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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

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Purple haze… float floral arrangement by Christine de Beer

Increase serotonin… decrease anxiety

Wisteria and chives floral arrangement

Improve sleep

How to make creative and sustainable floral arrangements

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Zero waste floral design ideas for creative arrangers

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How to arrange flowers from your garden

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The health benefits from spending time gardening in nature

grow creativity, strengthen humility, learn to trust “the process” and harvest a healthier perspective on things

Grow some flowers it will make you feel better

all this and, have I mentioned you get flowers when you garden???

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Tutorials

17 May 2023 Light Layer float Wisteria flowers

Craft the softest layer of wisteria flowers that neatly float on water.

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.

10 April 2019 Twig cloud mobile

Wire a sturdy cloud shaped armature to hang a heavier water source for thirsty Wisteria flowers.

5 May 2021 Sea glass counter weights to keep leaning top heavy stems from tipping

An easy fix for preventing flowers from falling out of a container

11 May 2022 A new twist on the cellophane in a submerged design trick to make space for a stem

Create an invisible "stay under water" for blooms that still leaves space for longer stems in a vase.

6 May 2020 a Just-Replace-The-Flowers-When-They-Wilt freestanding bark armature

Part of sustainable designing is designing with the entire life-cycle of your work in mind. Designing armatures is a lasting and ever changing design solution.

3 August 2022 Above and below water jasmine in a grass square

Not only is water designs wonderfully refreshing to make... it is also wonderfully refreshing for your flowers.

22 September 2012 Stir-stick Sunburst

Glue a radiating armature from stir-sticks.

11 July 2018 Glued Hydrangea Float

Glue a delicate hydrangea wreath to float on water

11 April 2018 Pick up any bits of plant material floating in the water

Use a wet brush to lift any tiny bits of plant material floating on and in the water to keep your container clear.

3 January 2012 Bubble raft to float flowers

Flowers naturally float in water. They just don’t always naturally float on water. For that they sometimes need a bit of help.

4 September 2019 Stack banana leaf rice pockets to float as rosettes

Fold and peg banana leaves into pockets so that they float freely on water. This is inspired by a traditional banana leaf craft used to cook rice in.

24 September 2014 Folding a Frog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

15 July 2015 Floating transparent ripples to support delicate floral material

Cut circles out of transparencies to make ripples in the water

7 July 2021 Floral Raft in a Bottle

Float flowers in a bottle by giving each flower their own little bubble wrap raft-skirt.

Related Designs

31 January 2024 Surround and Sound

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

10 April 2019 Just Like Wisteria Rain

Craft a ethereal design from twigs and wisteria flowers

5 May 2021 But of course.

Repurpose an apothecary vase lid for a floating Spring design.

11 May 2022 Is this new…?

Giving old ideas a new twist to refresh it for Spring

6 May 2020 Forever… incomplete

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

3 August 2022 It's a Heatwave!

Deep water design for extremely warm weather.

22 September 2012 Turning of the leaves

An Autumn Equinox design that captures the moment before the spectacular colour burst of autumn floats around again

11 July 2018 Stay-a-Float

Snip florets from a hydrangea mop head to float on water

3 January 2012 Going Cold Twinkle Turkey

Is it better to go Cold Twinkle Turkey and embrace the minimalist living room or rather ease into it?

4 September 2019 Gently down the stream

A mindful summer craft using banana leaves to create a floating arrangement.

24 September 2014 Leapfrog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

15 July 2015 So Fine

Use transparencies to create floating devices for the flower material

7 July 2021 Do and Don'ts

One of my trusty tried and tested techniques. When the going gets hot... float your flowers!