Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Not just a pretty face!
- 20 November 2019
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Special note: this design smells amazing. A-ma-zing!
When the pretty you add does double duty
It adds the sparkle and adds the structure
Holds in place and holds the interest
It jingles and it jungles
It’s all bendy so that the twigs can be held in place
It’s frosted on the outside so that it can remain frosted when inside
Pretty and functional
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Tutorials
When you use wired branches they double as... well... wires to secure your other design details. This is such a quick and easy design solution!
It looks like these candles are thoroughly snowed and iced in place but they actually rest just below the edge of a bud vase so that they can be taken out to switch the battery...
Release the soothing effect of the aroma and vapors from the Eucalyptus leaves my slightly crushing it while making roses
Cellophane and plastic wrap in a clear vase, filled with water, creates a cracked ice effect
You can use any type of paper to make flowers. I use tissue paper, Crêpe paper, cardboard, newsprint and coffee filters (new and used) to make sweet peas, carnations, paper...
Zig Zag fold clear plastic for a flower stem support that looks like ice
I used to make baskets full of these when I was a little girl. We had a big Acasia thorn tree and I used to spear my “roses” onto the tree pretending I was the fairy responsible...
Artificial snow can be very "chemical" and flowers deteriorate quickly when exposed to it. It also dissolves in water. I use candle wax as "snow"
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