Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Around about Springtime
- 5 March 2025
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You see, I will press that one in a book,
and arrange these by the fresh vase full for the reading nook.
When those are in full bloom
I’ll put them in the design room,
and those… those are for the coffee table
… by the armload…more if I am able!
I’ll put flowers in all vases
and even more flowers in drinking glasses.
Fancier flowers will go on display
oh… who am I kidding… so will the wild ones, anyway.
And all the while I aspire and press my nose against the frosty window to yet again inquire.
The patiently nodding Spring bulbs' bud heads beckon…
… only one more week before I can pick one, I reckon.
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Tutorials
Aluminum wire grid to support the stems and flowers above the water.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Great way to use all the autumn leaves you collect on walks during the season. Slowly build up the leaf rosette and let the leaves dry before adding a few more.
Just look at that puddle! This design is all about the fresh eucalyptus... but in a cooling down for summer kind of way.
Build up a design in a shallow container by stacking it by threading the plant material into the teeth of a pin cushion in three levels.
Cyclamen stems are so close together that it is easy to damage the plant when cutting stems.
Long lasting berries, magnolia leaves and succulent (kalanchoe) flowers that can remain without any water or maintenance for... well... all the way to Christmas!
Design in two levels by using two vases, the smaller slipped into a bigger one.
Split (but don't cut) a few gladiolus flowers to spiral in a vase
Fold and then stitch a long fall leaf garland to roll into a coil
Inspired by a classic and traditional Ikebana technique used in a Rikka design called Komiwara. Designers would usually bundle straw to keep the flowers in place.
Threaded Heuchera (Coral Bells) rosette with curved stems to kick against the sides of your container to keep it suspended above water.
An armature to display a lovely surprise orchid that developed on the long spike just after the other flowers started to fade.
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.
Easy assemble… and disassemble design details using a Wristix™ corsage magnet from BoutStix™
Related Designs
Cut stems of Gladiolus to place in a radiating summer design.
A little bit of effort... that will last for weeks design to roll us in to the Festive Season.
Split and spiral a few gladiolus flowers in a way that the stems remain intact, to spiral in a water filled filled vase for a long lasting composite flower
Beautiful Bletilla striata (Chinese Ground Orchid) deserves it's own elaborate frilly skirt display.
This orchid developed at the very end of a long stem... right as the rest of the flowers started to die back so I made a special armature to display the cut stem.
A mindful summer craft using banana leaves to create a floating arrangement.
An early Spring design with a twist on using an old favourite: composite flowers.
I am a huge (HUGE!) fan of the original BoutStix magnets and I love the newest wrist corsage magnets as well. And not just for making corsages. I use them for everything. It is a...