My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Eat up!

13 June 2018
and more

With a chomp… chomp… chomp if they speak English

A mampf… mampf… mampf if they speak German

A miam… miam...miam… if French

A paku… paku… paku… if Japanese

A gnam… gnam… gnam… if Italian

And (of course) a loud and messy Om nom nom! If they spoke like the Cookie Monster

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Tutorials

13 June 2018

Lily grass and cane bubble for a Pitcher plant

Craft a dried cane globe for the armature of the design and then add lily grass to dry in place.

14 January 2013

Midelino Cane Coil Globe Cup

Weave a loose, round floral art armature

1 October 2012

Weaving a ball shaped Dew-drop Catcher from grass

Weave a sphere from grass

14 August 2012

Midelino cane coil basket

Weave a hand basket from Midelino cane coils

13 April 2012

Staining Midelino cane Coils

White Midelino cane is easy to stain in any colour

5 February 2025

Delicate snow willow twirl around a growing Slipper orchid plant display

Arrange sprouting willow twigs to twirl and frame a beautiful Paphiopedilum (slipper) orchid

25 October 2023

Interweave a fairy light and grass glow vase

Wrap a fairy light grid around a fishbowl vase to interweave dried grass for an almost basket display.

24 August 2022

Balloon out grass to craft a framed armature

Carefully bubble out a tied bunch of grass to make a cavity to display gorgeous flowers.

27 July 2022

Dendrobium orchid and grass snippet cone around a glass container

Craft a grass armature to suspend the orchids in deep water from around the outside of your container.

6 July 2022

Weave a grass sphere to keep the long flower stems neatly in place on a bud vase

Both pretty and pretty effective. Keep the flowers exactly where you want them by weaving a stopper for your bud vase.

14 August 2019

Long lasting Lily and lily grass ball

Keep all the fresh flower material hydrated in water by weaving the stems from one side of the vase to the other.

24 July 2019

Grass Twirling Up to Dress a Stem of Lilies

A single stem of lilies turned into a celebration just by twirling a handful of lily grass around it.

27 February 2019

Weave a floral trap

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

Related Designs

11 April 2011

Veiled Sunshine:50th Anniversary of the South African Orchid Society at the Cape Town Convention Centre.

Bright and sunny cymbidium orchids and roses, lilies, lisianthus and pincushions

3 June 2015

A watcha call it

Weave a sphere armature

2 March 2016

Beginning

Glue a Midelino Cane Coil Globe Cup to display beautiful Gloriosa lilies

16 November 2016

All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate): Snipped into Sections

This was the second design I did in my "All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate)" floral art demonstration

6 November 2013

This is the Fragrance of November

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

10 April 2013

Unthinkably good things

Oncidium orchids hiding in a woven grass cup. This Design Tutorial is featured on The Conna Flower and Garden Club (Ireland) website. It is part of their Floral Art Lessons program that demonstrates new techniques, ideas and principles of Flower Arranging by International Designers.