Prevent teeth marks on soft wire when you bend it with pliers

Even long nose pliers without grooves still damage soft aluminum wire.

Cover the pliers teeth with the smallest band aid plasters, pad side in.

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The cage spirals to form a basket that wrap around the plump ripe berries (or you can slip in a flower) to hang as connections between the twigs.

Create a large and flat base to secure the fresh plant material on

The cage spirals to form a basket that wrap around the plump ripe berries (or you can slip in a flower) to hang as connections between the twigs.

Related Designs

Twist a flat top wire ring to wear the treasures of Autumn

Snap and stack an glue a few twigs to create a lace like armature

This is my article that I wrote for the Bridal Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine

Time Saving Tips and Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine

Love grows!

I have always been fascinated, as a designer, by the idea that there is a point when extremes or direct contrasts flip into its opposite.

"What Twisted Tales We Weave" design 2010 Floral Trends Design Group, South Africa.

Twig waterfall creates the boundary between the "under" and the "over" of the design. Tutorial: How to cover test tubes with Rainbow Oasis