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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Hop on… it’s Easter!

The whole point

of Easter

is to remind us

that even the saddest feeling winter twig

can be part of creating some new beauty.

Happy Easter, flower buddies.

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Tutorials
Handcrafted grass and twig basket to hold some Easter flowers
13 April 2022
Handcrafted grass and twig basket to hold some Easter flowers

Easter basket filled with (almost... almost chocolate) anthuriums.
Bite and snap a sturdy twig
22 May 2012
Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.
Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals
8 July 2015
Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Foliage Weaving
8 June 2011
Foliage Weaving

For this tutorial I focus on a simple weave pattern that does not require you to soften or prepare the leaves to be more durable or flexible. This is the starting point in weaving techniques. You can build on this technique to make floral handbags, gift boxes, and baskets, sew it into a curve or wrap it around a vase or cover a test tube.
A Double vase, Sticky tape, Reflexed AND Woven Nestled Grass and Tulip Whirl
23 March 2022
A Double vase, Sticky tape, Reflexed AND Woven Nestled Grass and Tulip Whirl

so many techniques rolled into one rather pretty tulip nest. Perfect to celebrate new beginnings: Spring and my book birthday... and my online workshop!
Grass shelter for a glass bubble vase
13 March 2013
Grass shelter for a glass bubble vase

Weave a shelter around a glass vase
Weaving a ball shaped Dew-drop Catcher from grass
1 October 2012
Weaving a ball shaped Dew-drop Catcher from grass

Weave a sphere from grass
Messy edged basket
12 August 2015
Messy edged basket

Weave a loose basket to display flowers
Stacked eggshell containers that won't topple over.
28 March 2018
Stacked eggshell containers that won't topple over.

Balance a stack of eggshells with a magnet for a tiny Easter design
Weaving a Pillbox hat from grass
5 April 2017
Weaving a Pillbox hat from grass

Use the "over and under" weaving pattern to weave a round, upright hat with a flat top and no brim.
Taking a break when weaving with grass
29 May 2019
Taking a break when weaving with grass

When weaving a more labour intensive design you might want to/have to break for a few hours. This is the best way to keep the project from dying out too quickly.
Weaving and Interweaving for contrast
29 May 2019
Weaving and Interweaving for contrast

My block design is shaped around a Styrofoam block. It is bulky but lightweight and a great way to reuse packaging.
Interweave an enchanted gift basket
13 March 2019
Interweave an enchanted gift basket

A bit of a planned-messy woven basket that is sturdy enough to carry small items.
Weave a long lasting (without using floral foam) in a vase floral design basket
29 January 2020
Weave a long lasting (without using floral foam) in a vase floral design basket

Give your woven grass a water source by designing the basket in a vase rather than placing the vase in a basket
Weaving a diagonal green grass basket
1 February 2012
Weaving a diagonal green grass basket

Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.
Basket weave in an eggshell
8 April 2020
Basket weave in an eggshell

A tiny little basket weave to add to an Easter Design
Interweave a criss-crossed nest for an Easter Egg
31 March 2021
Interweave a criss-crossed nest for an Easter Egg

Zero waste, all natural Easter craft design.
Clip a neat design strip right through 38.46 g (or a thousand!) sprouting wheatgrass for a ethereal Spring display
12 March 2025
Clip a neat design strip right through 38.46 g (or a thousand!) sprouting wheatgrass for a ethereal Spring display

Mow a gap through growing wheatgrass to display Spring treasures.
High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile
27 March 2024
High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile

A vertical take on an Easter nest design to craft a spinning mobile decoration.
Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display
29 March 2023
Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display

Grow wheatgrass to create a Spring patch of green for your mini Easter egg hunt.
A witch... or wizard... hat that you can shape any which way you like
19 October 2022
A witch... or wizard... hat that you can shape any which way you like

Take your time to weave a pointy hat from what you find in nature.
Weave a grass sphere to keep the long flower stems neatly in place on a bud vase
6 July 2022
Weave a grass sphere to keep the long flower stems neatly in place on a bud vase

Both pretty and pretty effective. Keep the flowers exactly where you want them by weaving a stopper for your bud vase.
Related Designs
Easter Bonnet
5 April 2017
Easter Bonnet

Weave a delicate Pillbox hat
Chockablock!
23 March 2022
Chockablock!

Luxuriously filled design... filled with flowers... filled with grass. But most fun, for us as designers filled with hidden techniques
Tiptoe through the Tulips
21 January 2015
Tiptoe through the Tulips

Braid Tulip stems to set in water
How to catch a dew drop:
1 October 2012
How to catch a dew drop:

Weave a sphere from grass to catch a precious and exquisite and perfect glistening early autumn dew drop
Catch of the Day
12 August 2015
Catch of the Day

Weave a loose basket to display a single flower... or three
Walking on eggshells
28 March 2018
Walking on eggshells

Fill eggshells with moss to create an upright container... with a surprising balancing trick.
Bowled Over
15 April 2015
Bowled Over

Weave a sphere armature to complement delicate oncidium orchiods
Creative Competition
29 May 2019
Creative Competition

This week I am so excited to share my article and design that was published in the recent issue of the Floral Art Society of New Zealand's Academy Magazine for NZ qualified teachers, judges and demonstrators. It's all about good competition.
How to avoid your wedding treasures from becoming “after the event trash”
13 March 2019
How to avoid your wedding treasures from becoming “after the event trash”

My article and grass wedding basket design.
For a longer lasting Summer
14 August 2019
For a longer lasting Summer

A creative way to keep foliage hydrated for a cool, water filled summer design.
Peekaboo
29 January 2020
Peekaboo

A light and airy (no floral foam but still long lasting) floral design for those days that you are really, really looking for signs of Spring.
Don’t put all your Baskets in one Egg
8 April 2020
Don’t put all your Baskets in one Egg

A bit of a wrong way round pretty Easter design. Put the basket weave inside the egg instead of putting the eggs in a basket.
Criss-crossed
31 March 2021
Criss-crossed

Hide an egg inside a interwoven nest for a dainty Easter decoration design.
Well… we did it again!
11 April 2017
Well… we did it again!

Blossoms and chocolates for Easter
It’s all ===> right
20 March 2019
It’s all ===> right

Hang a dangling eggshell in a Spring blossom design.
Spoiler alert: It is one thousand… that’s how many!
12 March 2025
Spoiler alert: It is one thousand… that’s how many!

Growing 1000 wheatgrass seeds to celebrate adding my 1000th Tutorials to my website... Yay!!!
Twiners Gonna Twine
27 March 2024
Twiners Gonna Twine

Twining jasmine vine twirl for Easter
To grow a patch of grass of our very own
29 March 2023
To grow a patch of grass of our very own

The first of my new monthly articles about growing the material you need to design with. This month we are taking stock of what we need... and growing wheatgrass.
Point Witch (or Wizard) Way
19 October 2022
Point Witch (or Wizard) Way

A wire framed witch or wizard hat that can be reshaped.
Let’s play ball
6 July 2022
Let’s play ball

Weave a spherical support to place long stemmed flowers into a bud vase.
Favourite Flowers
Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis orchid detail from my Harnessing the Wind design