My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Hatching a plan

Hatching a plan floral art design

Device

Rosary vine and freesia buds

Design

Twig nest

Dreaming of spring,

Tight freesia buds.

Concoct

Nestled egg shells and feathers

Make believe

Dreaming of spring floral art design

or pretend, pretend...

Suspend the nest on hazel twigs

Inventing a fantasy on a cold winters day…

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Tutorials

Dried twig dome
11 December 2013 Dried twig dome

Mix glue and twigs to create a twig armature for a Winter Christmas design

Suspending the twig nest
26 February 2014 Suspending the twig nest

Balance the armature on a few twigs to display

Drinking straw "test tubes"
4 January 2011 Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need. If you can't find a suitable drinking straw... I also have an upgrade: tiny food grade pipe water tubes.

Favourite Flowers

Ceropegia woodii - Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts
Ceropegia woodii

Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts

Freesia - Freesia, freesias
Freesia

Freesia, freesias

Related Designs

One tug
15 June 2016 One tug

Weave willow bark strips into a nest and weave a bird from flax

How do squirrels Cache a tree?
22 November 2017 How do squirrels Cache a tree?

Hoard a few acorns in the fork of a twig to show off a single oncidium orchid.

Do they have cold feet?
23 January 2019 Do they have cold feet?

Keep flower stems upright with a folded cellophane plastic support that looks like cracked ice.