My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Plan Together

23 February 2022
and more

“I love

when

a plan

comes

together”

Quote by John Hannibal Smith (from The A-Team)

Ps: Do I have a fun flower plan that is coming together? Yes, yes I do. More details in March.

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Dew-Drop Crystals

I created the Tutorial for how I add these crystals to my floral designs 11 years ago! Since then I have tried, tested and searched for the perfect crystals that would go from studio‑table picture perfect to show‑day‑dependable and I always come back to these. They remain the absolute best. They’re inexpensive yet have a refined, high‑quality crystal brilliance; they don’t tarnish and their adhesive backing stays reliably tacky even after they were exposed to water.

Tutorials

23 February 2022

Place delicate stems at an angle in a shallow fiber lined container

Line a shallow container with fiber to create a mat for the flowers to hydrate and stand in the exact way you want to place them.

28 December 2016

Adding snow to twigs

Glue artificial snow to twigs

6 December 2017

Fluffy pillow filler tree skirt

The fluffy stuffing found in pillows create beautiful, water repellent tree skirts.

27 November 2012

Fluff cotton wool for snow

Cotton balls can be unrolled and fluffed to create long garlands of "snow"

19 January 2022

Knot a wool grid for a cozy Tulip and twig armature design

Bring in some warmth with a tulip design that still hints at winter

28 February 2018

Marching winter frosted twig and freesia stack

Frost a few twigs to craft a delicate armature for fragrant freesias

16 January 2019

Delicate Twig Hammock Armature to keep tulips upright in a shallow container

Craft a suspended armature to create a clear winter design.

6 February 2019

Winter White Twig Screen

Glue twigs to screen delicate flowers for a wintry design.

6 March 2019

Snow puddle armature

Connect twigs with puddles of artificial snow to craft a winter armature for your flowers.

15 April 2020

A Sticky-tape way to keep blossom petals from dropping

Capture Spring for just a little bit longer by sticking blossoms down, in place.

9 February 2022

Tilt container with a spilling twigs armature

Perfect design for a warmer than usual winter design that hints at thawing.

25 February 2026

The prettiest stick to stick up, out and over to support clematis vines up, under and in to its fullest and drapy-est potential.

A sturdy stick armature to help you drape the first few opening clematis Armandii vines into a winter display.

2 April 2025

A Muscari cluster frog to display a precious Scilla Siberica on its own dogwood twig

Crafting a display cluster of plant material is the best way to turn the most delicate of stems into a focal point.

3 May 2023

Standing flower stems upright In Perlite

I use perlite to root my cuttings... and to support flower stems in an upright position in designs without using floral foam.

12 April 2023

Lean along armature for grape Hyacinths

A last lean towards winter as the snow melts and the Spring flowers starts to make an appearance.

8 March 2023

Blossom craving solutions: Forcing and Coaxing and crafting flowering branches

Early spring floral styling with some magic

8 February 2023

Hover winter twig armature with an acetate platform

Crystal clear floral design for winter styling

16 March 2022

Sturdy, blossoming armature in a shallow puddle

If you know just a bit more about the "why" we do the things we do it is easy to discover new "how's". This week I show you why it is possible to design with blossoming twigs in a shallow puddle.