My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Doing a loop tangle twist

Doing a loop tangle twist flower arrangement by Christine de Beer

See what you do is... tie it over here....

Using the foraged autumn leaves you pick up in a floral design

and twist...

Sustainable floral design ideas and Tutorials

a loop

Using copper wire to create a grid for short stem flowers

a... loop twist tie

Fall leaf styling for minimal interiors

Uhmmm… try another loop

Copper wire mechanics for environmentally friendly flower arrangements for autumn

okay… now we have a tangle

How to arrange flowers in a modern way

Well we’ve come this far...

(and it looks rather pretty!)

DIY floral arranging ideas using just a few flowers in fall

... we might as well lean into it and add another loop tangle twist but now with a Of Course This Is Exactly How You Are Supposed To Loop Tangle Twist attitude.

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Tutorials

25 August 2021 Loop and Twist a Wire and Twig Tangle Grid

Wire twigs and wire around a shallow container to keep your floral details suspended in water in a shallow container.

5 May 2011 Unravel wire from a copper pot scrubber

Up-cycle a pot scrubber to get a huge roll of very pretty copper wire

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.

4 November 2020 Pot-scrubber copper wire curls and autumn twig twirls bud vase toppers

A quick solution for a minimal horizontal autumn display -on top of bud vases.

5 May 2011 Wire curls

curl wire to add to designs

3 December 2014 Magnetic Twig Bundle Boutonniere

Glue a few twigs into a bundle to hide a corsage magnet

22 May 2012 Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

10 May 2017 Skewered Eucalyptus leaf line-up armature

Thread leaves through wire

5 June 2019 Stack a Stack of Stems to create a sturdy grid Armature... with some height

Stack green lily stems to create an upright mechanic to keep shorter stems in place.

6 September 2017 Contained rose twig stack

Glue the twigs in a container to easily follow the round shape

13 January 2016 Stacked Grass Pyramid Armature

Stack snippets of grass on a wire frame to make a floating pyramid armature

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

29 July 2020 Foxtail in a bud vase forest floor

Create a sturdy platform from bark to design an entire forest floor on a single foxtail fern frond

2 November 2016 Driftwood base for a floral foam pebble design

The flat surface of a piece of driftwood creates a base to design on

1 January 2020 Create a centerpiece foundation with lumber and the cellophane your flowers were wrapped in

A winter themed centerpiece with a secret water source (without a container or floral foam)

Favourite Flowers

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid

Related Designs

12 July 2023 Standing in frond

Standing your delicate flower stems in a fern frond.

27 December 2023 A Very Merry Dried Orange and these from My Greenhouse to yours Trendy Christmas Cheer

And of course I would add the environmentally friendly-estest floral design option to top all the rest. Reusable and upcycled... and smells wonderful.

18 September 2024 Finding balance

Balancing dried ribbons of foliage to craft a wind twisted floral display.

4 November 2020 Because that is just how I roll

A tumbling fall leaf design making use of the autumn leaves that are already falling to the ground.

3 December 2014 Finding Common Ground

My article and twig boutonniere design featured in the Winter issue of DIY Weddings Magazine

10 May 2017 About a line

Skewer and line up leaves to create an armature

5 June 2019 Add up!

Stacking green stems to create an armature for short stemmed flowers.

6 September 2017 One of those difficult questions

Glue a bunch of twigs inside a container to create a round stack

13 January 2016 Once Upon A Time

Stack and glue a Grass Pyramid Armature

29 July 2020 Tail end of the story

Craft a bark platform to design on in a foxtail fern frond.

2 November 2016 Pick your poison

A Fun Halloween design with "poisonous mushrooms" tucked between the moss and petals

1 January 2020 How to freeze a wow moment

Create a long lasting winter inspired floral design that looks like it is frozen in time.

22 January 2013 It's High Time for Tea: from craft to art, taking a delicious floral journey with veneer techniques

This was my second two designs for my It's High Time for Tea Floral Craft and Art Demonstration at The Capilano Flower Arranging Club meeting.