Thank you. Having breathed in floristry foam when I unpacked it yesterday and ending up with a burn down my throat and into my lungs I have been looking for ways to dress my mantle without ever using foam again. This is perfect.
Thank you for sharing this with me My husband used to help me with all of this at Christmas this was my gifts to everyone on my list and weddings were always live greens . But my love passed away and now I don’t do anything But that’s for the lovely memories.
Completely agree with Buzzlife. You must do it again as a beautiful tribute and remember in his honour. I am so sorry for your loss but I’m sure he’d want you to keep making. Thank you for your comment and sharing.
This is by far the best tutorial - I kept on losing it so now I’ve found it again I’ve hopefully saved it to where I can find it as tomorrow my friend and myself are going to attempt your version, you’ve given a lot of helpful tips - thank you and I do hope I don’t lose you again😂😊🙀
Thank you for you kind comment and wonderful testimonial. I'd love to know how you get on. Have you found out how to save videos? They don't make it easy. This is what I do - click in the '3 dots' to the right of the video title beneath the video. Click on 'save' and 'watch later'. Then to find them, click on the main menu, the three horizontal bars on top left, and in there is 'watch later'. Hope that helps. You should also find it now in notifications since I have replied to your comment! Thank you again. Happy Christmas!
This was amazing thank you. I have never made anything like this before and the result was so professional and exactly what I wanted to create. I note how important it is to attach the new piece to the previous piece to create one long & strong garland. Or you’re in danger of picking it up at the end and it flopping all over the place. Thanks again!
Hello! So good to hear that. A lot of sustainable floristry is easy when you know how! Cissy is so good at explaining and hope you have fun making yours.
So wonderful to see the old way of making a garland! I plan to collect things next Fall here in Washington state to make a very special one for our front porch and our daughter's.
Filled me with enthusiasm! I'm off to see if I can scrounge enough folliage to make a garland at least long enough to go over front door, but hopefully down one side as well. Thank you for a really clear helpful demonstration
Fantastic. Have made many garlands with some difficulty...now goingvto approach my next one with using the string technique. You are a true artist. Merry Christmas to you. I am a new subscriber!
Well done! I love the addition of branches and grasses. I haven‘t seen that before and have plenty of those on my property; collected some today for a wreath. Am looking forward to seeing more of your videos. Btw your workspace is a dream 🥰
Thank you! Yes we must show more of the studio. We are so lucky. Hope you have fun making your own Garland. They do look better with texture and different materials. We are planning more videos.
This Garland used materials that don’t tend to dry out so fast but If it’s in a warm house, we mist with a water sprayer or lay it on the grass overnight to pick up dew and rehydrate. Than you for watching.
Yes you can use holly and Ivy. It tends to dry out quite quickly and the shine fills. Here we used fragrant pines, for, eucalyptus and dried pieces which has much longer longevity and the grey looks lovely as it dries off. Like Cissy says, just mist or lay on the grass overnight to rehydrate and keep evergreens moist.
It really depends on the materials you use (traditional english evergreens tend to be best cut close to the occasion). When we make a foraged garland, we store it outside (it will last many days on the grass). Make sure it’s not too soalked when you need it. Another trick is to put the garland on the lawn at night if you intend to use it for few days. Alternatively you can favour materials that will dry well, together with teasel and other dried beauties for a trully changing effect. Please be extremly cautious if you use candles amongst your foliage, most evergreens are quite oily and potentially very flammable !
Just waist C Grump says! It is a thin gauge and now you can buy it more easily. Or try your local florist who usually is happy to sell you a reel! Or a garden centre!
Hi, we use the same type of wire to secure pine cones to the wreath - the wire slots itself between the scales and you can tight it to the central stem that way, hidden from sight - tweest it around the back 😉
So sorry! We have been overwhelmed by the recent response to our videos and whilst working hard for our Christmas clients our videos have been spread far and wide. Our sincere apologies. We are so thrilled with the response. This video was uploaded over a year ago! Thank you again.
