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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

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It's all right floral art design

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting

Spring blossoms

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

Minimal Spring flower arrangement

Here comes the sun

Peach blossom floral design

Here comes the sun,

Spring design with eggshells

and I say...

Add eggshells into Spring floral designs

it's...

Bright and clear floral art design for Spring

... all right.

Lyrics by The Beatles

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Tutorials

20 March 2019 Hanging dangling eggshells with a twig and some ripped grass

Pierce eggshells to string it up for a delicate Spring design element.

14 January 2011 Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

11 April 2017 A little nest for Easter chocolates that naturally hooks over the edge of a container

Weave a tiny nest with a twig hook so that you can hang it in a design

28 March 2018 Stacked eggshell containers that won't topple over.

Balance a stack of eggshells with a magnet for a tiny Easter design

30 March 2012 Keep pod shaped flowers in bud for longer

Sometimes you want to keep flowers in tight bud for as long as possible to suit your design

7 April 2012 Just Hatched Papier Mache Easter Eggs

Glue newsprint paper to balloons to make large egg shaped containers to design in

24 April 2013 Macramé hanging vases

Knot wool to create a catch to hang tiny bud vases from

8 August 2012 Stringing wool and Spanish moss

Create veil of wool and Spanish moss

28 December 2011 Macramé inspired hanging test tubes

When I hang these delicate glass bubbles I want to make sure they are really secure. By slipping them into Macramé inspired knots they are not only hanging securely but the...

Favourite Flowers

Phormium

Flax, New Zealand flax

Related Designs

17 April 2019 Hopping with Excitement

A hoppingly-fun Spring design for Easter.

16 February 2022 Hang on, love

A hanging heart design to celebrate love this Valentine's Day.

13 April 2022 Hop on… it’s Easter!

A cheery Easter basket for a new beginning

13 July 2022 Blue…

The tiniest flower adds some much needed coolness to a summer floral design.

8 March 2023 And now we wait

A bit of flower magic to get a few early blossoms to enjoy inside.

29 March 2023 To grow a patch of grass of our very own

The first of my new monthly articles about growing the material you need to design with. This month we are taking stock of what we need... and growing wheatgrass.

5 April 2023 Where do you even start looking?

Easter egg... egg for Easter eggs

27 March 2024 Twiners Gonna Twine

Twining jasmine vine twirl for Easter

11 April 2017 Well… we did it again!

Blossoms and chocolates for Easter

28 March 2018 Walking on eggshells

Fill eggshells with moss to create an upright container... with a surprising balancing trick.

16 April 2014 Never saw such a lovely day...

Weave a palm thorn garland to decorate for Easter

7 April 2012 Spring Clean

A clean Easter design. The tiny blossoms are Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Pink'. Tucked low in the paper eggs are a few Cymbidium orchids and the twigs are contorted hazel. The...

8 April 2015 Just think!

Weave a nest for chocolate Easter eggs

16 May 2012 On the first warm day in May

A ripped flax, Ranunculus and Mikado Reed drop shaped nest

24 April 2013 Hanging Space

Suspend small bud vases with Macramé-like knotted wool. This design is featured on The Fusion Flowers Magazine... Fusion Links page.

19 September 2018 Before I show you my book- let me show you my book

… and why we call this the special craftsmanship edition