My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Designs

24 June 2020 End Up

Connect small wreaths to create a pretty summer armature to arrange your flowers on.

17 June 2020 Lei-way

Allow for a bit of variation by crafting a sturdy armature.

10 June 2020 All Out

An all out effective way of keeping a flower stem in the exact spot you want it to be in a clear water vase design.

3 June 2020 As if by magic

An impossibly delicate looking way to securely keep flowers in place over a clear container.

27 May 2020 Take a Stab at it

Skewer a few leaves to turn a single carnation in a bud vase... into an occasion... all by itself!

20 May 2020 Whatever floats your boat

This is one of my best known and still my go-to core techniques for floating flowers.

13 May 2020 be MINDFUL of the invisible stuff you add

Left over flowers and off-cuts are ideal to transform into a quick floral crown or necklace. This is the absolute easiest design, yet!

6 May 2020 Forever… incomplete

Craft a pretty armature that can be used again and again.

29 April 2020 Seeing a Diamond in the Stuff

A fun design to create a spinning diamond frame using minimal plant material for maximum effect.

22 April 2020 Yes… but what would she put in it?

Some floral fashion inspiration: weave a pretty clutch purse

15 April 2020 Helping Spring Stick Around

Blossom petals drop so quickly! Here's a way to make them last just that little bit longer.

8 April 2020 Don’t put all your Baskets in one Egg

A bit of a wrong way round pretty Easter design. Put the basket weave inside the egg instead of putting the eggs in a basket.