Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Just about enough space
- 12 June 2024
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Life is
so much
better when you make
just about enough
space
for
what you
love
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Tutorials
A pretty way of taming wonderfully wild thin stemmed floral details... without loosing the light and airy feel.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Threaded Heuchera (Coral Bells) rosette with curved stems to kick against the sides of your container to keep it suspended above water.
Curl and pin a few leaves into a tube to create an armature for those "left over" freesiabuds.
Create a tiny visual tunnel to focus attention.
A small bundle of Spring floral treasures framed with lush monstera foliage.
Prevent a leaf from ripping or bruising when positioning it in your design.
Capture a bit of winter magic by placing delicate flower buds in the middle of two large leaves.
Carefully bubble out a tied bunch of grass to make a cavity to display gorgeous flowers.
Both pretty and pretty effective. Keep the flowers exactly where you want them by weaving a stopper for your bud vase.
Quick and easy design... perfect for something tiny to celebrate spring.... everywhere!
Create a shallow puddle in a larger container to keep your flowers in place.
Carefully break... but don't snap a reed to create a curved base for a fanned out grass armature.
Tulips continue to grow as they open. This means you not only have to be mindful of their proportions as they are now... but also as they will be once open.
Stack snippets of grass on a wire frame to make a floating pyramid armature
Related Designs
Beautiful Bletilla striata (Chinese Ground Orchid) deserves it's own elaborate frilly skirt display.
An enclosed design that invites the onlooker to lean in closer to explore the pretty orchid.
Support a small bundle of spring florals to stand upright in water with two Monstera leaves.
A small design to display those last Spring snippets from your garden...
... a something to look forward to design that makes you lean in closer to see what might still be.
Dutch floral designer Pim van den Akker, from Flower Factor invited me to participate in a FloraHolland initiative promoting the versatility of Freesias entitled ...
Weave a spherical support to place long stemmed flowers into a bud vase.
Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.
This is a great "space-keeper" design. The tulip will continue to grow into the vase height as they open... but until then the grass platform part of the design diverts your...
