My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Of trust… and belief… and stars…

Of trust and belief and stars floral art design

"Are you listening?"

Wrap and weave and twirl ripped flax to create a summer floral nest.

"Yes," said Tiffany

Wrap the tendrils, vine and ripped foliage around the wire armature.

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

Passiflora vines

"Yes?"

Passion fruit flower.

"… and believe in your dreams…"

Dangle long stems of rosary vine loosely down the design

"Yes?"

Add green and purple dried hydrangea flowers.

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

Hang the design to twirl freely

"Yes?"

Bits of flat wire peeps out of the messy plant material nest

"… 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

Favourite Flowers

Passiflora - Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines
Passiflora

Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines

Hydrangea - Hydrangea, when cultivated as a cut flower rather as a plant it is often revered to as Hortensia
Hydrangea

Hydrangea, when cultivated as a cut flower rather as a plant it is often revered to as Hortensia

Ceropegia woodii - Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts
Ceropegia woodii

Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts

Related Designs

How to make an early Spring
24 February 2016 How to make an early Spring

Roll and set willow twigs into a spring

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

Rock, don't Roll
31 January 2018 Rock, don't Roll

Balance the heavy Protea flower head to lean against a rock.

Swing Vine
18 April 2018 Swing Vine

Weave a delicate vine swing to nestle a small vase with spring flowers in

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