Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Palm Bauble Lanterns
- 6 August 2014
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I am using a secret water source to keep the flowers hydrated.
For my design I chose small glass tubes, but you can make your own tubes with a few drinking straws. See the Tutorial below
Split a palm leaf to remove the hard middle vain
Wrap the palm leaf around the test tube
Add a second leaf to cross over the first
Add a third leaf to completely cover the test tube
Wrap the vain part of the palm leaf to secure the leaves around the test tube
Make a double knot and cut away the dangling ends
Fold the palm leaf back to open
Fold the second leaf and continue to open the test tube.
Move all the way around to expose the test tube opening
Place a small plastic ball to rest on the test tube opening
Fold the palm leaf over the ball and gather at the top
Pull the palm leaves so that it follows the rounded shape of the ball.
Pinch the leaves together
Tie the ends to secure.
Cut away the dangling ends
Split the left over strands of palm and wrap around a dowel stick to create the eye to hang the design from
Secure with a small drop of floral glue.
Make another bauble lantern...
And another bauble...
Hang the bauble lanterns to dry completely to set the shape
When dry, slip the grass bauble lanterns from the dowel
Carefully slip the ball out of the palm leaves.
The dried leaves are now set in the ball shape
Bauble lanterns ready to design with.
Hang the lanterns to dangle freely so that the silver bells can jingle in the breeze.
Fill the glass tube with water...
See the detailed Tutorial below on how I make a syringe and tube to easily fill the tiny test tubes
And add the fresh floral details
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Tutorials
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.
Easy way to fill test tubes and easiest way to remove water from a vase
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