Tutorials

14 January 2011 Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

14 January 2011 Beaded wire

Thread thin wire with tiny beads

5 January 2011 Palm leaf Hopper-flies (grasshoppers and butterflies)

Weave grasshoppers or butterflies (or fireflies) from palm leaves

5 January 2011 Peel a Protea flower

Peel away the tepals and bracts from a Protea flower hear to make a large composite flower orb

4 January 2011 Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need. If you can't find a suitable drinking straw... I also have an upgrade: tiny food grade pipe water tubes.

3 January 2011 Syringe with tube

Easy way to fill test tubes and easiest way to remove water from a vase

2 January 2011 Lilies

How to keep Lilies in bud for longer. Removing the pollen. Stringing a Lily Garland.

1 January 2011 Sisal Stars

Paper towel cardboard tubes create the basic shape of my stars

1 January 2011 Equisetum

Create a natural flower "test tube" or a light with Equisetum

1 January 2011 Test tubes

To prevent bacterial growth that diminishes the vase life of your flowers wash your test tubes after every use.