Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Let me float my Wednesday idea by you for a bit
- 22 May 2024
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Yay!!! It’s Wednesday…

and that means today I get to do this flower thing I do…

and it makes my day so much better because I get to share it with YOU

(in the hopes that it makes your day better as well)

And maybe your day feels a bit better

… so you are inspired to do what you do to make someone else's day a bit better

And their day is a bit better

… so they feel inspired to do what they do to make someone else's day a bit better…

See which way this is floating…?
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Tutorials
Floating the tiniest Bits of Floral Treasures from your cut flower garden
Fold and peg banana leaves into pockets so that they float freely on water. This is inspired by a traditional banana leaf craft used to cook rice in.
Use a wet brush to lift any tiny bits of plant material floating on and in the water to keep your container clear.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Flowers naturally float in water. They just don’t always naturally float on water. For that they sometimes need a bit of help.
Conditioning new growth and sprouts are difficult because the little sprouts have not had time to fully develop its cellular structure to survive being cut and taking up water on...
Done in no time design... and it is rather refreshing to make.
Cut circles out of transparencies to make ripples in the water
Float flowers in a bottle by giving each flower their own little bubble wrap raft-skirt.
If you know my work you have probably seen me do this: I float flowers using a tiny bubble wrap skirt... this time I am floating an entire design on it's own bubble wrap raft.
Related Designs
A mindful summer craft using banana leaves to create a floating arrangement.
An Autumn Equinox design that captures the moment before the spectacular colour burst of autumn floats around again
One of my trusty tried and tested techniques. When the going gets hot... float your flowers!
Ooooh! Am I excited to show you this design. It is an ordinary fishbowl vase... balanced on it's side.
The third design I did for my book launch demonstration looking at aspects that influences my effortless style of designing.