My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Grow Love

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

e. e. cummings

Growing moss heart for Valentines Day

A growing moss heart to hang outside.

Ceropegia woodii will root and grow inside the heart .

Dressed with a few stems of heart shaped Ceropegia woodii that will continue to root and grow inside the moist moss.

Biodegradable copper mesh shape filled with moss.

It’s the ideal lasting design-gift for My Valentine to celebrate unending love.

Hang the moss heart outside in the shade to continue to grow.

Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day

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Tutorials

13 October 2011 Prevent teeth marks on soft wire when you bend it with pliers

Even long nose pliers without grooves still damage soft aluminum wire. Pad the pliers with a plaster.

7 February 2012 Moss Heart

Biodegradable copper mesh makes the perfect shape to fill with moss to grow tiny stem plants

Favourite Flowers

Ceropegia woodii

Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts

Related Designs

10 February 2016 Be My Twig-Heart

Glue an upright twig heart for a freestanding Valentine's display

31 August 2016 Leftovers

Using bits and snippets to create an everlasting moss and succulent design

8 February 2017 It could hold

A fragile looking heart made from twigs that can hold a lot of orchids

14 February 2018 Two Are

Equisetum Valentine's hearts

12 February 2020 Parallel Hang Ups

While waiting for the blossoms to open... why not weave in a touch of Valentine's Day love?

10 February 2021 My valenVine

An... everything is moving... design. The tulips are growing and the small vine filled vase is bopping around in the water. And if you lean them against each other just right it...

15 February 2023 If you frame it that way…

A blossom frame to display the prettiest anthurium of the whole bunch!

10 January 2024 Snow Glitters and Mossy Glimmers

A glimmer is the opposite of a trigger... a little uplift. For this design I am lifting up my happiness by starting a tiny mossarium... but enjoying it as a design while it is in...