My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Apricity

2 April 2014

meaning:

The sun’s

warmth

on a

cold,

winter’s

day

Derived from the yearning for April… for spring

It's April!

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Tutorials

2 April 2014

Turning the sellotape over the vase trick up-side-down for a sticky side out frog

Tape a grid over a vase to keep the floral details in place

6 August 2025

A grand kale to spark that almost end of summer colour

A slight tweak turn a ornamental kale into a ornamental mechanic.

9 July 2025

Add lemony summer balance to wild “just picked these” design elements to avoid overcrowding your container.

Balance a few lemons to craft a light as a summer's breeze mechanic for bobbing and breezy flowers.

21 May 2025

Make a Stuck with an Unstick Stick Maple Seed Spring floral frog… but for a grasshopper pair.

Use the sticky side of sticky tape to create the lightest possible floral frog to display your floral details in.

21 February 2024

Get a head start with a long lasting shallow vine basket and succulent table top Spring display

Long, long, long lasting display that will even root in place with a few adjustments.

22 November 2023

Fluffy Seed Snowflake Sparkle

A gentle switch between designing for Autumn and Thanksgiving and Christmas.

31 May 2023

No Mow May Scattered Grass and Erigeron Meadow design

Tape a grid to create a barely there scattered grass display for a cooling summer display.

14 September 2022

Summer harvest Vine Swirl

A great way have your vines root and enjoy them too...

29 June 2022

Take your time to craft a Bulrush Dial Armature

Slowly build up a dial armature from dried bulrush

30 June 2021

Sparkling dew drop puddle to keep flowers hydrated even during a heatwave

Done in no time design... and it is rather refreshing to make.

19 May 2021

A flower, flower frog to keep your design details perfectly put

Use the firm petals of a flower to keep your design details upright

24 February 2021

Sink a carnation composite flower flat top platform into a vase

The trick of this Tutorial is to create a flat top platform to display Spring blossom twigs- the way it would look on moss in a forest.

3 February 2021

Weave a Ceropegia Woodii Vine grid to catch your flowers

Suspend flowers over a water filled container by weaving a natural grid.

30 September 2020

Mesh bag net armature to keep your flowers in place

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 count down to Halloween.

15 April 2020

A Sticky-tape way to keep blossom petals from dropping

Capture Spring for just a little bit longer by sticking blossoms down, in place.

12 July 2017

Twig sparkler

Glue twigs to radiate out from a central point

1 February 2017

Coil wire and grass to create a spring frog

Twirl and wrap wire and lily grass around a dowel stick to create a spring frog

Related Designs

6 August 2025

Your brain rewards curiosity on a grand…. kale

Growing plant material for floral design requires an unique spark of creativity.

9 July 2025

I love flowers

Just the right balance for a lemon light summer display.

21 May 2025

Sticktoitness that gets you Unstuck

Create a sticky grid for the lightest and dreamiest Spring floral display.

21 February 2024

I'll Go First

My Spring/Easter design and the introduction article about my floral journey written by the editor, Nina Tucknott in the latest issue of Flora Magazine.

22 November 2023

Gentle transition

There's no need to rush the seasons. Take it slow and enjoy the plant material that are still available even if you are excited about what is to come...

31 May 2023

Notice That?/!

Light and airy... like a wonderful breeze on a hot summer day grass and erigeron display.

14 September 2022

Overgrown S-Autum-mer Swirl

Designing for somewhere not still summer not yet autumn weather...

29 June 2022

But for this… let’s not rush

A take your time and mindfully craft a pretty design to celebrate the summer solstice- it is officially summer here in Canada.

30 June 2021

Into a Puddle!

Heat proof floral design for summer.

19 May 2021

In the little gap

Use the petals of your flower to cleverly keep all the other floral details of your design firmly in place.

24 February 2021

Picked up some proper Pruning

An early Spring design with a twist on using an old favourite: composite flowers.

3 February 2021

here’s the catch

Weave an all natural net to place over a vase to keep your flowers above water.

30 September 2020

This season all the stylish pumpkins will be wearing them!

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 they fade and top up the water as needed.