Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Every. Single. Week.
- 16 January 2019
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This week, 8 years and 496 designs ago...
…just over 655 Tutorials and Tips ago…
... I added my first design to the My Creative Workbook website!
That means I have added one brand new design… and at least one Tutorial, most times more…
Every. Single. Week...
No excuses, no exceptions, no maybe later's…
for 8 years straight.
Not even one single week missed!!!
Happy anniversary to us. My website started as a place for me to keep all my creative projects to refer back to- I am so happy you found it as well!
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Tutorials
Craft a suspended armature to create a clear winter design.
Break a willow twig at and angle to support your flowers
When you glue a structure with hot glue there are always a few stray strands of glue stuck all over the design. Blow it away with a hairdryer.
Hana-Kubari is an Ikebana flower mechanic. Only natural materials such as pebbles, sticks and branches can be seen to support the flowers. Traditionally no twine or wire, nails,...
Slip a twig over the side of a container to keep an elegant flower stem upright
Cut a few willow twigs to split to create legs for the armature
Split a twig to create a t connection to hover a twig over the design
Favourite Flowers
Tulip
Related Designs
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Create a long lasting winter inspired floral design that looks like it is frozen in time.
Keeping this tulip upright requires less magic and more hot glue skills... but it looks magical never the less.
Grass crisscross that makes you want to lean in closer to count the late summer raindrops around these gorgeous roses.
This is the sixth of my Christmas 2021 series of designs. This year in the form of a mini workshop… my Christmas present to you. This week I will show you how to go overboard on...
It's Tulip Season! Perfect for that "it's still winter ... but is that something green I see...?" mood designs.
Ever wonder how I decide what I share with you? A fun design ticking all the boxes.
Luxuriously filled design... filled with flowers... filled with grass. But most fun, for us as designers filled with hidden techniques
A glowing cranberry ball for frosty evening decorating.
A leaning twig armature with both the first signs of Spring and the last signs of winter.
Tangle jasmine vines outside a vase for a transparent screen to display floral details on and around a sea horse vase to display floral details in.
A glowing autumn display of vases to scatter around every here and there.
Simplicity to showcase the perfection of the Lisianthus buds
