Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
A Jingle Cotton Christmas
- 28 December 2016
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Jingle bell, jingle bell,
jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime
in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing
in Jingle Bell Square
... in the frosty air...
"Jingle Bell Rock" is an American popular Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957
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Tutorials
Cover a wreath frame with bark strips and fluffed out cotton
When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.
Conditioning new growth and sprouts are difficult because the little sprouts have not had time to fully develop its cellular structure to survive being cut and taking up water on...
I save all the thin tissue paper or un-printed newsprint papers that are wrapped around the flowers that are delivered to me to make batches of Papier Mache with. These sheets...
Glue bark to a Papier Maché and wire frame to create a pod shaped armature
For Floral Art the temperature of the wax rarely exceeds the minimum melting point.
Artificial snow can be very "chemical" and flowers deteriorate quickly when exposed to it. It also dissolves in water. I use candle wax as "snow"
Use delicate sprigs of cypress or juniper, fir, pine, eucalyptus, ivy or a combination of them all to create a winter themed kissing bough
Egg white and sugar creates a natural frost effect
Favourite Flowers
Rose
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