My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Not yet Spring, Spring but a spring

1 February 2017
and more

A coiled spring sprang

as it often sprung

springing when pressed or pulled

still coiled as springy springs are

to spring back to its former curly sprung sprang-ed spring

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Tutorials

1 February 2017

Coil wire and grass to create a spring frog

Twirl and wrap wire and lily grass around a dowel stick to create a spring frog

2 July 2014

Clearly invisible taped Grid

This is the easiest way to keep flower in place

2 April 2014

Turning the sellotape over the vase trick up-side-down for a sticky side out frog

Tape a grid over a vase to keep the floral details in place

15 April 2015

Stretching leaves and foliage into a ringlet curl

Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.

22 February 2012

Coiled Grass Armature

Connect grass covered wire rings with short reed sections to create a natural looking Floral Art armature

13 October 2011

Spiral Wire Cages

The cage spirals to form a basket that wrap around the plump ripe berries (or you can slip in a flower) to hang as connections between the twigs.

12 June 2013

Spiral rattan and skeleton leaf bee

Spiral curl and knot a rattan bee

22 May 2012

Spiral twig frog

Multiple tiny twigs create a flower frog to keep the delicate buds and leaves in the exact spot you want.

24 February 2016

Willow Spring

Set willow tips into a spiral to create a spring design

27 November 2013

Zig-Zag leaf flower frog

Wire and fold a flat leaf to create a support to rest flowers on in a flat container

9 October 2024

Making light of a heavy, heavy pumpkin in double low containers for a zero waste kitchen pumpkin display… a few days before Thanksgiving

A great way to show off your Thanksgiving pumpkin before cooking it… keeping the pumpkin well above and out of the water so that it will not rot and you can easily remove it from the design when you are ready.

20 March 2024

Spring Coil Straw Basket

Coil a straw basket... the easy way.

16 November 2022

Magnolia Rose Bowl with the brightest Holly berries and Kalanchoe flowers

Long lasting berries, magnolia leaves and succulent (kalanchoe) flowers that can remain without any water or maintenance for... well... all the way to Christmas!

7 March 2018

Phormium bubble frame

Curl and secure a few blades of flax into a bubble to frame your flowers

Related Designs

15 April 2015

Bowled Over

Weave a sphere armature to complement delicate oncidium orchiods

6 April 2016

Take it for a Spin

Make a clear grid to suspend plant material on

20 August 2014

Summer

A quick and easy design for summer

25 January 2017

What is in a basket of spectacular?

Weave a basket with dangling edges for a single orchid display

7 April 2012

Spring Clean

A clean Easter design. The tiny blossoms are Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Pink'. Tucked low in the paper eggs are a few Cymbidium orchids and the twigs are contorted hazel. The feathers are made from Kyogi or shaved wood.

18 March 2015

Spring Dreaming

A bowl full of miniature Chrysanthemums

13 April 2012

Spring Has Sprung!

The sprouts are sprouting and the bees are being and the birds are birding. Tempting as it is new growth is hard to condition. Hard, but not impossible