Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
A gift for gifting
- 25 December 2013
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Christmas Flower Trends 2013: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year… A Contemporary floral art Christmas inspired by the lyrics (with more than a little creative license, of course) by the Christmas song
There'll be leaves for snipping
Brussel sprouts for primping
And twigs with dew drop beading glistening like snow
There'll be pretty floral stories
And tales of the design glories of
Christmases long, long ago
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" was written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle
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Tutorials
Cover Styrofoam with leaf snippets to create a gift box design
I wanted my beads to softly float above my snowball posy. If I glued the beads to some of the flowers it would just disappear in the mass of twigs and flowers.
The finish of every design should be flawless. Make sure there are no bits of glue visible in your design by carefully removing all traces of spills.
Polystyrene or Styrofoam makers ideal shapes to pin or glue plant material to.
Favourite Flowers
The Afrikaans name is tjienkerientjee (named after the sound the stems make when rubbing together in the wind) Chincherinchee, wonder-flower (because they last so long),...
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