Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Making it work somewhere between a rock and a hard place
- 14 February 2013
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What a predicament!

A real conundrum!

In such a pretty fix!

… and now the cracks are starting to show!!!

And then you start to think…

Maybe a pebble for over here… just add a bit of… curl this twig just so…

Don't you just love creative blunders?
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