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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Alrighty then

The things

Alrighty then floral art design by Christine de Beer

in your

Glass ice crystals in a floral design

design

Armandii clematis in a winter themed floral arrangement

that did

Flower buds oping in a floral display

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How to display vines that you bring in to force flowering early in the spring season

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How to arrange spring flowering vines in a vase without using floral foam

quite as planned…

Using double vases to display flowers to design out waste from a flower arrangement

Let them.

Light and airy floral display using glass

those are...

Use two vases as a design mechanic for foam free and zero waste sustainable floral art

the interesting stuff!

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Tutorials

29 January 2025 Straight up and down icicle, clematis vine and huckleberry twig double vase winter display

Give an old mechanic a contemporary twist for creating light and airy flower displays.

22 January 2014 That good old double vase trick

Create a dry layer by placing a smaller vase inside the larger vase

28 December 2016 Adding snow to twigs

Glue artificial snow to twigs

24 March 2021 A Spring Sprout Wreath Flower Frog

Craft an everything is still growing spring design to celebrate... what we love!

16 January 2019 Delicate Twig Hammock Armature to keep tulips upright in a shallow container

Craft a suspended armature to create a clear winter design.

28 April 2021 A contained design for watching those pretty twigs get their leaves

Careful manipulation of twigs in a shallow container. With a special note on how to use new growth.

4 August 2021 Scattered dried grass with raindrop crystals

Craft a light and airy grass halo to suspend tiny drop crystals around gorgeous roses.

5 September 2018 Wisteria Vine Wreath Armature

Create a barely there armature with sturdy end of season vines.

8 January 2025 A growing Paperwhite paperweight to secure twirling passion fruit vines under water

This design takes a few weeks to make... but lasts a few weeks longer growing and evolving all on its own.

11 August 2021 Dried twig collar in a double vase display for gravity sensitive flowers

Putting the focus on the flowers with an ever changing design.

12 August 2020 Upside down and on it’s side glass display that plays with natural balance

Utilizing those not so obvious characteristics of your design details to make a minimal clear glass summer floral design.

20 February 2019 Stacked bowl floral display

Create a foam free stacked design by slipping flowers between stacked bowls.

24 January 2018 Stack two glass vases to keep a leaf upright in water

Slip a leaf into the gap between two glass containers to keep it upright... and add a plastic lining to support the flowers nestled into it.

10 April 2024 See through Jasmine Vine tangle support

This is a great way to explore using vines dried, soon to dry and fresh and hydrated to craft the thinnest possible transparent design.

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.

23 July 2024 Pinching vines in place with almost alike but perfectly unique double vases and twig peg

The tiniest twig peg keep the vines from spilling out of the minimal double vase display.

20 January 2021 Trapped Bubble Double Shallow Vase Design

Trap air between two vases to create a third circle... and frame for a small feather hint to a hopeful Spring

17 April 2024 Tendril support to anchor a floating vase (and its ginormous bubble) in place

Trap a bubble between two shallow containers to float clematis flowers for Spring.

Favourite Flowers

Passiflora

Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines

Related Designs

16 January 2019 Every. Single. Week.

Stand tulips upright in a shallow container with a suspended twig armature.

4 August 2021 Counting Raindrops

Grass crisscross that makes you want to lean in closer to count the late summer raindrops around these gorgeous roses.

24 March 2021 To two too!

A Spring Tulip celebration design... with a special message

28 April 2021 Here comes the sun...

A minimal design celebrating the new growth on twigs

5 September 2018 Wreath Vine Season!

Weave tiny wreaths on the stems of Wisteria vines

17 July 2019 … and... a bit more... effort… to make it special

Instead of just placing a handful of twigs and two stems of sweet peas in a vase... why not...?

8 January 2025 this IS new

Growing a design... all new... and fresh and blooming well into New Year.

11 August 2021 A bit Special... four dimensional designing

Using that little something that is unusual about your flower to make the design stand out.

12 August 2020 A lesson in letting be

Deceptively simple. A design that relies on you working with not against what is already there.

26 July 2017 Beat the summer heat

Tangle some wire to set flowers in water

20 February 2019 Inna...

Stack bowls to keep your flower stems in place.

24 January 2018 How to make a stack of just enough:

Stack two vases to create a small gap at the side to keep a leaf upright

10 April 2024 (if only) I can see you

Tangle jasmine vines outside a vase for a transparent screen to display floral details on and around a sea horse vase to display floral details in.

1 November 2023 That day after Halloween feeling

Time to cut down vines... and enjoy them a bit longer in a Halloween display.

24 July 2024 Just... the Most

Perfect for summer designing with some space for the vines to continue to grow in your design.

20 January 2021 Hope Bubble

That good old double vase trick... but this time I deliberately added a bubble between the two layers to create a third circle in the design.

17 April 2024 In The Time it Takes To Listen To Learn

Ideal design for those flowers that needs a deep soak to remain hydrated.