My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Into a Puddle!

30 June 2021
and more

We have reached the stage of summer where I am...

Pretty

Much

Melted

Into a

Puddle

For all my Pacific Northwest flower buddies… wow for this record breaking heatwave!

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Dew-Drop Crystals

I created the Tutorial for how I add these crystals to my floral designs 11 years ago! Since then I have tried, tested and searched for the perfect crystals that would go from studio‑table picture perfect to show‑day‑dependable and I always come back to these. They remain the absolute best. They’re inexpensive yet have a refined, high‑quality crystal brilliance; they don’t tarnish and their adhesive backing stays reliably tacky even after they were exposed to water.

Tutorials

30 June 2021

Sparkling dew drop puddle to keep flowers hydrated even during a heatwave

Done in no time design... and it is rather refreshing to make.

2 July 2014

Clearly invisible taped Grid

This is the easiest way to keep flower in place

13 September 2017

Tape a grid around the edges of a container for a table top wreath

Suspend flowers with an almost invisible taped grid

10 July 2013

Wrap a line grid to support plant material in a shallow, stemmed container

Fishing line creates an invisible grid over a shallow glass cake stand to support the plant material

15 April 2020

A Sticky-tape way to keep blossom petals from dropping

Capture Spring for just a little bit longer by sticking blossoms down, in place.

2 April 2014

Turning the sellotape over the vase trick up-side-down for a sticky side out frog

Tape a grid over a vase to keep the floral details in place

21 May 2025

Make a Stuck with an Unstick Stick Maple Seed Spring floral frog… but for a grasshopper pair.

Use the sticky side of sticky tape to create the lightest possible floral frog to display your floral details in.

22 May 2024

A design solution for showcasing the tiniest flowers... in a big way

Floating the tiniest Bits of Floral Treasures from your cut flower garden

22 November 2023

Fluffy Seed Snowflake Sparkle

A gentle switch between designing for Autumn and Thanksgiving and Christmas.

31 May 2023

No Mow May Scattered Grass and Erigeron Meadow design

Tape a grid to create a barely there scattered grass display for a cooling summer display.

14 September 2022

Summer harvest Vine Swirl

A great way have your vines root and enjoy them too...

3 August 2022

Above and below water jasmine in a grass square

Not only is water designs wonderfully refreshing to make... it is also wonderfully refreshing for your flowers.

11 August 2021

Dried twig collar in a double vase display for gravity sensitive flowers

Putting the focus on the flowers with an ever changing design.

Related Designs

20 August 2014

Summer

A quick and easy design for summer

13 September 2017

Around again

Tape a grid at the edge of a container

28 October 2015

On Pumpkin Coloured Days

Create a besom broom to sweep up those Autumn leaves

10 July 2013

Pink

Weave an invisible grid to float the plant material on

6 April 2016

Take it for a Spin

Make a clear grid to suspend plant material on

2 April 2014

Apricity

Turning a stand-by floral technique sticky side out

16 April 2014

Never saw such a lovely day...

Weave a palm thorn garland to decorate for Easter

15 April 2020

Helping Spring Stick Around

Blossom petals drop so quickly! Here's a way to make them last just that little bit longer.

15 July 2015

So Fine

Use transparencies to create floating devices for the flower material

22 February 2017

Perfect!

Tulips are so perfect just as they are all that is needed is to simply drape their graceful leaves around the flowers

7 June 2017

Dream, Job

Create a grid to rest some plant material so that it floats and some with their stems to rest in the water below

21 May 2025

Sticktoitness that gets you Unstuck

Create a sticky grid for the lightest and dreamiest Spring floral display.

22 May 2024

Let me float my Wednesday idea by you for a bit

Floating the most delicate cut flowers

22 November 2023

Gentle transition

There's no need to rush the seasons. Take it slow and enjoy the plant material that are still available even if you are excited about what is to come...