My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

… And his little flower

And his little flower floral arrangement by Christine de Beer

“Just living

How to make a floral design from a single cosmos flower from your garden

is not enough...

Adding interest to a single flower in a bud vase

one must have

Pink cosmos flower in a bud vase

sunshine,

How to knot a dragonfly from grass

freedom,

Making an effort to make your flower arrangements special

and a little flower.”

Quote by Hans Christian Andersen

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Tutorials

19 July 2023 Knot a dragonfly

The easiest critter ever. All you need to do is make a few knots...

14 January 2011 Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

17 June 2015 Zig zag Palm Dragonfly

Fold a dragonfly from a long strand of grass or palm leaf

6 January 2021 Rolled leaf shelter for a lean-in-closer tiny bud vase design

Create a tiny visual tunnel to focus attention.

27 June 2018 Foliage tube armature for long stemmed freesia buds

Curl and pin a few leaves into a tube to create an armature for those "left over" freesiabuds.

2 June 2021 Two leaf lining your container to shelter your orchids

Create a shallow puddle in a larger container to keep your flowers in place.

14 October 2015 Roll hundreds (yes! hundreds) of autumn leaves so create a natural, upright flower frog

Rolled leaves offer support for floral stems

17 March 2021 Cone shaped leafy puddle for a short stemmed flower

Take all the usual ingredients for a budvase design- a flower, a leafy green something and roll it into something unusual to display.

17 June 2015 Weaving Zori-inspired slip-on Sandals

Sandals made from bamboo, grass and sisal and a bit of satin ribbon for luxury

6 February 2013 Fold a Foliage Fish

Fold and weave a fish from two blades of grass

24 September 2014 Folding a Frog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

17 July 2012 Guacamole Green Coiled Grass Chameleon

My Chameleon is mono-botanical. Made from coiled grass

18 February 2015 Grass Spiral Snail

Fold a foliage snail

Related Designs

15 May 2024 Well, well, well, if it isn’t the design solution I have been procrasti-crafting on

Beautiful Bletilla striata (Chinese Ground Orchid) deserves it's own elaborate frilly skirt display.

27 June 2018 Look deep

Curl foliage to use as a natural armature for delicate buds.

6 January 2021 I tip my (flower) cap!

An enclosed design that invites the onlooker to lean in closer to explore the pretty orchid.

2 June 2021 Like an open book

Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.

22 August 2018 FreestyleFreesia

Dutch floral designer Pim van den Akker, from Flower Factor invited me to participate in a FloraHolland initiative promoting the versatility of Freesias entitled ...

14 October 2015 What a find!

Roll autumn leaves to create a frog to keep flowers upright

22 May 2019 Putting your own spin on it

I would definitely describe my own personal style as minimalist classic... but with an edgy twist.

17 March 2021 A scoop of pretty

A tiny budvase design that rearranges basic ingredients, such as a single leaf and an orchid to create a new design concept.

17 June 2015 This Summer

Weave slip on summer sandals

24 September 2014 Leapfrog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

17 July 2012 So far so green

The only thing I needed to make these avocado green arums perfect was a small admirer...

18 February 2015 Snail Away

Spiral roll a snail to add to this sunny design