My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Once Upon A Time

A winter Grass Pyramid Armature

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Once Upon A Time floral art design

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Phalaenopsis orchid

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Phalaenopsis orchid, air plants, monkey grass, rosary vine and vine tendrils

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Phalaenopsis orchid, air plants, monkey grass, rosary vine and vine tendrils snow design

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Grass Pyramid Armature.

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Tutorials

13 January 2016 Stacked Grass Pyramid Armature

Stack snippets of grass on a wire frame to make a floating pyramid armature

30 August 2011 Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills

The finish of every design should be flawless. Make sure there are no bits of glue visible in your design by carefully removing all traces of spills.

25 August 2011 Placing orchids in test tubes

Cut the Phalaenopsis orchid with a bit of green stem attached. This will make them last longer.

8 July 2015 Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.

Favourite Flowers

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid

Tillandsia

Air plants

Tillandsia Usneoides

Spanish moss, Florida moss, long moss, or graybeard

Related Designs

17 August 2016 Strangeness

Weave a wreath to display air plants on

7 December 2016 Oh! So clever

My article and Bridal basket design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

25 January 2017 What is in a basket of spectacular?

Weave a basket with dangling edges for a single orchid display

5 April 2017 Easter Bonnet

Weave a delicate Pillbox hat

19 April 2017 A spongy home for this octopus orchid

An unusual mechanic for a tiny orchid design

26 July 2017 Beat the summer heat

Tangle some wire to set flowers in water

5 June 2019 Add up!

Stacking green stems to create an armature for short stemmed flowers.

15 January 2020 This way we connect

Weave a connected panel to frame a single orchid.

26 August 2020 It starts with WHY

Add design elements that serves a purpose for a minimal summer inspired floral design.

17 February 2021 From here in out

An all natural, zero waste design using only plant material.

10 March 2021 The way we curve

Tiny minimal design that explores curves.

17 March 2021 A scoop of pretty

A tiny budvase design that rearranges basic ingredients, such as a single leaf and an orchid to create a new design concept.

26 May 2021 From all sides

An all on one side design to admire roses from all sides.

2 June 2021 Like an open book

Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.

25 August 2021 Doing a loop tangle twist

oh yes, a light an airy design showing off those very first autumn leaves.

27 July 2022 Wrong on the right, for a right

A glued snipped to create a cooling cone for dangling orchids

31 August 2022 Bud… bud… bud… they were feeling so… very blue

When life hands you dyed flowers you make... well creatively speaking it turned out to be not such a bad thing after all!

25 January 2023 Even More

This orchid developed at the very end of a long stem... right as the rest of the flowers started to die back so I made a special armature to display the cut stem.

12 July 2023 Standing in frond

Standing your delicate flower stems in a fern frond.

26 July 2023 Column… try it flower buddies

A bottom to the top... top to the bottom support to help keep your summer flowers hydrated.

23 August 2023 Note to Self

An easy to weave natural grid for summer floral arrangements.

24 April 2024 You Just Like You

Support a small bundle of spring florals to stand upright in water with two Monstera leaves.

15 May 2024 Well, well, well, if it isn’t the design solution I have been procrasti-crafting on

Beautiful Bletilla striata (Chinese Ground Orchid) deserves it's own elaborate frilly skirt display.

12 June 2024 Just about enough space

Create a little bit of space to keep a few thin stemmed floral treasures upright in your design

16 October 2024 And there you glow

A glowing autumn display of vases to scatter around every here and there.

10 August 2011 Pleated Pleasure

Pleats are accordion like folds of equal width in alternating opposite directions in any kind of fabric. I absolutely love the tight buds of Allium and they represent the...

23 April 2014 Bound to Keep

Weave and tie a decorative catcher to suspend flowers

4 June 2014 All white, just not quite

My article and woven ring basket design featured in the summer issue of DIY Weddings Magazine

16 September 2015 Pointing In

wrap and glue a ring armature to create a decorative wreath

3 December 2014 Finding Common Ground

My article and twig boutonniere design featured in the Winter issue of DIY Weddings Magazine