Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Notice That?/!
- 31 May 2023
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Have you had the privilege to watch
something
(that others might even describe as unremarkable and pretty much ordinary)
absolutely glow
when you notice that
what makes it so, so special?
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Tutorials
Tape a grid to create a barely there scattered grass display for a cooling summer display.
Tape a grid over a vase to keep the floral details in place
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
An grass armature that looks scattered but is actually very secure
Craft a light and airy grass halo to suspend tiny drop crystals around gorgeous roses.
Create a minimal design by placing a single flower on a platform
Using dry and fresh floral material in one design without the dry becoming soggy and the fresh drying out.
Making a rose even more roselike by enhancing its rosy-ness.
Suspend flowers with an almost invisible taped grid
Capture Spring for just a little bit longer by sticking blossoms down, in place.
Done in no time design... and it is rather refreshing to make.
Related Designs
Making what makes your floral details unique the focal point of a design
Grass crisscross that makes you want to lean in closer to count the late summer raindrops around these gorgeous roses.
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
The dry wheat stems are suspended from the outside of the container so that they remain dry and the flower stems can gently rest inside to remain hydrated.
Designing for somewhere not still summer not yet autumn weather...
Create a grid to rest some plant material so that it floats and some with their stems to rest in the water below
Blossom petals drop so quickly! Here's a way to make them last just that little bit longer.
