My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Easter Bonnet

5 April 2017
and more

In your

Easter bonnet

with all the

frills upon it...

you'll be

the grandest lady

in the Easter parade.

From the musical film “Easter Parade” is a 1948 American musical film starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Peter Lawford, featuring music by Irving Berlin.

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Tutorials

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.

20 July 2016

Twisted Lily Grass sun hat

Twist and weave a sun hat from blades of lily grass

8 June 2011

Foliage Weaving

For this tutorial I focus on a simple weave pattern that does not require you to soften or prepare the leaves to be more durable or flexible. This is the starting point in weaving techniques. You can build on this technique to make floral handbags, gift boxes, and baskets, sew it into a curve or wrap it around a vase or cover a test tube.

15 October 2014

Thanks Weaving Hat

This is the basic pattern used to weave a hat

15 April 2015

Stretching leaves and foliage into a ringlet curl

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

30 August 2011

Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills

The finish of every design should be flawless. Make sure there are no bits of glue visible in your design by carefully removing all traces of spills.

4 January 2011

Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.

3 February 2016

Connect the dot grass Armature

Connect the ends of grass snippets to create a spherical grass armature

5 June 2013

Weaving a cube foliage ring box

Weave a cube with a ribbon

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.

7 December 2016

Flat wire and grass bridal basket

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

14 January 2015

Weaving Slippers from Foliage

Weave slip on shoes from palm leaves

17 September 2025

Weave a delicate horn of plenty that looks like it was foraged in an enchanted forest

Overgrown grassy cornucopia that looks like it is unraveling and entangling again.

4 June 2025

Tiny wreath to balance a water tube… with a twist

Weave small wreath as a support for water tubes.

16 April 2025

Just hatched willow twig egg armature

Craft a cracked egg shape armature for an Easter display.

19 March 2025

Suspend flowers above water on two wires covered with ringlet "happy birthday streamers" made from grass

Create a wire platform to rest the fresh flowers on so that they are hydrated but not submerged in the water below the grass dome.

12 March 2025

Clip a neat design strip right through 38.46 g (or a thousand!) sprouting wheatgrass for a ethereal Spring display

Mow a gap through growing wheatgrass to display Spring treasures.

1 May 2024

Gap basket weave for a Spring flower container

Fiasco inspired vase cover for a small Spring design

27 March 2024

High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile

A vertical take on an Easter nest design to craft a spinning mobile decoration.

5 April 2023

Interweave a dangling Egg outline Easter Wreath Basket

An open egg shaped wreath for Easter styling

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.

19 October 2022

A witch... or wizard... hat that you can shape any which way you like

Take your time to weave a pointy hat from what you find in nature.

13 April 2022

Handcrafted grass and twig basket to hold some Easter flowers

Easter basket filled with (almost... almost chocolate) anthuriums.

31 March 2021

Interweave a criss-crossed nest for an Easter Egg

Zero waste, all natural Easter craft design.

10 March 2021

A tiny pebble to keep it all in place

Keep an orchid and a blade of grass on an upturned bowl... with the weight of a tiny pebble.

9 September 2020

Weave a daffodil corona inspired sweater for a lily

Knit a corona (as in that inside skirt like part of a daffodil) by weaving a Ceropegia woodii vine around the stamen filament of a lily.

22 April 2020

Weave a trendy oversized clutch purse with a hidden magnetic closure

A three in one Tutorial to show you how to weave a clutch purse, how to add a magnetic closure AND how to incorporate a ribbon into a weaved design.

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!

25 June 2019

Stacking grass covered pebbles

Pebbles are a great way to weigh down or keep your floral material in place. Here's a way to dress them up a bit

13 March 2019

Interweave an enchanted gift basket

A bit of a planned-messy woven basket that is sturdy enough to carry small items.

27 February 2019

Weave a floral trap

Keep your flowers in place with an all natural woven trap.

24 July 2018

Lemon Aid Container Stopper

Keep flowers in place by placing a lemon on the narrow rim of the container.

Related Designs

15 October 2014

Thanks-Weaving

Weaving a hat with an autumn leaf and rose hip garland

20 July 2016

A Shade of Summer

Twist and weave a lily grass summer hat

15 April 2015

Bowled Over

Weave a sphere armature to complement delicate oncidium orchiods

13 January 2016

Once Upon A Time

Stack and glue a Grass Pyramid Armature

13 July 2016

Woven

Weave a canopy or parachute shaped armature for orchids to perch on

12 August 2015

Catch of the Day

Weave a loose basket to display a single flower... or three

7 December 2016

Oh! So clever

My article and Bridal basket design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

14 January 2015

Take a load off

Weave slippers from foliage

4 March 2015

Oh!

Wrap and weave grass to create a rose sphere

17 September 2025

Looking forward, a plenty

A delicate twist on a cornucopia design that looks like an invitation into another world.

4 June 2025

Tiny bit Grand

Even the tiniest bits of plant material can be turned into something grand

16 April 2025

I Break For Beauty

A cracked Easter Egg willow armature for hiding some treats...

19 March 2025

Let’s

... take a moment of reflection as we celebrate 5 years! Happy 5th birthday to my book: The Effortless Floral Craftsman

12 March 2025

Spoiler alert: It is one thousand… that’s how many!

Growing 1000 wheatgrass seeds to celebrate adding my 1000th Tutorials to my website... Yay!!!

1 May 2024

Favourite Take-Away

Basket weave container for some Spring floral treasures.

27 March 2024

Twiners Gonna Twine

Twining jasmine vine twirl for Easter

5 April 2023

Where do you even start looking?

Easter egg... egg for Easter eggs

19 October 2022

Point Witch (or Wizard) Way

A wire framed witch or wizard hat that can be reshaped.

13 April 2022

Hop on… it’s Easter!

A cheery Easter basket for a new beginning

31 March 2021

Criss-crossed

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

10 March 2021

The way we curve

Tiny minimal design that explores curves.

9 September 2020

Daffodillily

Weave around the stamens of a lily to create a daffodil like inside.

22 April 2020

Yes… but what would she put in it?

Some floral fashion inspiration: weave a pretty clutch purse

18 March 2020

Aerial Odyssey

A closer look at my design at Canada Blooms and The Toronto Flower Show last week. The show was cancelled right after we staged the designs due to COVID-19 concerns.