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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Just think!

8 April 2015
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"Chocolate is made from cocoa beans,

which is the dried and partially fermented seeds of the cacao tree,

And a tree is most definitely a plant.

Therefore,

chocolate counts as a salad."

This week’s quote found it’s roots in a quote on Meme Generator... but it is slightly altered to make it more botanical.

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Tutorials

8 April 2015

Cane and Willow Nest Shaped Basket

Weave a nest for Easter eggs

25 September 2013

Adding beads into a design

I wanted my beads to softly float above my snowball posy. If I glued the beads to some of the flowers it would just disappear in the mass of twigs and flowers.

4 January 2011

Drinking straw "test tubes"

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

19 February 2013

Manipulating stems: Snapping at an angle, Bending, Spiraling, Curling and Straightening

Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without breaking it.

16 April 2025

Just hatched willow twig egg armature

Craft a cracked egg shape armature for an Easter display.

9 April 2025

Nesting a small basket in a clematis vine for a “help yourself” Easter egg display

The dried plant material keeps the vine from flopping over in the vase as it continues to grow and flower and the vine lifts the dried material far above the water to prevent it from spoiling.

27 March 2024

High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile

A vertical take on an Easter nest design to craft a spinning mobile decoration.

3 May 2023

Standing flower stems upright In Perlite

I use perlite to root my cuttings... and to support flower stems in an upright position in designs without using floral foam.

29 March 2023

Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display

Grow wheatgrass to create a Spring patch of green for your mini Easter egg hunt.

8 April 2020

Basket weave in an eggshell

A tiny little basket weave to add to an Easter Design

17 April 2019

Cross cut Spring Twig Armature

Give a sturdy twig a cut to stay put in your Spring design.

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.

18 April 2018

Clematis Vine Swing

Weave a delicate nest for a small spring design.

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

3 August 2016

Hanging Willow Nest

Bend and weave a nest shape from fresh willow stems

Related Designs

16 April 2025

I Break For Beauty

A cracked Easter Egg willow armature for hiding some treats...

9 April 2025

Eggsactly… just like this

The flowers will continue to open around the nest… and the eggs… well surely they will disappear and you will need to replace those before Easter.

27 March 2024

Twiners Gonna Twine

Twining jasmine vine twirl for Easter

3 May 2023

Spring Row

Viola and chives cleverly dancing upright in a row.

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.