Unravel wire from a copper pot scrubber

Beaded wire

Thread thin wire with tiny beads

Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

Wire curls

curl wire to add to designs

Wire Tiara

Bend and wrap the Tiara out of wire.

Add flowers to the Copper wire Tiara

Decorate the wire tiara with florets, curls and baubles

Spring Coil Straw Basket

Coil a straw basket... the easy way.

Christmas twig wreath, cinnamon bundles, clove garlands and roses of orange peel candle holder

Take the whole waste free design concept a whole lot further by displaying all your Christmas simmer pot ingredients... ready to be harvested as needed.

Add light filled snowy fluff inside a display container

A fun way to make a winter design glow.

Cinnamon Bundles

Pretty wire bundles to add fragrance to any design

Clove Copper Garland

Twist and wire a gorgeously sparkly clove copper wire string.

Orange peel spiral roses

A fragrant way to add an uplifting dried detail to your winter design.

Happy twig glow-man proudly showing off it's copper star garland

Craft a twig and foam snowman with an inner glow.

Hellebores, Foxtail and copper star garland for a happy glow-man

This is the second part of my twig glow-man Tutorial... and probably the easiest garland you can possibly make.

Copper stars to hang as Design Accessories

Cut stars from a copper plate for a lovely turquoise patina Christmas decoration.

Patina Copper

The colour and the effect will vary due to application, temperature and humidity.

Loop and Twist a Wire and Twig Tangle Grid

Wire twigs and wire around a shallow container to keep your floral details suspended in water in a shallow container.

Pot-scrubber copper wire curls and autumn twig twirls bud vase toppers

A quick solution for a minimal horizontal autumn display -on top of bud vases.

Quarter fold and Thread an Autumn leaf tube armature

This armature is actually made of four times as many leaves as what it looks like to create a hinge to fan the entire leaf-tube open yet keep it's shape.

Beaded wire Leaf

This week I show you the Tutorial for the wire leaf shown in my book on page 14 ... this time in copper.

Twig Snowflake

Glue twigs into a snowflake twig armature for Christmas trimmings.

Curl tinsel

Gently pull the tinsel over a blade to curl

Three tier dried autumn leaf armature

Dry autumn leaves on cardboard disks to create an upright fall armature

Using sisal and wood glue to make a rigid and versatile foundation for floral art armatures

Wrap thin, glue soaked sisal fibers around a balloon or ball to create a barely there armature

Pin Protea foliage into a curl

The sturdy Protea leaves holds it shape even when dried when pinned into place

Skewered Foliage Garland

Create a garland that dries well with rolled up leaves

Add plant material and a wire support to sisal armatures

Customize sisal armatures by adding a wire skeleton and interesting bits of plant material

Hanging fruit, berries or chillies to create a dangling garland

Rolled Autumn leaf and Rose Hip Garland

Foliage doughnut corsage with a hidden Boutstix Floral Magnet

Wrap a foliage circle to9 create a base for a magnetized corsage

Moss Camouflage

Sometimes you need a pot or vase to look more natural or completely disappear in a design. The easiest way is to cover it with moss or natural growth medium.

Permanent Mossy Stick tree

Create a twig tree by using clay to secure twigs and sticks into a pot

Add flowers to the Copper wire Tiara

Decorate the wire tiara with florets, curls and baubles

Wire curls

curl wire to add to designs

Wire Tiara

Bend and wrap the Tiara out of wire.

Weave a willow twig blind

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

Serviette rings

Create a serviette ring from fall leaves, acorns, wire and tissue paper

the arc of Success

Coil a straw basket for an Easter display

A Very Merry Dried Orange and these from My Greenhouse to yours Trendy Christmas Cheer

And of course I would add the environmentally friendly-estest floral design option to top all the rest. Reusable and upcycled... and smells wonderful.

It’s the most… it’s the most... Hap-Hapiest Patina Christmas of all!

This is the second of my Christmas 2021 series of designs. This year in the form of a mini workshop… my Christmas present to you. Craft a three twig sphere snow man to proudly display a festive green garland.

Doing a loop tangle twist

oh yes, a light an airy design showing off those very first autumn leaves.

Because that is just how I roll

A tumbling fall leaf design making use of the autumn leaves that are already falling to the ground.

With a thankful twist in the middle

Fold and thread an autumn leaf armature for a thankful Thanksgiving design

It’s one and a half to two times... but to the side

Soft minimal... this is exactly the kind of design I place in our apartment. Use a few fall treasures picked up on a walk and add a copper leaf to up the effort and love you add into your designs.

A Very Merry Season’s Greetings Holly Jolly Happy Most Wonderful Christmas Time to you!

A Merry Christmas Twig Snowflake

Psithurism

Craft a three tiered, dried autumn leaf armature

Biomimicry

A design demonstration and workshop at the Floral Trends Design group in South Africa exploring how we emulate nature’s best biological ideas to solve our modern day design problems.

Pretty Spicy!

Hang fruity wire garlands to display Gerbera daisies

Thanks-Weaving

Weaving a hat with an autumn leaf and rose hip garland

You are not done

Retail florists and wholesalers are already designing, ordering and preparing their product range for prom. This is my article that I wrote for the Prom Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine

Copper wire Spiral pot scrubber becomes a Tiara

Design 3:Wedding Tiara. This is a real Cinderella design, one moment scrubbing pots and the next getting ready for the ball.