My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

A lots of stuff and things

You get a collection... of objects

a bed of willows

and a sheaf of wheat

a soufflé Clouds (yes really!)

and a bunch of flowers

a tuft of grass

and maybe best of all… a kaleidoscope of butterflies.

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Tutorials
Sticks stuck in a twig on sticks armature
20 January 2016
Sticks stuck in a twig on sticks armature

Drill holes in twigs to insert fine sticks to create a delicate armature
Palm leaf Hopper-flies (grasshoppers and butterflies)
5 January 2011
Palm leaf Hopper-flies (grasshoppers and butterflies)

Weave grasshoppers or butterflies (or fireflies) from palm leaves
Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills
30 August 2011
Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills

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.
Folding a Frog
24 September 2014
Folding a Frog

Fold and weave a frog from grass
Fold a Foliage Fish
6 February 2013
Fold a Foliage Fish

Fold and weave a fish from two blades of grass
Love Bug
1 February 2012
Love Bug

Heart shaped rosery vine and pine love bug
Weaving a bird
21 July 2011
Weaving a bird

I wove my bird from shaved wood but you can also use flax, coconut palm (more traditional) or paper or ribbon
Guacamole Green Coiled Grass Chameleon
17 July 2012
Guacamole Green Coiled Grass Chameleon

My Chameleon is mono-botanical. Made from coiled grass
Grass Spiral Snail
18 February 2015
Grass Spiral Snail

Fold a foliage snail
Grasshopper Blossom branches
15 March 2023
Grasshopper Blossom branches

Just for fun add a few pollinators to your Spring blossom design
Crafting a Hornet of Tranquility (you know… the one with the sparkle butt)
1 July 2020
Crafting a Hornet of Tranquility (you know… the one with the sparkle butt)

Let me explain myself: it’s got a blue sparkle stinger… or you wouldn’t have noticed the little wasp.
Dried Blossom Caterpillar
3 April 2019
Dried Blossom Caterpillar

Craft a pretty little critter by threading dried blossoms onto a wire.
Spider-mum
31 October 2018
Spider-mum

Craft a spider from twigs and a chrysanthemum
Marching winter frosted twig and freesia stack
28 February 2018
Marching winter frosted twig and freesia stack

Frost a few twigs to craft a delicate armature for fragrant freesias
Related Designs
Weaving with Flax
7 April 2011
Weaving with Flax

Here are a few more examples of woven flax. I also use Typha, palm, iris leaves, Kyogi paper, boat orchid leaves and aspidistra to weave with.
collywobbles!
4 February 2015
collywobbles!

Fold foliage butterflies
You are not done
26 March 2014
You are not done

Retail florists and wholesalers are already designing, ordering and preparing their product range for prom. This is my article that I wrote for the Prom Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine
Protea Composite
5 January 2011
Protea Composite

To create this huge Protea I took apart nine Protea flower heads and glued the tepals and bracts back on to a polystyrene ball to create a large Protea composite flower that is similar in shape to an African clay vase used in wedding ceremonies.
Hop… Lots!
15 March 2023
Hop… Lots!

Beautiful blossoms don’t NEED much to make it into a lovely design. But the start of Spring might just inspire you to add a bit much… just because it makes you happy.
Blossoming like a Caterpillar
3 April 2019
Blossoming like a Caterpillar

Crafting caterpillars from blossoms
March Days
28 February 2018
March Days

Line up a few frosted twigs to march across a shallow container
Playing Favourites
21 June 2017
Playing Favourites

A quick and easy Kenzan design
Favourite Flowers
Rosa
Rosa

My all in the same boat floral art arrangement with roses in an Agave sisalana (sisal) leaf.