My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Designs

14 August 2019 For a longer lasting Summer

A creative way to keep foliage hydrated for a cool, water filled summer design.

7 August 2019 Point Out: this is a single bunch of gladiolus!

Cut stems of Gladiolus to place in a radiating summer design.

31 July 2019 Jitters!

Zig-zag grass details add a bit of tension to the design

24 July 2019 Up to much?

Dress up a single lily stem with a few blades of grass.

17 July 2019 … and... a bit more... effort… to make it special

Instead of just placing a handful of twigs and two stems of sweet peas in a vase... why not...?

10 July 2019 These are my favourite summer things:

A submerged design... perfect for summertime designing... and enjoying!

3 July 2019 Taking a Breather

A relaxing summer design that spins gently in the wind

26 June 2019 “Ok wow”

A design so fine you can easily miss it... if it were not for the interwoven pebbles catching your eye.

19 June 2019 Club together

Last Wednesday I had such a flowery fun evening teaching a collaborative floral carpet workshop focusing on braiding and weaving ideas from my book the effortless floral craftsman...

12 June 2019 Almost... all over!

Loop a grass veil over a lily stem to create a minimalist summer design.

5 June 2019 Add up!

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

29 May 2019 Creative Competition

This week I am so excited to share my article and design that was published in the recent issue of the Floral Art Society of New Zealand's Academy Magazine for NZ qualified...