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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

New Year's Wreath

My flower friend Donna gave me two beautiful black wreaths for fun festive designing

(Thank you Donna!)

One went on our front door decorated with loads of tiny silver bells.

This is the other one… perfect for welcoming The New Year

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New Year!

Every good wish for 2017. Have a fun and flower filled year.

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Tutorials
Glue floral details into an artificial wreath frame
4 January 2017
Glue floral details into an artificial wreath frame

Quick and easy way to securely decorate an artificial wreath with natural elements
Curving Calla Lilies
30 August 2011
Curving Calla Lilies

Follow the flower's natural curve but you can also curve only sections to create an elegant crescent or a curve at the tip of the stem
Adding snow to twigs
28 December 2016
Adding snow to twigs

Glue artificial snow to twigs
Arum lily roll down
17 July 2012
Arum lily roll down

Open an arum lily up by rolling the funnel shaped spathe (petal) over
Bite and snap a sturdy twig
22 May 2012
Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.
Stripping foliage from weaving stems
11 February 2015
Stripping foliage from weaving stems

Remove foliage from stems to weave with
Bleached Baby’s Breath Wreath
4 November 2015
Bleached Baby’s Breath Wreath

Glue a radiating wreath from bleached Gyp
Over the edge flower, floral support
29 September 2021
Over the edge flower, floral support

Hook the calla lilies over the edge of a vase to create a support for your taller floral details.
Eucalyptus tinsel garland
2 January 2019
Eucalyptus tinsel garland

Wire seeded Eucalyptus into a long tinsel garland.
Standing a water tube at an angle in lumber
30 August 2017
Standing a water tube at an angle in lumber

Create a minimal design by placing a single flower on a platform
Related Designs
Ichi-go, ichi-e
30 August 2011
Ichi-go, ichi-e

Freely translated it means Each Moment, Only Once. It is a saying associated with Japanese tea ceremonies.
Direct Contrasts
13 October 2011
Direct Contrasts

I have always been fascinated, as a designer, by the idea that there is a point when extremes or direct contrasts flip into its opposite.
Bubbly New Year’s Sparklers
28 December 2011
Bubbly New Year’s Sparklers

Delicate glass bubbles filled with the midnight blue African violet flowers, purple ornamental capsicum and spilling down the design are a few stems of rosary vine
So far so green
17 July 2012
So far so green

The only thing I needed to make these avocado green arums perfect was a small admirer...
Mr. Stalk, the Seriously Terrifying Scarecrow, on his Day Off
6 November 2012
Mr. Stalk, the Seriously Terrifying Scarecrow, on his Day Off

An easy going design of ripped grass and calla lilies. But look a bit closer. See if you can find Mr. Stalk relaxing somewhere between the blades of grass.
Something Like This
14 August 2013
Something Like This

Stack and glue a large twig rectangle to hang as room divider
Their work well done
23 October 2013
Their work well done

String Autumn leaves to fall down in a design
Treasured Time
5 February 2014
Treasured Time

This is my article that I wrote for the Mother's Day Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine
See you around
30 July 2014
See you around

Weave a few spheres to create a simple design
What a find!
14 October 2015
What a find!

Roll autumn leaves to create a frog to keep flowers upright
Delicate
4 November 2015
Delicate

Bleached Gypsophila wreath with delicate autumn touches
So white
25 November 2015
So white

A dried Baby's breath and fresh orchid wreath
Beginning
2 March 2016
Beginning

Glue a Midelino Cane Coil Globe Cup to display beautiful Gloriosa lilies
Creative Direction
29 September 2021
Creative Direction

Hang the arum lilies from the edge of a container to support all the other floral details.
One New Year’s Wish
2 January 2019
One New Year’s Wish

Wire a sparkling tinsel garland to dress up a single, elegant Arum lily.
If
30 August 2017
If

Place a water tube at an angle in lumber so that the Zantedeschia float just above the base to show off the delicate grass snippets scattered up the stem
Favourite Flowers
Zantedeschia
Zantedeschia

Calla lilies in my Direct Contrast design for the Floral Trends Design Group