Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Beautiful Things
- 29 July 2015
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"Beautiful
things
don't
ask
for
attention"
Spoken by Sean O’Connell, played by Sean Penn, from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty~ James Thurber
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Tutorials
Glue a few wigs to follow the shape of a glass bowl to create a disk armature
When you glue a structure with hot glue there are always a few stray strands of glue stuck all over the design. Blow it away with a hairdryer.
When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need. If you can't find a suitable drinking straw... I also have an upgrade: tiny food grade pipe water tubes.
Favourite Flowers
Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid
Related Designs
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A delicate winter twig armature to show off the delicate beauty of these early spring coloured tulips.
Have you heard? I have wonderful news this week. Oh! and I also have this pretty grapevine armature shaped like the petals of an open rose to show you. But... Have you heard...
Instead of just placing a handful of twigs and two stems of sweet peas in a vase... why not...?
A creative design that has some height to it without blocking the view. This can easily be scaled up or down to match the environment you want to display it in.
Soft minimal Fall armature making it easy to replace the flowers as the season progress.
Grass crisscross that makes you want to lean in closer to count the late summer raindrops around these gorgeous roses.
Using that little something that is unusual about your flower to make the design stand out.
A take your time and mindfully craft a pretty design to celebrate the summer solstice- it is officially summer here in Canada.