Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
A Very Merry… All Elf gliding along pass all the way from Santa’s workshop!
- 18 December 2024
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Low on elf-motivation? In celebration of this Christmas Season I invite you to join me in Santa’s workshop as I design my way to an even more inspired 2025. I am focussing on embracing what brings joy, kindness and uplifts our creative spirits.
It's almost here, flower buddies!
And so we're slipping and sliding and glistening and gliding along savouring the days before Christmas and putting on those final touches on our own unique kind of Christmas wonderland.
It’s about confidently kicking off and bravely skating along
creating designs filled with (that ever so slippery) hope
and carving out excitement
And of course drifting wonder.
But most of all it is about the exhilaration of bringing to life all that inspires us
… and all that resides in our heart…
That's how magical design stuff happens...and not just delivered for Christmas!
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Tutorials
A winter wonderland ice pond table top design... with sparkling bark ice skates
Fill an upturned container with a string of fairy lights to look like a glistening snow rink for ice skating.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Make ahead (oversized) bark and kalanchoe Christmas decoration... and best of all it last for weeks!
This is a convenient way to keep flowers perfectly upright while you wait for glue to dry.
Create a design with a hint of incompleteness… something to still look forward to.
Artificial snow covered cardboard mittens to add to a winter themed design.
Soak and roll a sheet of birch bark into a scroll for a woodland inspired Santa's Nice list
Connect twigs with puddles of artificial snow to craft a winter armature for your flowers.
Wire a small twig gift-box for Christmas presents
How to make a floral display design that will leave space for even more decorations.
Kalanchoe flowers last weeks without a water source and is the perfect way to dress up a bark and silver bell sleigh
Craft an ethereal Christmas tree from Eucalyptus leaves, twigs and sparkling snow flake crystals.
Cover Styrofoam with leaf snippets to create a gift box design
Skeleton leaves create a light and ethereal gift box
A great all natural gift decorating alternative
Cover a cardboard shape in cotton and bark to create a floral armature
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. If you can't find a suitable drinking straw... I also have an upgrade: tiny food grade pipe water tubes.
Favourite Flowers
Christmas Kalanchoe, Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë
Related Designs
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A frozen in a moment bark scroll with silver leaf letters that was about to reveal Santa's Nice list!
Wire a Tiny Twig Treasure Trunk for small Christmas gifts
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Craft a bark sleigh that will last for weeks.
Glue bark to a wire frame to create a Christmas stocking armature
Cover a wreath frame with bark and cotton for a textured Christmas wreath design