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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Coppepeppepepper wreath

Coppepeppepepper wreath by Christine de Beer

The real question is

Weaving a pepper berry wreath for Autumn

not

How to make a delicate dried pepper berry wreath

how you spell copper-pepper-wreath

Really easy way to craft a wreath

But rather

DIY wreath with dried berries for Fall

how do you STOP

Lost lasting and sustainable wreath you can make yourself

spelling copper-pepper-wreath?

(I seriously suspect this was inspired by me reading Terry Pratchett books on repeat. It’s a very Terry Pratchett thing to ask)

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Tutorials

3 November 2021 Copper Pepper Berry Wreath

Wire pepper berries to a wreath

1 November 2011 Weaving a twig wreath

For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...

6 October 2021 A quick and easy way to Craft a Twig Basket Using Wire Tendrils

The hardest part of this is actually making the tendrils. From there it's a few twists... and we are done!

11 March 2020 Impossibly delicate Dancing Lady orchid wreath

Weave a wreath around a cardboard circle to create an almost lace effect... perfect to capture those first signs of Spring!

11 February 2015 Stripping foliage from weaving stems

Remove foliage from stems to weave with

27 September 2017 Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin

Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin

18 January 2012 Butterfly hairclip claws to hold twigs in place while glue dries

Butterfly hair clips are the perfect little claws to help you hold tiny items in place while you wait for glue to dry

26 August 2015 Sun baked Sweetpea vine wreath

A perfect way to use a Lathyrus vine after all it flowered

18 September 2019 Weave a burst of overgrown wildness wreath

This wreath is perfectly imperfect. Perfect for using those first few autumn (or preserved from last autumn) leaves.

8 July 2015 Overgrown Willow web inspired by a traditional Dream-catcher

I wanted my willow armature to hint of a web-like dreamcatcher that grows in the wild rather than being a precise replica of the traditional craft technique. But I did weave it...

Related Designs

6 October 2021 A good measure of Autumn

A wire and twig permanent display basket with tiny water sources for a few fresh flowers that can be replaced as needed.

11 March 2020 On-Spring-dium

A almost impossibly delicate oncidium (dancing lady) orchid wreath.

27 September 2017 As tendrils tend to do

Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin

19 October 2016 There are Octobers

Autumn wreath

26 August 2015 Bent

Weave a wreath from sweetpea stems and tendrils

18 September 2019 It’s a sugar rush!

A perfectly imperfect wild willow wreath to display the first Autumn treasures of the year.

8 July 2015 How To Catch A Dream

Take inspiration from a traditional Dream-catcher design to create a floral armature

6 November 2013 This is the Fragrance of November

Weave a wreath to thread a dome for an Autumn leaf design

20 January 2011 The last Vine Wreath

Every designer knows how to stretch their supplies. We use and re-use our dried plant material until our fellow designers feel like hiding it from us. I formed such an...

1 November 2011 On The Street Where You Live

A floral design snapshot of what it looks like when walking down the streets of Vancouver this week.

30 March 2011 Garden Wreath Workshop and Demonstration

Contemporary Wreath Design demonstration as part of the Durbanville Garden Club's annual Garden Festival, Western Cape, South Africa