Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
In The Time it Takes To Listen To Learn
- 17 April 2024
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Eeyore: “I was just sitting here,
enjoying
the company.
You know plants have a lot to say,
if you
take the time
to listen”
That is what Eeyore said.
Character in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne
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Tutorials
Trap a bubble between two shallow containers to float clematis flowers for Spring.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Combining dried and fresh floral details for a easy breezy summer design.
Suspend flowers with an almost invisible taped grid
Capture Spring for just a little bit longer by sticking blossoms down, in place.
Great craft for when you are tidying up the garden before the first frost but would still like to enjoy the vines for a bit longer.
Create a dry layer by placing a smaller vase inside the larger vase
Putting the focus on the flowers with an ever changing design.
Slip a leaf into the gap between two glass containers to keep it upright... and add a plastic lining to support the flowers nestled into it.
Glue glass chips into a half moon to help keep the floral details in place.
Suspend flowers over a water filled container by weaving a natural grid.
This is a great way to explore using vines dried, soon to dry and fresh and hydrated to craft the thinnest possible transparent design.
Favourite Flowers
Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines
Related Designs
That good old double vase trick... but this time I deliberately added a bubble between the two layers to create a third circle in the design.
A quick-to-do-but-looks-impressive way to display a beautiful cut garden vine for an effortless summer design.
Designing for somewhere not still summer not yet autumn weather...
Blossom petals drop so quickly! Here's a way to make them last just that little bit longer.
Time to cut down vines... and enjoy them a bit longer in a Halloween display.
Using that little something that is unusual about your flower to make the design stand out.
Stack two vases to create a small gap at the side to keep a leaf upright
Weave an all natural net to place over a vase to keep your flowers above water.
Tangle jasmine vines outside a vase for a transparent screen to display floral details on and around a sea horse vase to display floral details in.