My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Of trust… and belief… and stars…

"Are you listening?"

"Yes," said Tiffany

"Good. Now… if you trust in yourself…"

"Yes?"

"… and believe in your dreams…"

"Yes?"

"… and follow your star…" Miss Tick went on.

"Yes?"

"… you'll still get beaten by people who spend their time working hard and learning things…"

A bit of free advice from Miss Tick (The Wee Free Men written by Terry Pratchett)

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Tutorials
Messy summer floral nest
3 July 2013
Messy summer floral nest

Wrap and weave and twirl and dangle foliage to create a spiral nest
Spiral Wire Cages
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.
Drying Hydrangeas: Fast, Flat or Natural
30 May 2012
Drying Hydrangeas: Fast, Flat or Natural

Use all three methods to dry hydrangeas to get three very different textures to use in design work.
Ripping Flax
14 January 2011
Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips
Twirling New Year’s wish upon a sparkle star
1 January 2025
Twirling New Year’s wish upon a sparkle star

Craft a birch bark star mobile to celebrate the sparkling New Year
Clematis Vine Swing
18 April 2018
Clematis Vine Swing

Weave a delicate nest for a small spring design.
Rock Rest for a heavy Protea Flower Head
31 January 2018
Rock Rest for a heavy Protea Flower Head

Create a contrasting base to lift the heavy flower-head to design in
Wire Wrapped Willow Garland
24 February 2016
Wire Wrapped Willow Garland

Make a continues length of flexible willow to weave or design with by wrapping the delicate stems with thin wire
Willow Spring
24 February 2016
Willow Spring

Set willow tips into a spiral to create a spring design
Related Designs
The year is so new it… sparkles!
1 January 2025
The year is so new it… sparkles!

A sparkling star design to celebrate the New Year
Swing Vine
18 April 2018
Swing Vine

Weave a delicate vine swing to nestle a small vase with spring flowers in
Rock, don't Roll
31 January 2018
Rock, don't Roll

Balance the heavy Protea flower head to lean against a rock.
I found it this way: Bird nest design
12 October 2016
I found it this way: Bird nest design

This was the fourth design I did in my "I found it this way" floral art demonstration
How to make an early Spring
24 February 2016
How to make an early Spring

Roll and set willow twigs into a spring
Favourite Flowers
Passiflora
Passiflora

Passion fruit leaves with tendrils for my Floral Trends Design Group Glass design
Hydrangea
Hydrangea

Dried and fresh hydrangeas with sticks and bark
Ceropegia woodii
Ceropegia woodii

Pompon Chrysanthemum pom-poms and strands of Rosary vine for my floral lariat necklace in the Canadian Florist Magazine