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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Inside my world

Have you ever noticed

How

there’s this whole

other world

inside every world

the moment you stop and really take note?

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Tutorials
Three drop Lantern
28 September 2022
Three drop Lantern

Attach three Physalis pods to drop down in a long lasting Fall design.
Drying Hydrangeas: Fast, Flat or Natural
30 May 2012
Drying Hydrangeas: Fast, Flat or Natural

Use all three methods to dry hydrangeas to get three very different textures to use in design work.
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.
Inside Pod Designing
3 October 2018
Inside Pod Designing

Snip open a Physalis pod to create a cavity for delicate floral details.
Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills
30 August 2011
Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills

The finish of every design should be flawless. Make sure there are no bits of glue visible in your design by carefully removing all traces of spills.
Physalis Pod Stick-man
31 October 2017
Physalis Pod Stick-man

Glue twigs into a stick man for a Halloween design
Roll spiral blossoms
8 October 2011
Roll spiral blossoms

Cut leaves and petals and roll a spiral blossom
Skeletonize Physalis Pods
3 September 2014
Skeletonize Physalis Pods

Remove the pulp from the papery pod (sepal) covering the little berry of Chinese lantern plant so that only the vain framework remain
Floral Fridge magnet in a nutshell
19 April 2012
Floral Fridge magnet in a nutshell

Tuck one half of a corsage magnet in a nutshell before designing to create a floral fridge magnet
Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin
27 September 2017
Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin

Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin
Related Designs
But what’s inside?
3 October 2018
But what’s inside?

This week we are looking at the contents pages of my book... but more specifically at the sweet little pod design on the content page of my book.
Cross-hatch a Shadow Bright Autumn
2 October 2019
Cross-hatch a Shadow Bright Autumn

A clever trick borrowed from art techniques to add dimension to a bright and colourful Autumn floral design.
Mr Twig-or-cheat
31 October 2017
Mr Twig-or-cheat

An extra Almost-a-Design for Halloween this year
In the Bag
14 April 2011
In the Bag

My bag was woven from re-purposed wire and recycled fishing line and tiny stems of growing sweet pea plants and orchids
Thanksgiving Harvest
7 October 2011
Thanksgiving Harvest

Thanksgiving pumpkin with Chinese lanterns and spiral blossoms
Bright, brighter… brightest!
16 October 2012
Bright, brighter… brightest!

Celebrate the bright colours of autumn with lilies and Chinese lanterns
What's done is done
3 September 2014
What's done is done

My article and lace fine wreath design featured in the Autumn issue of DIY Weddings Magazine
As tendrils tend to do
27 September 2017
As tendrils tend to do

Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin
When the pretty eyeballs you back!
25 October 2017
When the pretty eyeballs you back!

Barely there skeleton blossoms with Eucalyptus eyes for my Halloween design... Oh! and a Willow Paddle, which probably should have been the main Tutorial... but... well...
Three Drops of Floral Chocolate
25 January 2012
Three Drops of Floral Chocolate

The design drips down in three tiers each celebrating life, love and connection.
Favourite Flowers
Physalis
Physalis

Spiral flowers from Chinese lantern sepals for my Thanksgiving Harvest design.
Hydrangea
Hydrangea

Dried and fresh hydrangeas with sticks and bark