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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

It's a swell time…

Christmas Flower Trends 2012: A Contemporary Christmas inspired by Classic Christmas Lyrics

It's a swell time Floral Art design.

An exceptional moment frozen in time…

Eucalyptus snow flakes rest on the glass baubles.

If you look at a digital clock

Frosted glass baubles, eucalyptus, shooting star hydrangea and pine needles

today, December 12th,

An exceptional moment frozen in time

at exactly 12 minutes,

Stacked pine needles and seeded eucalyptus

12 seconds

Frosted green and white Christmas design

after 12 o clock

Frosted glass baubles rest in a bed of White Shooting Star Hydrangeas.

It will read: 12:12:12, 12/12/12

Piled Pine Needle Tabletop Wreath

A rare moment, indeed! This will not happen again before 2112.

Title from: "Jingle Bell Rock " is a classic Christmas song written in 1957 by Bobby Helms

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Tutorials

12 December 2012 Eucalyptus Snow Flakes

Glue seeded eucalyptus snow flakes

12 December 2012 Piled Pine Needle Tabletop Wreath

Use wood glue to make a light as air table top wreath from pine needles

Favourite Flowers

Hydrangea

Hydrangea, when cultivated as a cut flower rather as a plant it is often revered to as Hortensia

Related Designs

26 October 2016 Harvest Moon

Fold a fine twig wreath in half to create a moon shaped armature

23 November 2016 All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate): Another perspective

This was the third design I did in my "All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate)" floral art demonstration

30 November 2016 All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate): Worth a second look

This was the fourth (and last) design I did in my "All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate)" floral art demonstration

30 August 2017 If

Place a water tube at an angle in lumber so that the Zantedeschia float just above the base to show off the delicate grass snippets scattered up the stem

6 December 2017 While I sing of beauty's treasure

Glue the most delicate twig table top Christmas tree

20 December 2017 A Very Merry Christmas Star

A wire Christmas star with a secret plan to hide the twinkle

19 December 2018 Oh Florist-tree

Craft an Eucalyptus Christmas tree

11 December 2019 A Very Merry eucalyptus bauble Christmas!

For this year's Christmas tree I wired and glued a wild and wintry twig armature... but... these little eucalyptus baubles are just the cutest!

18 December 2019 A Happy, Merry, Jolly (easy as that!) Eucalyptus Christmas wreath

Now this is quite a discovery! And it honestly is the easiest and quickest way to go from "I still want to decorate for Christmas" to "... aaand I am done, I made our wreath"

25 November 2020 Have yourself a Merry Cellulose Fibre Christmas: Santa’s gift bag wreath

...ok not really that fancy- it’s made from paper pulp. A cardboard box gift bag wreath… really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes...

16 December 2020 Have yourself a Merry Cellulose Fibre Christmas: Snow Globe

...ok not really that fancy- it’s paper pulp. Cardboard boxes, really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes being delivered. This week...

8 December 2021 It’s the most… it’s the most... Jingle Patina Christmas of all!

This is the third of my Christmas 2021 series of designs. This year in the form of a mini workshop… my Christmas present to you. Craft the easiest copper bells to hang in a...

21 December 2022 Let it

A happy December Solstice or the Winter Solstice lantern.

8 November 2023 A warm up

An almost Christmas... Christmas wreath featured in the winter edition of Flora Magazine.

29 November 2023 Fall into Christmas

Want to make your Christmas greenery last... this is perfect!

6 December 2023 A Very Merry Dark and Moody and bring it in from the Woods Trendy Christmas Cheer

From now to a bit after New Year's Eve I will show you my take on the trends for Christmas 2023. This week I start with natural styling with a handcrafted twig candy cane.

13 December 2023 A Very Merry Naked Tree and Woodland Woodsy and Oversized Flowers Trendy Christmas Cheer

From now to a bit after New Year's Eve I will show you my take on the trends for Christmas 2023. This week I am continuing with a garland bowl and a cone and twig reindeer.

27 November 2024 A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop, special department of tinkering together those Soooo Good, for Goodness Sake moments

Long lasting and easy to pick up and place garland to decorate a Festive Platter of… anything, really!