Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Getting the Band Back Together Again
- 18 January 2023
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When you feel creatively stuck,
make the silliest thing.
Make another silly thing.
Make a lot more silly things.
… soon your creativity will get bored with you making all these silly things
and take over to make something
not so silly after all.
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Tutorials
A well made snow covered twig band armature will last all winter so that you can display even the most delicate winter treasures.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Perfect design for a warmer than usual winter design that hints at thawing.
Carefully glue a twig armature to display the mini-miniature Darling orchids
Craft a light and airy grass halo to suspend tiny drop crystals around gorgeous roses.
This is a great way to use all those bits of twigs and sticks in your design room to make a floral armature
Create a light and transparent collar-base for the large composite flower to nestle into.
Crafted from a hand full of twigs to give you a large design... even though you add only two stems of sweet peas.
Glue twig snippets to closely follow the shape of a glass vase
Putting the focus on the flowers with an ever changing design.
Using dry and fresh floral material in one design without the dry becoming soggy and the fresh drying out.
Favourite Flowers
Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts
Rose
Related Designs
A leaning twig armature with both the first signs of Spring and the last signs of winter.
Place a small fishbowl vase at an angle to look like it is pouring out flowers and twigs.
A fragile looking heart made from twigs that can hold a lot of orchids
Grass crisscross that makes you want to lean in closer to count the late summer raindrops around these gorgeous roses.
A delicate winter twig armature to show off the delicate beauty of these early spring coloured tulips.
Glue a fantasy forest from Popsicle sticks, grape vine tendrils and willow tips
Instead of just placing a handful of twigs and two stems of sweet peas in a vase... why not...?
Using that little something that is unusual about your flower to make the design stand out.
The dry wheat stems are suspended from the outside of the container so that they remain dry and the flower stems can gently rest inside to remain hydrated.