My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Let it

21 December 2022
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With kind thoughts and all good wishes for a Merry Berry Kalanchoe Christmas

There it is, really.

Let

your

heart

light

Happy December Solstice or the Winter Solstice, flower buddies. For us up here in the North our Earth’s axis is tilted the furthest away from the sun and today is the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Tomorrow will be just a little bit lighter…

Inspired by the lyrics of Have yourself a Merry little Christmas Songwriters: Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin / John Fricke

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Tutorials

21 December 2022

Winter Solstice Kalanchoe and Berry twig Lantern

Soft and minimal glow lantern that you can make ahead of time to last all Festive Season.

8 July 2015

Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.

28 December 2016

Adding snow to twigs

Glue artificial snow to twigs

13 December 2017

Long lasting bark and Kalanchoe sleigh

Kalanchoe flowers last weeks without a water source and is the perfect way to dress up a bark and silver bell sleigh

21 December 2016

Bark Christmas Stocking

Cover a wire frame to create a Christmas stocking armature

6 December 2017

Barely there twig tabletop Christmas tree

Glue curved twig snippets to craft a delicate winter white Christmas tree

14 December 2016

Bark and Cotton Candy Cane

Cover a cardboard shape in cotton and bark to create a floral armature

28 December 2016

A bark strip and fluffed cotton disk wreath

Cover a wreath frame with bark strips and fluffed out cotton

20 December 2017

Twinkle and Pine Christmas Star

Use a cardboard shape to craft a simple wire Christmas star

12 December 2012

Piled Pine Needle Tabletop Wreath

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

2 December 2015

Silver bell Christmas Greenery kissing ball

Use delicate sprigs of cypress or juniper, fir, pine, eucalyptus, ivy or a combination of them all to create a winter themed kissing bough

4 December 2019

Eucalyptus collar for a snow-covered Christmas candle

Not only will your home smell wonderful while crafting this design you will also have a ethereal and long lasting design to enjoy.

23 November 2022

Snowy Pinecone with green tomato berries and Kalanchoe flowers

A snowflake covered design that will hang on to well past Christmas.

30 November 2022

The coziest Wool, Holly and Kalanchoe Table Top Candy Cane Snowflake

A fuzzy wool and twig snowflake that starts out as a handful of candy canes.

7 December 2022

A berry and kalanchoe sleigh… to carry your twig tree home, of course

A snowy Christmas scene crafted from a handful of twigs... and a few kalanchoe flowers.

14 December 2022

Sparkle Spool and Velvet Magnolia Table Top Christmas Tree

A pretty way to warm up your living space with the luxurious velvet texture you find on the underside of Magnolia leaves.

25 December 2024

Candle in a window pane Christmas glow

Stack glass containers as your mechanic and frame for a Christmas glow design.

10 December 2024

A not yet all done… bark floral frog to catch that feeling of setting out together to collect the Christmas Tree to decorate

Create a design with a hint of incompleteness… something to still look forward to.

3 January 2024

Silver leaf Paper Snowflakes to display your winter flowers on

Fold some snowflakes to display your beautiful winter flowers on.

3 January 2024

Succulent and gilded flameless candle yule log display stand

A robust stand with tall dowel sticks to slip your display over.

3 January 2024

Magnetic silverleaf bell and snowy twig clusters to suspend your flowers in a display

An easy to remove and put back bundle of winter twigs to add to a display.

15 November 2023

Water dip Wax to match the flame petals of a Cyclamen flower for a layered Twig and Leaf armature

Dipping wax in a deep bath of water makes the most beautiful streams of wax that looks just like the petals of a cyclamen flower.

28 December 2022

Bundled up Rosehip Scatter twigs… for anywhere you need a small frosted winter decorating touch

A delicate winter decoration to add sparkle to those in between Christmas and New Years Eve days.

Related Designs

13 December 2017

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling

Craft a bark sleigh that will last for weeks.

21 December 2016

A Gleaming Cotton Christmas

Glue bark to a wire frame to create a Christmas stocking armature

6 December 2017

While I sing of beauty's treasure

Glue the most delicate twig table top Christmas tree

14 December 2016

A Candy(cane) Cotton Christmas

A floral cotton candy cane

28 December 2016

A Jingle Cotton Christmas

Cover a wreath frame with bark and cotton for a textured Christmas wreath design

20 December 2017

A Very Merry Christmas Star

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

12 December 2012

It's a swell time…

An exceptional moment frozen in time… 12:12:12 12/12/12

2 December 2015

Stacking the odds in your favour

Cover a wire frame for a winter kissing bough.

27 December 2017

Can it be?

Craft a pine tube to display a soft and snow filled winter scene

7 November 2018

Grab your party mittens, flower buds… it’s Book Launch Day!

Celebrating my book launch by knotting floral mittens using the design Tutorial from my book and the template from the free gift template booklet.

4 December 2019

A Very Merry eucalyptus-collar-candle Christmas!

An easy and naturally fragrant winter white candle decoration to bring nature into your house this Christmas.

12 January 2022

All That Potential

Softly glowing winter twigs for a minimal display

23 November 2022

Ways to Merry a Christmas

A little bit of effort... that will last for weeks design to hang about the whole Festive Season.

30 November 2022

Take a bough… it’s Christmas time!

A wool and twig snowflake design (made from candy canes!) that will last the entire Festive Season.

7 December 2022

Making spirits bright

A twig sleigh... to collect your twig Christmas tree, of course!

14 December 2022

Joyf'ly

Table top Christmas tree with a fairy light twig trunk.

25 December 2024

A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop… ‘tis Christmas Day!

A sweet through-the-window candle glowing kind of design to celebrate Christmas.

11 December 2024

A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s Workshop for a dash of Having Something To Look Forward To

An on-purpose-not-yet-quite-done design to remind us to enjoy the Christmas moments as they unfold.

3 January 2024

A Very Merry Gilded Paper Ornament and Yule Log Trendy Christmas/New Year’s Cheer

Paper snowflakes to display small snippets of Festive flowers on.

15 November 2023

Freeze… just for a moment!

Not quite winter but also a bit late for autumn design that is somewhere between sparkle and flying leaves.

28 December 2022

Giving a nod

A scattering of winter decorating for wherever you might need it.

Favourite Flowers

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Pink' flowers arranged in my tiny fridge magnet for my In a nutshell design