My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Cover the ends of the individual air plant leaves with cotton before adding it to the design

You do not need to provide a water source for air plants in a design, but it does look better if you detail them before adding it into the design

Reach into the Tillandsia plant

Reach into the Tillandsia plant. Grasp a leaf. Pull outward making sure you do not reposition or rub the plant so that the powdery outer layer on the leaf remains undamaged.

Remove the entire leaf

Remove the entire leaf

Remove the fluff from a cotton pod

Remove the fluff from a cotton pod

Remove the seed and pull the cotton to create a thin piece

Remove the seed and pull the cotton to create a thin piece

Roll the Tillandsia

Roll the Tillandsia

And smooth the cotton around the leaf end

And smooth the cotton around the leaf end

Neatly finishing the leaf off

Neatly finishing the leaf off

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Tutorials

9 July 2014 Designing with Tillandsia

Air plants need special design consederations

9 July 2014 Taking care of Tillandsia

Conditioning and growing air plants

Favourite Flowers

Tillandsia

Air plants