My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Daily ripples across the entire pond

1 April 2026
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Happy Easter, Flower Buddies!

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Dew-Drop Crystals

I created the Tutorial for how I add these crystals to my floral designs 11 years ago! Since then I have tried, tested and searched for the perfect crystals that would go from studio‑table picture perfect to show‑day‑dependable and I always come back to these. They remain the absolute best. They’re inexpensive yet have a refined, high‑quality crystal brilliance; they don’t tarnish and their adhesive backing stays reliably tacky even after they were exposed to water.

Tutorials

1 April 2026

Spiral ripple grass armature that can balance chocolate Easter Eggs

Craft perfect little circles from grass to create a ripple armature for an Easter egg display.

19 February 2013

Manipulating stems: Snapping at an angle, Bending, Spiraling, Curling and Straightening

Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without breaking it.

8 July 2015

Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.

5 April 2017

Weaving a Pillbox hat from grass

Use the "over and under" weaving pattern to weave a round, upright hat with a flat top and no brim.

1 October 2012

Weaving a ball shaped Dew-drop Catcher from grass

Weave a sphere from grass

29 May 2013

Tiny Rattan Basket

Weave a thin and delicate rattan basket

20 March 2013

Fold a Palm Cross

This is a traditional Palm Sunday or Easter craft

1 February 2012

Weaving a diagonal green grass basket

Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.

19 August 2020

Tangle a perfect vine around two wreaths for a split armature

Passion fruit flowers never lasts long. Not even growing outside on a vine. But the buds continue to open once cut making a wreath display ideal for an even changing passion fruit flower display.

7 December 2016

Flat wire and grass bridal basket

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

7 April 2012

Just Hatched Papier Mache Easter Eggs

Glue newsprint paper to balloons to make large egg shaped containers to design in

5 April 2023

Interweave a dangling Egg outline Easter Wreath Basket

An open egg shaped wreath for Easter styling

31 March 2021

Interweave a criss-crossed nest for an Easter Egg

Zero waste, all natural Easter craft design.

29 March 2023

Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display

Grow wheatgrass to create a Spring patch of green for your mini Easter egg hunt.

11 April 2017

A little nest for Easter chocolates that naturally hooks over the edge of a container

Weave a tiny nest with a twig hook so that you can hang it in a design

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.

20 March 2024

Spring Coil Straw Basket

Coil a straw basket... the easy way.

8 April 2015

Cane and Willow Nest Shaped Basket

Weave a nest for Easter eggs

26 March 2025

Willow nest roll that continues to grow for a Spring display

This design is meant to be long lasting and ever changing... make now and enjoy all the way to Easter and beyond

28 March 2018

Stacked eggshell containers that won't topple over.

Balance a stack of eggshells with a magnet for a tiny Easter design

8 April 2020

Basket weave in an eggshell

A tiny little basket weave to add to an Easter Design

21 February 2024

Get a head start with a long lasting shallow vine basket and succulent table top Spring display

Long, long, long lasting display that will even root in place with a few adjustments.

15 April 2015

Stretching leaves and foliage into a ringlet curl

Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.

Related Designs

5 April 2017

Easter Bonnet

Weave a delicate Pillbox hat

21 February 2024

I'll Go First

My Spring/Easter design and the introduction article about my floral journey written by the editor, Nina Tucknott in the latest issue of Flora Magazine.

15 April 2015

Bowled Over

Weave a sphere armature to complement delicate oncidium orchiods

7 December 2016

Oh! So clever

My article and Bridal basket design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

5 April 2023

Where do you even start looking?

Easter egg... egg for Easter eggs

7 April 2012

Spring Clean

A clean Easter design. The tiny blossoms are Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Pink'. Tucked low in the paper eggs are a few Cymbidium orchids and the twigs are contorted hazel. The feathers are made from Kyogi or shaved wood.

8 April 2015

Just think!

Weave a nest for chocolate Easter eggs

31 March 2021

Criss-crossed

Hide an egg inside a interwoven nest for a dainty Easter decoration design.

14 August 2019

For a longer lasting Summer

A creative way to keep foliage hydrated for a cool, water filled summer design.

29 March 2023

To grow a patch of grass of our very own

The first of my new monthly articles about growing the material you need to design with. This month we are taking stock of what we need... and growing wheatgrass.