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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

"On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... two turtle doves"

My floral craft design was inspired by the Christmas Carol: "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (second verse)

I made this Christmas tree "cake" from flax and Geranium buds and petals. All plant material dried really well.

The stem the flax birds are using to decorate the tree with is from a Passion Fruit plant.

The Floral Trends Design Group end of the year function: Christmas Cakes

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Tutorials
Foliage Weaving
8 June 2011
Foliage Weaving

For this tutorial I focus on a simple weave pattern that does not require you to soften or prepare the leaves to be more durable or flexible. This is the starting point in weaving techniques. You can build on this technique to make floral handbags, gift boxes, and baskets, sew it into a curve or wrap it around a vase or cover a test tube.
Weaving a diagonal green grass basket
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.
Weaving a bird
21 July 2011
Weaving a bird

I wove my bird from shaved wood but you can also use flax, coconut palm (more traditional) or paper or ribbon
Weaving a gift box with a lid from palm leaves
20 December 2011
Weaving a gift box with a lid from palm leaves

A great all natural gift decorating alternative
Woven lily grass parachute armature
13 July 2016
Woven lily grass parachute armature

Weave a canopy or parachute shaped armature in a way that you can place the stems in two vases to keep it hydrated.
Related Designs
Grace
2 August 2017
Grace

Use snips and snippets and leftovers to create a design of it's own
Nobody move!
17 May 2017
Nobody move!

Weave a small basket with a lid to keep fluffy treasures in
Woven
13 July 2016
Woven

Weave a canopy or parachute shaped armature for orchids to perch on
Favourite Flowers
Phormium
Phormium

Flax Christmas tree "cake" for the Floral Trends Design Group end of the year function. "On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... two turtle doves"