Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
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- 7 October 2020
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Well… it’s kinda like a...

canary-ish halo bed for a pumpkin

or an in water buttery wheel around but keeping it above...

or more a pollen coloured wreath stem… stand-a-thing

or maybe a ducky yellow guard circlet

or maybe an egg yolk-ish-ly coloured ring suspend-a-squash.
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Tutorials
Use a wreath to keep flower and a heavy little ghost pumpkin in place in a small vase.
For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...
For this design I wanted my wreath to be light and airy so that it just whips around the solid pumpkin like a breeze.
Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin
Create a textured wreath with Chrysanthemums and rolled up Autumn leaves
A perfect way to use a Lathyrus vine after all it flowered
Glued Baby's Breath Wreath, folded in half to create a moon shaped armature
Use one leaf to keep the next in place
String up pumpkins and glass seahorse vases to craft an autumn mobile design.
Split bamboo stems to create a water source for dancing orchids
The word ‘Besom’ derives from the old English ‘besma’ meaning ‘bundle of twigs’.
Favourite Flowers
Chrysanthemum or "mums"
Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines
Related Designs
Designing for somewhere not still summer not yet autumn weather...
Oh my... a corn leaf mummy head for autumn... looking ahead to Halloween styling.
Create a almost wreath floral display that is light and airy... looking like it was just harvested.
Give a loosely woven wreath legs to stand on to hover lightly around a pumpkin
Hanging pumpkins and tiny vases to create a Autumn mobile floral design.
Weave a wreath to thread a dome for an Autumn leaf design
Split a few bamboo sections to create a happy water source for miniature orchids