Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
And there you glow
- 16 October 2024
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It is what is supposed
to happen
on crisp autumn nights like tonight…
exactly like when the breeze stir burgundy and orange to shine through clouds of autumn fog
carrying with it the fragrance of sweet fallen leaves and a forest full of damp woody tree bark
layered over soil scented rain and a hint of loitering faraway smoke
Like that inside feeling warms with a glow of a crackling, ambient flame…?
You catch a spark of inspiration and there you glow.
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Tutorials
How to protect glass vases from scratching when using wire as a mechanic
Wire short twigs around wire rings to create rustic flameless tea-light lanterns
Stack snippets of grass on a wire frame to make a floating pyramid armature
Hide the water source in a rolled leaf
Craft a platform to highlight small flowers
Balance a stack of eggshells with a magnet for a tiny Easter design
Connect strips of ripped grass to create a knotted armature for short stemmed flowers
I build up the spheres by weaving willow wreaths and then use those to shape the ball
Fold a single blade of grass or slender leaf around a small container to stand your flower in position
Craft a suspended armature to create a clear winter design.
Crafted from a hand full of twigs to give you a large design... even though you add only two stems of sweet peas.
Give your woven grass a water source by designing the basket in a vase rather than placing the vase in a basket
Instead of vegetable net bags becoming trash wrap it around your container for an instant armature. It even looks a bit like a spider web- perfect for a long lasting design as we...
Suspend flowers over a water filled container by weaving a natural grid.
Using dry and fresh floral material in one design without the dry becoming soggy and the fresh drying out.
Simply easy design... with tiny design details to make your summer display unique.
Add the tiniest of floral details below calla lilies to craft a dramatic but still easy to wear fascinator.
Favourite Flowers
Chrysanthemum or "mums"
Related Designs
My article looking at contrasts and 6 winter lantern designs featured in the DIY Wedding Magazine
Skewer Dracaena leaves into a roll that supports a tiny water source for the Oncidium orchids
Fill eggshells with moss to create an upright container... with a surprising balancing trick.
This week we look at the design featured in the Flower Guide Chapter at the very end of my book
Stand tulips upright in a shallow container with a suspended twig armature.
Instead of just placing a handful of twigs and two stems of sweet peas in a vase... why not...?
A light and airy (no floral foam but still long lasting) floral design for those days that you are really, really looking for signs of Spring.
A simple way to keep the plastic mesh the pumpkins are sold in from becoming trash: wrap it around the container as an armature for a quick Fall design. Replace the flowers as...
Weave an all natural net to place over a vase to keep your flowers above water.
The dry wheat stems are suspended from the outside of the container so that they remain dry and the flower stems can gently rest inside to remain hydrated.
Ah... yes summer time designing. Anyone else seeing more insects hiding between the petals this year?
Trendy fascinator design using long lasting (read can be designed ahead of time) floral details.