Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
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- 2 August 2023
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Tutorials
My summer design strategy: the warmer the weather the deeper the water. A vine frog is just the thing!
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Weave tiny vine wreaths on the leave stems of a stripped Wisteria vine
Create a barely there armature with sturdy end of season vines.
Flowers naturally float and you will need some kind of sinker to keep them suspended under water.
Create a shallow puddle in a larger container to keep your flowers in place.
Water... lots of water- that is the answer to designing flower arrangements that survive the summer heat.
Float flowers in a bottle by giving each flower their own little bubble wrap raft-skirt.
Tiny stems are often also delicate stems... place your cut flowers directly in a small glass of water. A perfect fit for this basket.
Crystal clear floral design for winter styling
Passion fruit flowers never lasts long. Not even growing outside on a vine. But the buds continue to open once cut making a wreath display ideal for an even changing passion fruit...
Not only is water designs wonderfully refreshing to make... it is also wonderfully refreshing for your flowers.
As in… Pussy willow catkins caterpillar… that is super fuzzy.
A zero waste and sustainable floral design solution to keep your flowers exactly where you want them without using floral foam.
Suspend flowers over a water filled container by weaving a natural grid.
Favourite Flowers
Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid
Related Designs
Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.
One of my trusty tried and tested techniques. When the going gets hot... float your flowers!
A tiny carry basket to gather the shortest stems from your cutting garden... with a place for water and your cutters.
Frame a passion flower in a vine wreath for a short lived but so pretty arrangement.
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.
Weave an all natural net to place over a vase to keep your flowers above water.
Weave a trap to keep your floral details suspended in a square container.