Tutorials

Adding whole apples to a hand-tied or wired design is easier if each apple is wired to craft stems that can bend and twist into place. For an arrangement I would recommend using...

Tulips continue to grow after being cut. Sometimes when you make a very small design or for competition or bridal work you want to minimize growth. The best way to do this is to...

Up-cycle a pot scrubber to get a huge roll of very pretty copper wire

Bend and wrap the Tiara out of wire.

Make baubles from wire

curl wire to add to designs

Decorate the wire tiara with florets, curls and baubles

Weave twigs in parallel to create a twig blind with strong but natural horizontal lines.

Side stems of branches can be used as hooks to hang floral material in a design.

Include a single floret (such as an orchid) or bundle a few weaker stems (such as lily of the valley) into an arrangement or hand tie by wiring a test tube to a stick.

Glue rosette shaped succulents onto the wrist corsage

My inspiration for my Harnessing the Wind design was a wind spinner.