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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you

Happy Easter

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you

“Happy Easter” is a song from the 1948 musical film Easter Parade starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. The music is by Irving Berlin

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Tutorials
Plaiting a palm thorn garland
30 May 2012
Plaiting a palm thorn garland

This is the basic technique used in traditional Easter crafts to plait a crown of thorns.
Keep pod shaped flowers in bud for longer
30 March 2012
Keep pod shaped flowers in bud for longer

Sometimes you want to keep flowers in tight bud for as long as possible to suit your design
Lilies
2 January 2011
Lilies

How to keep Lilies in bud for longer. Removing the pollen. Stringing a Lily Garland.
High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile
27 March 2024
High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile

A vertical take on an Easter nest design to craft a spinning mobile decoration.
Interweave a dangling Egg outline Easter Wreath Basket
5 April 2023
Interweave a dangling Egg outline Easter Wreath Basket

An open egg shaped wreath for Easter styling
Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display
29 March 2023
Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display

Grow wheatgrass to create a Spring patch of green for your mini Easter egg hunt.
How to skewer foliage tubes for a lily bud swirl support
18 May 2022
How to skewer foliage tubes for a lily bud swirl support

Ombre designing with the smallest to the biggest lily buds in a shallow container.
Double vase Snow Glow Winter Centerpiece
5 January 2022
Double vase Snow Glow Winter Centerpiece

Add warmth to a space with a softly glowing winter white arrangement
Sparkling dew drop puddle to keep flowers hydrated even during a heatwave
30 June 2021
Sparkling dew drop puddle to keep flowers hydrated even during a heatwave

Done in no time design... and it is rather refreshing to make.
A Sticky-tape way to keep blossom petals from dropping
15 April 2020
A Sticky-tape way to keep blossom petals from dropping

Capture Spring for just a little bit longer by sticking blossoms down, in place.
Basket weave in an eggshell
8 April 2020
Basket weave in an eggshell

A tiny little basket weave to add to an Easter Design
Cross cut Spring Twig Armature
17 April 2019
Cross cut Spring Twig Armature

Give a sturdy twig a cut to stay put in your Spring design.
An eggshell stack and grass snippet arch with a hidden water source for a Spring or Easter design
27 March 2019
An eggshell stack and grass snippet arch with a hidden water source for a Spring or Easter design

An almost nest like design with a hidden water source.
Hanging dangling eggshells with a twig and some ripped grass
20 March 2019
Hanging dangling eggshells with a twig and some ripped grass

Pierce eggshells to string it up for a delicate Spring design element.
Tuck a loosely woven grass grid into a square container
15 August 2018
Tuck a loosely woven grass grid into a square container

Grass-grid armature.
Stacked eggshell containers that won't topple over.
28 March 2018
Stacked eggshell containers that won't topple over.

Balance a stack of eggshells with a magnet for a tiny Easter design
Kenzan leaf rack
15 November 2017
Kenzan leaf rack

Line and position pretty autumn leaves.
Driftwood base for a floral foam pebble design
2 November 2016
Driftwood base for a floral foam pebble design

The flat surface of a piece of driftwood creates a base to design on
Related Designs
Twiners Gonna Twine
27 March 2024
Twiners Gonna Twine

Twining jasmine vine twirl for Easter
Where do you even start looking?
5 April 2023
Where do you even start looking?

Easter egg... egg for Easter eggs
To grow a patch of grass of our very own
29 March 2023
To grow a patch of grass of our very own

The first of my new monthly articles about growing the material you need to design with. This month we are taking stock of what we need... and growing wheatgrass.
Because Why
18 May 2022
Because Why

Adding the smallest details to absolutely make the design.
Slow Glow
5 January 2022
Slow Glow

A slow but glowing start to the New Year and the new design season
Into a Puddle!
30 June 2021
Into a Puddle!

Heat proof floral design for summer.
Helping Spring Stick Around
15 April 2020
Helping Spring Stick Around

Blossom petals drop so quickly! Here's a way to make them last just that little bit longer.
Don’t put all your Baskets in one Egg
8 April 2020
Don’t put all your Baskets in one Egg

A bit of a wrong way round pretty Easter design. Put the basket weave inside the egg instead of putting the eggs in a basket.
Hopping with Excitement
17 April 2019
Hopping with Excitement

A hoppingly-fun Spring design for Easter.
Like trying to find a water tube in a eggshell stack
27 March 2019
Like trying to find a water tube in a eggshell stack

A fun Spring and Easter design with stacked eggshells.
It’s all ===> right
20 March 2019
It’s all ===> right

Hang a dangling eggshell in a Spring blossom design.
Bursting with excitement
15 August 2018
Bursting with excitement

Loosely weave grass to create a decorative grid keeping flowers in place over a square container.
Walking on eggshells
28 March 2018
Walking on eggshells

Fill eggshells with moss to create an upright container... with a surprising balancing trick.
Alchemy
15 November 2017
Alchemy

Gently stand leaves upright in a Kenzan
Pick your poison
2 November 2016
Pick your poison

A Fun Halloween design with "poisonous mushrooms" tucked between the moss and petals
Take it for a Spin
6 April 2016
Take it for a Spin

Make a clear grid to suspend plant material on
Favourite Flowers
Lilium
Lilium

A Rock by any other name, lily design