Wire Wrap

My wires were starting to become messy in my floristry toolbox, so my mum made me a storage wrap for them. She previously made one for her knitting needles but it works just as well for floristry wires!

I'm stitching the wire sized on myself but don't have all the wires at the moment to fill it up - looks like I'll be stocking up in the college shop tomorrow!

Sympathy: Week 1

My course at Writtle College started up again this week after the Christmas break, and this week we started the Sympathy unit. This one has the potential to be depressing but the course leader said she would try and use designs that don't look too funeral-y.

This design was quite easy to make but time consuming as there are a lot of flowers involved! Next week I'm going to try and take more step by step photos so you can see the progression, but I tend to just get caught up in what I'm doing and don't think about doing that!

My first paid work!

A girl at work saw my wreath design from last week and was so impressed that she asked me to make her one as well, which she paid me for. She said I could do pretty much anything I wanted but as I really enjoyed working with the dried fruit I decided to incorporate that into the design.

I have actually changed the wreath slightly since I took this photo, by adding another cluster of dried fruit and a pine cone at the top, between the cinnamon and under the chillies. I just thought it looked a little uneven and it was bothering me!

Candy Canes

I'm a little bit obsessed with candy canes - I don't actually like eating them but I just love the way they look! So I wanted to find some ways to incorporate them into my Christmas decorating. I had a look around the good old Internet and came up with a couple of ideas and here they are:

Candy cane vase

Candy cane wreath