Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
In All Ways
- 13 March 2024
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Tutorials
Sturdy and easy to make... a small harvest basket ready for all the Spring flowers still to come.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Butterfly hair clips are the perfect little claws to help you hold tiny items in place while you wait for glue to dry
Curl the wire at irregular intervals to create a natural wire tendril similar to that of a passion fruit plant
Craft a keepsake heart on top of a vase to display special flowers.
Spiral birch bark strips into two mirror images to create a wintery wrap for a bud vase.
Simple and natural floral accessory for a sherry glass
Kalanchoe flowers last weeks without a water source and is the perfect way to dress up a bark and silver bell sleigh
Cover a Styrofoam shape with bark to create a bowl for a potted design
Glue bark to a Papier Maché and wire frame to create a pod shaped armature
Cover a wreath frame with bark strips and fluffed out cotton
This wired rope is inspired by Monkey vine that you see hanging from trees. It is strong, rough and very tough. Covering the rope with mud will add texture and it also insulate...
Easy to weave design that can hold your prettiest autumn design treasures.
Favourite Flowers
Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines
Related Designs
A bark armature standing on pointe for some gorgeous blue King Tut sweet peas
A frozen in a moment bark scroll with silver leaf letters that was about to reveal Santa's Nice list!
Roll birch bark into a double spiral to cradle some perfect flowers to admire all winter.
Clean, simple and restrained elegance: a single jasmine stem in a wine glass. All it needed was just a few extra blades of grass to tie it all together. And wings, of course!
Craft a bark sleigh that will last for weeks.
Sometimes you find such a beautiful plant that you just can't bring yourself to cut it. This design explores using the entire plant, pot and all, in a design
...ok not really that fancy- it’s made from paper pulp. A cardboard box Yule log… really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes being...
Cover a wreath frame with bark and cotton for a textured Christmas wreath design
...ok not really that fancy- it’s made from paper pulp. A cardboard box gift bag wreath… really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes...
Glow and sparkle bark armature to celebrate the first signs of Autumn
This is my article that I wrote for the Mother's Day Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine
My Floral Hurricane design entry for the BC Floral Art Society mini show competition
A quick-to-do-but-looks-impressive way to display a beautiful cut garden vine for an effortless summer design.
A visual breather from all the bright and festive designs to come when designing for Autumn.
My Twig Bridal Basket design and Tutorial featured in the Extraordinary Wedding Flowers issue of the New Zealand Floral Design Magazine