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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

It keeps me going and I love it.

'... but I am good at this...

… and I want to share this with you...

… I want to teach you what I learned...

… I get to touch people's lives with what I do...

… and it keeps me going...

… and I love it

… and I think if you give it a shot you might love it too…"

Quote: Chef is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Jon Favreau

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Tutorials
Veiled Tillandsia glass container armature
13 April 2016
Veiled Tillandsia glass container armature

Create panels of Spanish moss to cover a glass container
Long legged wire hooks to hang a hidden water source
13 April 2016
Long legged wire hooks to hang a hidden water source

Hang tubes from the rim of a glass container to drape down with design details
Drinking straw "test tubes"
4 January 2011
Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.
Keeping pollen tidy
1 April 2015
Keeping pollen tidy

Most of the time I would gently tug the pollen covered stamens away the moment it becomes yellow and messy. But the Gloriosa looks rather pretty with the stamens on, so I fix it in place
Lilies
2 January 2011
Lilies

How to keep Lilies in bud for longer. Removing the pollen. Stringing a Lily Garland.
Straightening wire
30 October 2013
Straightening wire

Wire is always sold in a roll and it can be very frustrating to try to remove bends, kinks and curls.
Related Designs
Stringing in the rain
8 August 2012
Stringing in the rain

A veil of green wool, Spanish moss and dried hydrangeas hang over white lilies
Celebrate!
23 March 2016
Celebrate!

A closer look at my design at the 20th anniversary of Canada Blooms and The Toronto Flower Show
Veiled Sunshine:50th Anniversary of the South African Orchid Society at the Cape Town Convention Centre.
11 April 2011
Veiled Sunshine:50th Anniversary of the South African Orchid Society at the Cape Town Convention Centre.

Bright and sunny cymbidium orchids and roses, lilies, lisianthus and pincushions
Favourite Flowers
Tillandsia Usneoides
Tillandsia Usneoides

Detail of my Stringing in the Rain design with Spanish moss, wool, hydrangeas and lilies.
Gloriosa
Gloriosa

Gloriosa flowers used in my The Space Between design