My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

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12 October 2022
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And so with a healthy portion of leftover gratefulness tucked away for later…

Thanksgiving arrived... and left (well here in Canada, it did)

and the year is sashaying

ever....

... onwards...

to Halloween.

It all came about frightfully fast, right?

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Tutorials

12 October 2022

Corn-o’leaf mummy-o'lantern

Wrap and tie a fishbowl vase with corn foliage to craft a lantern for autumn... almost... Halloween.

17 April 2013

Skeleton Leaf Flameless Candle Cocoon

Cover a balloon with skeleton leaves to create a cocoon

6 November 2012

Stalk and Husk Scarecrow

Use husks or dried leaves to make a scarecrow or doll

1 September 2021

Above and below eucalyptus curve butternut cradle

Suspend a heavy butternut over water in an early Autumn design.

25 October 2017

Skeleton eyeball blossoms

Hydrangea skeleton blossoms with Eucalyptus eyeballs

7 October 2020

Floral wreath ring stem armature for a cute pumpkin patch in a stem vase design

Use a wreath to keep flower and a heavy little ghost pumpkin in place in a small vase.

13 October 2021

Weave a willow wreath around a minimal pumpkin display

It’s amazing how we sometimes try to complicate a design. I tried adding calla lilies… took them out and loved the willow. Added gerberas. Took them out and loved the willow. Added orchids. Took them out and loved the willow. Added Dahlias… and yes, took them out and loved the willow. So finally I just thought- I really do love the willow.

29 September 2011

Twig and skeleton leaf Stick Insect

Made from dried cherry twigs and a skeleton leaf.

30 October 2019

Bat Skeleton crafted from twigs

Eerie! Because you use what is there already in the twigs this skeleton looks rather... realistic!

31 October 2017

Physalis Pod Stick-man

Glue twigs into a stick man for a Halloween design

28 September 2022

Three drop Lantern

Attach three Physalis pods to drop down in a long lasting Fall design.

13 November 2024

Double down on the Fall magic with the earliest hint of bare (but sparkly) Twig Season

A double vase to keep the bit of sparkle you add to transition a Fall design into Christmas nice and dry... while the fresh plant material remain hydrated.

30 October 2024

Booo-tunias

A fun design trick for a Halloween display treat.

30 October 2024

Booo-tunias levitating in a scary twig armature

Craft a stable dried autumn armature to keep petunia stems suspended in water at the top of a container.

9 October 2024

Making light of a heavy, heavy pumpkin in double low containers for a zero waste kitchen pumpkin display… a few days before Thanksgiving

A great way to show off your Thanksgiving pumpkin before cooking it… keeping the pumpkin well above and out of the water so that it will not rot and you can easily remove it from the design when you are ready.

1 November 2023

Canary vine tangle in a double vase

Great craft for when you are tidying up the garden before the first frost but would still like to enjoy the vines for a bit longer.

1 November 2023

Bored looking Sisal ghost with dangling bell feet

Quick and so easy... I added the bells so that the ghost looks kinda bored now that Halloween is all over.

20 September 2023

Quick and Easy… Add just enough design to a tuft of bunny tail grass to hint at the autumn fun to come

Stand a tuft of bunny tail grass in a small amount of water to dry... and then add a little something that turns it into a little something more.

Related Designs

6 November 2012

Mr. Stalk, the Seriously Terrifying Scarecrow, on his Day Off

An easy going design of ripped grass and calla lilies. But look a bit closer. See if you can find Mr. Stalk relaxing somewhere between the blades of grass.

1 September 2021

It’s butter… nuts!

An it's not too early to decorate for Autumn, Autumn design

25 October 2017

When the pretty eyeballs you back!

Barely there skeleton blossoms with Eucalyptus eyes for my Halloween design... Oh! and a Willow Paddle, which probably should have been the main Tutorial... but... well...

17 April 2013

Hide-and-go-peek

Create a soft light by making a leaf cocoon for a flameless candle

7 October 2020

Let’s circle around to this one

Create a floral circlet to rest the little pumpkin on... but above the water line.

13 October 2021

Gratitude

A minimal Thanks Giving design that is a modern take on a wreath

29 September 2011

Pick-Up Sticks

A twig and stick design with sweet dumpling pumpkins and rosary vine (Ceropegia woodii). I also made a cherry twig and skeleton leaf Stick Insect

28 October 2015

On Pumpkin Coloured Days

Create a besom broom to sweep up those Autumn leaves

30 October 2019

There once was a bat called Tequila, a Halloween story

An all plant zero waste, levitating, twig (with just a splatter of autumn leaves, a breath of spiderweb and float of roots) Halloween decoration with an eerie bat skeleton made from twigs lurking just over there.