My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Overgrown S-Autum-mer Swirl

Overgrown S-Autum-mer Swirl floral design by Christine de Beer

To Do:

A hint at a wreath floral design in a water filled vase

cut back those vines,

Gerbera daisies in a contemporary floral design

Harvest the harvest

Bright orange gerberas in a minimal autumn flower arrangement

mulch

A creative way to enjoy your cuttings that you propagate

clean and store garden tools

Sustainable floral design tutorials for unusual designs

… and scrub those pots but mostly remember to daydream of what is still left to look forward to…

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Tutorials

14 September 2022 Summer harvest Vine Swirl

A great way have your vines root and enjoy them too...

2 July 2014 Clearly invisible taped Grid

This is the easiest way to keep flower in place

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...

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.

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.

15 May 2019 Glue a grapevine armature shaped like the petals of an open rose

Cut a wreath into sections to glue back together into a beautiful rose petal shape

13 October 2021 Weave a willow wreath around a minimal pumpkin display

It’s amazing how we sometimes try to complicate a design. I tried adding calla lilies… took them out and loved the willow. Added gerberas. Took them out and loved the willow....

4 October 2017 Display wreath that hover around a big shiny pumpkin

For this design I wanted my wreath to be light and airy so that it just whips around the solid pumpkin like a breeze.

28 October 2020 Vase topped with a Hollow Wreath for Halloween

Create a dimensional wreath by assembling wreath vine to hug around an oblong container.

7 October 2020 Floral wreath ring stem armature for a cute pumpkin patch in a stem vase design

Use a wreath to keep flower and a heavy little ghost pumpkin in place in a small vase.

1 November 2017 Pierce and stack fall leaves to rest on the edge of a container

Use one leaf to keep the next in place

13 September 2017 Tape a grid around the edges of a container for a table top wreath

Suspend flowers with an almost invisible taped grid

Favourite Flowers

Gerbera

Transvaal Daisy, Gerbera Daisy, Germini

Related Designs

2 November 2022 bonfire

A final rosy burst of fiery autumn colour.

31 May 2023 Notice That?/!

Light and airy... like a wonderful breeze on a hot summer day grass and erigeron display.

31 January 2024 Surround and Sound

Half moon frosted glass chip edge for a winter themed design.

17 April 2024 In The Time it Takes To Listen To Learn

Ideal design for those flowers that needs a deep soak to remain hydrated.

20 January 2011 The last Vine Wreath

Every designer knows how to stretch their supplies. We use and re-use our dried plant material until our fellow designers feel like hiding it from us. I formed such an...

27 September 2017 As tendrils tend to do

Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin

15 May 2019 Heard it through the grapevine?

Have you heard? I have wonderful news this week. Oh! and I also have this pretty grapevine armature shaped like the petals of an open rose to show you. But... Have you heard...

19 September 2018 Before I show you my book- let me show you my book

… and why we call this the special craftsmanship edition

19 October 2016 There are Octobers

Autumn wreath

13 October 2021 Gratitude

A minimal Thanks Giving design that is a modern take on a wreath

4 October 2017 Whipped up in the autumn breeze

Give a loosely woven wreath legs to stand on to hover lightly around a pumpkin

28 October 2020 Magic Spell Number 614: How to make absolutely any task you need to do fun

A hint of a wreath table top design for pre-Halloween decorating.

7 October 2020 Let’s circle around to this one

Create a floral circlet to rest the little pumpkin on... but above the water line.

1 November 2017 A Round

Create a delicate design that rests lightly on the edge of a container

28 October 2015 On Pumpkin Coloured Days

Create a besom broom to sweep up those Autumn leaves

13 September 2017 Around again

Tape a grid at the edge of a container

2 April 2014 Apricity

Turning a stand-by floral technique sticky side out

30 June 2021 Into a Puddle!

Heat proof floral design for summer.