My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Grown Glamour

31 July 2012

A masquerade masque grown in an enchanted forest...

Delicate but not Weak

Dainty but not Flimsy

Intricate but not Insubstantial

Fragile but not Frail

Elegant but not girlishly Pretty

A masque to be worn on a midsummer night...

by an Elven Queen rather than a Fairy Princess

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Tutorials

19 February 2013

Manipulating stems: Snapping at an angle, Bending, Spiraling, Curling and Straightening

Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without breaking it.

31 July 2012

Cherry stem Masquerade Masque

Glue cherry stems to create a mask

31 July 2012

Delicate twig and rosary vine garland

Spiral stems around a Ceropegia woodii or Rosary vine.

22 October 2025

Cinnamon bark base brown velvet wrist corsage

I am using my favourite wrist corsage base but updating it with delicious velvet and cinnamon bark. Perfect for autumn.

29 May 2024

Cover a headband with a whole lot of little floral details for a contemporary fascinator

Add the tiniest of floral details below calla lilies to craft a dramatic but still easy to wear fascinator.

3 April 2024

Coiled Spring and Wreath flower frog

Wind vines into an all natural armature to display your first of many... perfect... Spring flowers.

28 February 2024

Tangle a Ceropegia Woodii bud vase nest topper

Hatching an Oncidium orchid from a succulent vine nest... as one does in early Spring.

7 September 2022

Willow disk frog

Dried willow shaped to create a disk to keep your floral details in place in a vase with water.

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.

11 March 2020

Impossibly delicate Dancing Lady orchid wreath

Weave a wreath around a cardboard circle to create an almost lace effect... perfect to capture those first signs of Spring!

18 July 2018

Miltonia orchid and cherry plate

Keep a small space open on a serving platter to display gorgeous cherry red Miltonia orchids

11 October 2017

Shaping Thanks with wire that has a bit of give

Shape the letters out of wire and then decorate with autumn design elements.

20 September 2017

Hand Corsage

Inspired by Hath panjas or Indian hand jewelry an easy and comfortable alternative to a corsage

Related Designs

22 October 2025

Cinnamon, to go or for keeps

The most comfortable and comforting brown velvet and cinnamon wrist corsage that not only feels decadent... but has an upcycled heart.

29 May 2024

Fascinating!

Trendy fascinator design using long lasting (read can be designed ahead of time) floral details.

3 April 2024

springy, Spring, spring

Gorgeous Aquilegia vulgaris spring flower... with it's own springy thing!

28 February 2024

When the Super-duper is taking it Easy-peasy

Easy does it design that hints at but is not yet as intensive as the fun basket weaving and crafting that comes with Spring designing.

7 September 2022

Of the shades to come

This design requires a bit of prep-time so it is perfect to make while waiting for the first autumn leaf to appear…

27 July 2022

Wrong on the right, for a right

A glued snipped to create a cooling cone for dangling orchids

11 March 2020

On-Spring-dium

A almost impossibly delicate oncidium (dancing lady) orchid wreath.

18 July 2018

Is it an Isit?

Deep cherry red Miltonia orchid in a platter of cherries

25 October 2017

When the pretty eyeballs you back!

Barely there skeleton blossoms with Eucalyptus eyes for my Halloween design... Oh! and a Willow Paddle, which probably should have been the main Tutorial... but... well...