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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Autumn is a mosaic of them all

18 November 2015
and more

"Winter is an etching

Spring a watercolour

Summer an oil painting

and

Autumn a mosaic

of them all..."

By Stanley Horowitz

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Tutorials

18 November 2015

Autumn leaf and decorative tissue paper gift bag

A gift bag that dries beautifully

1 November 2011

Weaving a twig wreath

For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling copper wire into the weave

6 January 2012

Mossy Twig handbag

Radiate short twigs in a circle to make a moss and twig handbag

1 February 2012

Weaving a diagonal green grass basket

Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.

5 February 2014

Bark Gift Bag

Cut and glue bark into a gift bag

10 September 2014

Twig Bridal Basket

A slim basket design made from twigs

22 September 2021

Crafting a Corny Corn Husk Corn Armature

Four ears of corn, corn husk wire armature with a hidden water source for the fresh flowers.

9 October 2019

Quarter fold and Thread an Autumn leaf tube armature

This armature is actually made of four times as many leaves as what it looks like to create a hinge to fan the entire leaf-tube open yet keep it's shape.

18 October 2017

Muted Side Up Autumn Leaf Pod

Turn the leaf so that the muted underside faces outward to create a more understated Autumn colour scheme .

18 October 2017

Papier Mache pumpkin half

Glue thin tissue paper layers to a pumpkin to create a shape to design with

Related Designs

7 April 2011

Weaving with Flax

Here are a few more examples of woven flax. I also use Typha, palm, iris leaves, Kyogi paper, boat orchid leaves and aspidistra to weave with.

8 April 2011

Large Open Weave Twig Basket

Easter Basket used in the Durbanville Flower Club Easter Parade Demonstration

14 April 2011

In the Bag

My bag was woven from re-purposed wire and recycled fishing line and tiny stems of growing sweet pea plants and orchids

5 January 2012

Designing Your Way to Profits

Floral Craftsmanship Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine

1 February 2012

Steeling yourself against stealing creativity

I wrote this article for Wedding Business Success (an online meeting place for the wedding industry) exploring a positive way of looking at creativity and... stealing!