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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Cover the drinking straw test tube with bark

Cover the drinking straw test tube with bark

Dried Rose stems have a spongy inside that can be scraped out to make a perfect hollow cavity for the straw.

Rose stem test tubes for my Zipper Design

I wrapped each drinking straw with rose bark and secured it with wire.

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4 January 2011 Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.

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21 June 2011 WAFA 10th International Flower Show in Boston USA: This Glorious Earth

I wove my Zipper from just over 300 short, dried rose twigs with tiny thorns on them. The delicate "fabric" at the back of the design is woven rose bush roots. Aranthera and...