My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Creativity will come

10 September 2014

My Twig Bridal Basket Design and Tutorial featured in the Extraordinary Wedding Flowers issue of the New Zealand Floral Design Magazine

I will master

something,

then the

creativity

will come

A Japanese proverb

Thank you Floral Design Magazine for featuring my design...

... and Tutorial...

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Tutorials

10 September 2014

Twig Bridal Basket

A slim basket design made from twigs

22 May 2012

Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

9 April 2025

Nesting a small basket in a clematis vine for a “help yourself” Easter egg display

The dried plant material keeps the vine from flopping over in the vase as it continues to grow and flower and the vine lifts the dried material far above the water to prevent it from spoiling.

14 August 2024

Firethorns join two leaves for an edgy support for a tall flower stem

Thorns are a great way to spear (and keep) design details into position.

20 March 2024

Spring Coil Straw Basket

Coil a straw basket... the easy way.

13 March 2024

Spaced birch bark strip basket

Sturdy and easy to make... a small harvest basket ready for all the Spring flowers still to come.

1 March 2023

Glue an early Spring basket from leftover cherry blossom twigs

After the last petal drops cut the blossom twigs into snippets to craft a basket with.

25 January 2023

Snowy Magnolia forest floor armature

An armature to display a lovely surprise orchid that developed on the long spike just after the other flowers started to fade.

18 August 2021

Racked up dried Twig Snippets to display a few flower buds

Combining dried and fresh floral details for a easy breezy summer design.

7 December 2016

Flat wire and grass bridal basket

Wrap grass around a flat wire shape to create a delicate bridal basket design

17 February 2016

Stack a Twig Enclosure

Loop and tie a few stacked twigs to create an enclosed floral armature

Related Designs

9 April 2025

Eggsactly… just like this

The flowers will continue to open around the nest… and the eggs… well surely they will disappear and you will need to replace those before Easter.

14 August 2024

everything in one

Connect a unit of leaves... and a pretty floppy stem with thorns.

20 March 2024

the arc of Success

Coil a straw basket for an Easter display

13 March 2024

In All Ways

A birch bark basket... perfect for some new Spring floral details.

1 March 2023

… ish

An early... ish Spring basket glued from blossom twigs

25 January 2023

Even More

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.