My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Be Silent And Listen

28 May 2014

“The inspiration

you seek

already

within you

- be silent

and listen”

Quote by Rumi

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Tutorials

28 May 2014

Bamboo scaffold armature

Latch a few bamboo pieces together to create a scaffold for the flowers to hang from

28 May 2014

Bamboo panel

Create a panel for the flowers to hang on

14 January 2011

Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

26 April 2011

Natural stem hook to hang plant material from

Side stems of branches can be used as hooks to hang floral material in a design.

4 January 2011

Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.

25 August 2011

Placing orchids in test tubes

Cut the Phalaenopsis orchid with a bit of green stem attached. This will make them last longer.

3 January 2011

Syringe with tube

Easy way to fill test tubes and easiest way to remove water from a vase

22 January 2020

Bamboo cross-hatch spacers

A small design detail for contemporary floral arrangements.

22 January 2020

Hanging bamboo from a wired hook

This design can be hanged from anywhere... a case filled with twigs or a branch.

6 February 2019

Winter White Twig Screen

Glue twigs to screen delicate flowers for a wintry design.

29 November 2017

Autumn Screen

Craft a hanging twig and autumn leaf design

5 July 2017

Bits of snipped grass glued to create a net

Glue a fragile sheltering net to soften the look of a summer design

14 June 2017

Hanging Bamboo Lantern

This is a perfect do-ahead-of-time hanging design for a summer wedding. Craft one or three or a whole lot of the lanterns and add some orchids at the last moment to finish the design.

10 August 2016

Bamboo frog for a shallow container design

Cut short bamboo lengths to keep your flower material upright in a shallow and narrow container

Related Designs

22 January 2020

Spacer

Armatures are great (budget friendly) spacers for creating large floral designs without using an enormous amount of your resources.

6 February 2019

Tread softly on winter

A delicate winter twig armature to show off the delicate beauty of these early spring coloured tulips.

3 January 2018

Happy Coincidence!

Some designs really do just make themselves. I received this tiny vase for Christmas from Marius (thank you, Marius!) and while cleaning out my design room I found this little twig with a fork in it. Add a ranunculus with a ridiculously gorgeous curve in it's stem... done.