Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop!
- 20 November 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.
This week we kick things off with just the slightest sprinkle of Christmas by stepping into what brings light and wonder as the beauty of nature invites us to explore the creative possibilities and luxuriate in the handcrafted and heartfelt.
Merry Christmas designing, flower buddies.
Official design brief on the notice board in the workshop of Santa Claus:
Let yourself be enchanted
by even the smallest
Seasonal Sparkles.
A dew drop, snow flake… or the sun that falls just so
Take a moment…
lean in closer…
notice how even a glimpse is indeed a small drop of joy?
Focus on the light.
100% guaranteed and Elf certified way to get yourself elf-motivated.
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Tutorials
Make ahead (oversized) bark and kalanchoe Christmas decoration... and best of all it last for weeks!
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
This is a convenient way to keep flowers perfectly upright while you wait for glue to dry.
Long, long, long lasting display that will even root in place with a few adjustments.
Use delicate sprigs of cypress or juniper, fir, pine, eucalyptus, ivy or a combination of them all to create a winter themed kissing bough
A snowflake covered design that will hang on to well past Christmas.
Glue curved twig snippets to craft a delicate winter white Christmas tree
Cover a wreath frame with bark strips and fluffed out cotton
Cover a cardboard shape in cotton and bark to create a floral armature
The delicate Kalanchoe flowers last surprisingly well without a water source and is ideal for glue techniques
Kalanchoe flowers last weeks without a water source and is the perfect way to dress up a bark and silver bell sleigh
Not only will your home smell wonderful while crafting this design you will also have a ethereal and long lasting design to enjoy.
Long lasting berries, magnolia leaves and succulent (kalanchoe) flowers that can remain without any water or maintenance for... well... all the way to Christmas!
Craft an ethereal Christmas tree from Eucalyptus leaves, twigs and sparkling snow flake crystals.
Spiral birch bark strips into two mirror images to create a wintery wrap for a bud vase.
A pretty way to warm up your living space with the luxurious velvet texture you find on the underside of Magnolia leaves.
Cozy textured tall and luxurious table top tree design.
Favourite Flowers
Christmas Kalanchoe, Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë
Related Designs
Long lasting and easy to pick up and place garland to decorate a Festive Platter of… anything, really!
A frozen in a moment bark scroll with silver leaf letters that was about to reveal Santa's Nice list!
An on-purpose-not-yet-quite-done design to remind us to enjoy the Christmas moments as they unfold.
Bark ice skates on a snow covered pond... perfect for capturing Christmas memories!
My Spring/Easter design and the introduction article about my floral journey written by the editor, Nina Tucknott in the latest issue of Flora Magazine.
Glue the most delicate twig table top Christmas tree
Cover a wreath frame with bark and cotton for a textured Christmas wreath design
Glue bark to a wire frame to create a Christmas stocking armature
My article and flower girl net basket design featured in the Red! issue of DIY Weddings Magazine
Craft a bark sleigh that will last for weeks.
An easy and naturally fragrant winter white candle decoration to bring nature into your house this Christmas.
A little bit of effort... that will last for weeks design to roll us in to the Festive Season.
A little bit of effort... that will last for weeks design to hang about the whole Festive Season.
Roll birch bark into a double spiral to cradle some perfect flowers to admire all winter.
Tall and velvety Christmas tree... with a starlight garland