Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
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- 13 October 2021
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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, Flower buddies
I hope you had a fun and flower filled weekend.
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Tutorials
It’s amazing how we sometimes try to complicate a design. I tried adding calla lilies… took them out and loved the willow. Added gerberas. Took them out and loved the willow....
For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...
For this design I wanted my wreath to be light and airy so that it just whips around the solid pumpkin like a breeze.
Create a dimensional wreath by assembling wreath vine to hug around an oblong container.
Snip open a Physalis pod to create a cavity for delicate floral details.
Suspend a heavy butternut over water in an early Autumn design.
I wanted my pumpkin to lift its head slightly so that it is easy to see the beautiful sepals inside. Making tiny legs also prevent the pumpkin from rolling.
A zero waste and sustainable floral design solution to keep your flowers exactly where you want them without using floral foam.
Use a wreath to keep flower and a heavy little ghost pumpkin in place in a small vase.
Favourite Flowers
Curly Willow, Chinese Willow, Tortured Willow, Globe Willow, Dragon's Claw, Hankow Willow
Related Designs
Designing for somewhere not still summer not yet autumn weather...
Oh my... a corn leaf mummy head for autumn... looking ahead to Halloween styling.
Balancing dried ribbons of foliage to craft a wind twisted floral display.
Create a almost wreath floral display that is light and airy... looking like it was just harvested.
Give a loosely woven wreath legs to stand on to hover lightly around a pumpkin
A hint of a wreath table top design for pre-Halloween decorating.
This week we are looking at the contents pages of my book... but more specifically at the sweet little pod design on the content page of my book.
My Halloween design... with some scary stuff hidden if you can read between the leaves!
An all out effective way of keeping a flower stem in the exact spot you want it to be in a clear water vase design.
Create a floral circlet to rest the little pumpkin on... but above the water line.