Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Eggsactly… just like this
- 9 April 2025
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… noticing a

perfect, perfect, perfect

moment.

And then just

letting

it

be…

perfect.
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Tutorials
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...
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Balance a stack of eggshells with a magnet for a tiny Easter design
Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.
This design is meant to be long lasting and ever changing... make now and enjoy all the way to Easter and beyond
Give a sturdy twig a cut to stay put in your Spring design.
A vertical take on an Easter nest design to craft a spinning mobile decoration.
Glue newsprint paper to balloons to make large egg shaped containers to design in
An almost nest like design with a hidden water source.
Grow wheatgrass to create a Spring patch of green for your mini Easter egg hunt.
An open egg shaped wreath for Easter styling
Pierce eggshells to string it up for a delicate Spring design element.
Weave a tiny nest with a twig hook so that you can hang it in a design
Related Designs
Fill eggshells with moss to create an upright container... with a surprising balancing trick.
Advanced level Workshop: For my Easter Parade Demonstration I made 6 hand-tied designs within armatures. The concept was to pick up the design while demonstrating and to literally...
Easter Basket used in the Durbanville Flower Club Easter Parade Demonstration
oh yes... Spring is definitely rolling in with some fresh growth on the willow just to prove it!
A bit of a wrong way round pretty Easter design. Put the basket weave inside the egg instead of putting the eggs in a basket.
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...
A fun Spring and Easter design with stacked eggshells.
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.
Just like the weather is only hinting at spring, so is this design only hinting at being a basket
My article and a floral parasol design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
My Twig Bridal Basket design and Tutorial featured in the Extraordinary Wedding Flowers issue of the New Zealand Floral Design Magazine
Yes, this Coil slip on sandals design is in my book: the effortless floral craftsman, a floral crafter’s guide to crafting with nature ... it is also the first design from the...