Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Maybe Still Maybe
- 11 January 2023
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Winter
teaches our eyes to see the good bits that are not yet there…
like the flower buds
waiting
under
the snow.
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Tutorials
Capture a bit of winter magic by placing delicate flower buds in the middle of two large leaves.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Add a leaf to a large-ish vase to create a small puddle of water for your short flower stem to rest in.
Glue short sections of rosary vine into the natural gaps in the Monstera deliciosa leaf
Create a shallow puddle in a larger container to keep your flowers in place.
Fold and glue a Monstera deliciosa (delicious monster) leaf
Take all the usual ingredients for a budvase design- a flower, a leafy green something and roll it into something unusual to display.
You don't have to design with a bud vase when you have a bud vase sized flower.
Quick and easy design... perfect for something tiny to celebrate spring.... everywhere!
Adding design details to create tiny gaps for more design details.
Curl and pin a few leaves into a tube to create an armature for those "left over" freesiabuds.
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Criss-cross corset style connect the gaps in a Monstera deliciosa leaf
Gently curve a shallow area with a leaf to showcase a gorgeous flower with a short stem in a water filled vase
Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.
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