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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

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Ish Spring floral basket by Christine de Beer

The prediction is: snow-ish

Early Lime Saxifrage flowers arranged in a twig basket

With a ray of sun… ish

Saxifrage spring flower design to look like blossoms in a twig basket

and an ...ish of wind

A twig basket to make to celebrate Spring a bit early

for when its not all calm...ish.

Get an early start on bringing Spring indoors by using branches to make a basket

you might find an ...ish of frosty blossoms

Sustainable floral design ideas that you can make from what you find in your garden

Or bundle or so of budding twig-iciles

Grow your own floral design ideas

perfectly perfect for the Spring… ish days of March.

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Tutorials

1 March 2023 Glue an early Spring basket from leftover cherry blossom twigs

After the last petal drops cut the blossom twigs into snippets to craft a basket with.

4 January 2011 Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.

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.

22 May 2012 Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

1 November 2011 Weaving a twig wreath

For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...

24 May 2017 Chain link wreath weaving

Weave a few small wreaths to connect

27 September 2017 Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin

Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin

18 April 2018 Clematis Vine Swing

Weave a delicate nest for a small spring design.

21 March 2018 Craft a Spring basket from a wreath

A wide gap nearly basket for nearly spring

10 September 2014 Twig Bridal Basket

A slim basket design made from twigs

6 January 2012 Mossy Twig handbag

Radiate short twigs in a circle to make a moss and twig handbag

2 March 2021 Catch Blossom Petals in a Pussy Willow tray basket

An easy to assemble yourself harvest basket to carry home and display Spring blossoms.

Related Designs

19 April 2023 Short Cut

A tiny carry basket to gather the shortest stems from your cutting garden... with a place for water and your cutters.

28 June 2023 Catch and Release

Ah... yes summer time designing. Anyone else seeing more insects hiding between the petals this year?

20 March 2024 the arc of Success

Coil a straw basket for an Easter display

20 January 2011 The last Vine Wreath

Every designer knows how to stretch their supplies. We use and re-use our dried plant material until our fellow designers feel like hiding it from us. I formed such an...

16 March 2016 Creative Expectations

My article and a floral parasol design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

17 August 2016 Strangeness

Weave a wreath to display air plants on

8 April 2011 Large Open Weave Twig Basket

Easter Basket used in the Durbanville Flower Club Easter Parade Demonstration

24 May 2017 Link

weave a few wreaths to link

12 April 2011 Intimate Dinner For Two- Table Setting Competition Class

Floral Sushi Dinner, for two

27 September 2017 As tendrils tend to do

Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin

18 April 2018 Swing Vine

Weave a delicate vine swing to nestle a small vase with spring flowers in

21 March 2018 Bring some Spring

Just like the weather is only hinting at spring, so is this design only hinting at being a basket

10 September 2014 Creativity will come

My Twig Bridal Basket design and Tutorial featured in the Extraordinary Wedding Flowers issue of the New Zealand Floral Design Magazine

5 January 2012 Designing Your Way to Profits

Floral Craftsmanship Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine

4 December 2013 Red, Redder, Reddest!

My article and flower girl net basket design featured in the Red! issue of DIY Weddings Magazine

3 March 2021 Spring Tray-ning

A Spring basket design for catching falling blossom petals.

3 December 2014 Finding Common Ground

My article and twig boutonniere design featured in the Winter issue of DIY Weddings Magazine