magic find you

My article and floral wand design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Pink' flowers arranged in my tiny fridge magnet for my In a nutshell design