Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop, department for checking it twice
- 4 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.
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why:
Gratitude never goes out of style!
Making a list… checking it twice;
Gonna find out why gratitude feels so nice.
Gratitude never goes out of style.
It improves your sleeping
reduces stress when your awake
It strengthens your immune system from bad to good
So be good... to your vagus nerve (the nerve that connects your brain and gut, gratitude activates it) to give your system… a break. Oh!
You better watch out!
You better not cry.
Better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Gratitude never goes out of style.
Gratitude never goes out of style.
This week I am sending out our 700th email. I would not have come this far without your support, which really is a testament of our shared creative journey, and I can't help but be inspired by this glowing feeling of gratitude. Thank you, flower buddies.
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Tutorials
Soak and roll a sheet of birch bark into a scroll for a woodland inspired Santa's Nice list
Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without...
Fold some snowflakes to display your beautiful winter flowers on.
A robust stand with tall dowel sticks to slip your display over.
Hang a twig and wood mobile at your weeding as a direction board
Sturdy and easy to make... a small harvest basket ready for all the Spring flowers still to come.
Wire a small twig gift-box for Christmas presents
Cover a cardboard shape in cotton and bark to create a floral armature
Spiral birch bark strips into two mirror images to create a wintery wrap for a bud vase.
Craft a small pouch into a half-and-half wreath so that you can leave... and receive tiny gifts and cards in true Christmas 2020 style .
Using all those cardboard boxes to craft a bark covered "log" design for getting a head start on Christmas decorating.
Connect twigs with puddles of artificial snow to craft a winter armature for your flowers.
Cover a wreath frame with bark strips and fluffed out cotton
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.
How to make a floral display design that will leave space for even more decorations.
Favourite Flowers
Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts
Christmas Kalanchoe, Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë
Related Designs
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!
A sweet through-the-window candle glowing kind of design to celebrate Christmas.
The design for the cover of my book, the effortless floral craftsman, crafted from Fiddlehead Fern and Red Lipstick Hanging Heliconia.
Paper snowflakes to display small snippets of Festive flowers on.
My article and wedding direction board design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
Wire a Tiny Twig Treasure Trunk for small Christmas gifts
This is my article that I wrote for the Mother's Day Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine
Roll birch bark into a double spiral to cradle some perfect flowers to admire all winter.
...ok not really that fancy- it’s made from paper pulp. A cardboard box gift bag wreath… really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes...
...ok not really that fancy- it’s made from paper pulp. A cardboard box Yule log… really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes being...
Cover a wreath frame with bark and cotton for a textured Christmas wreath design
A light... and slight start to designing for Christmas... an oversized Finial
Capilano Flower Arranging Club Designing for Christmas Workshop: Yule log
Long lasting and easy to pick up and place garland to decorate a Festive Platter of… anything, really!