Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Sunflower heart autumn display
- 21 October 2020
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Place three bud vases in a display container. Fill the vases with water.
Pick out the petals of a sunflower... or three.
See the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions on how to expose the disk floret of a flower.
Measure and cut the sunflower stems. They should be short enough so that the flower head rests on the edge of the vases creating a platform.
Place the sunflowers in the vases.
Place a pretty twig to cross over the sunflower.
As always, look at the twig. The colour mirrors both the red foliage I am gong to add and the green of the sunflowers- perfect to tie the design together.
For a dramatic look extend the twigs well beyond the flowers.
Glue in tiny water tubes.
Book readers: if you want more ideas of how to add water tubes to designs- not only positions but also creative things that you can use as water tubes, including one particular one that is sooooo fun that my editor wrote me a note saying "no way! I never thought of doing that!" turn to page: 184 to 197 (the tip that my editor wrote about is on page 197... the last one)
To learn how I make my own little water tubes see the Tutorial below.
Place the orchids in the water tubes to make sure they remain hydrated.
Glue in a red chilly pepper and a smaller green one.
Glue in dried Autumn leaves...
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Finish the design by adding a few dew drop crystals... see the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions.
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