Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Rocking around Three Candle Trees
- 15 December 2011
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Christmas Flower Trends 2011
A Contemporary twist on Traditional Christmas Style details.
I designed this for the Capilano Flower Arrangers Club Christmas table centrepieces workshop
Christmas Eve in our home is a formal affair. Formal but comfortable: of the evening gown and barefoot variety.
We spend the largest part of the evening gathered around our glittering dinner table.
Feasting, opening presents and just enjoying the magnificence of all things Christmas.
And every year I think: This has been the most wonderful Christmas of all...
I dressed the wire spiral with Dendrobium orchids, alstroemeria, cymbidium orchids and lisianthus flowers
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Tutorials
This is an easy and quick way to make sure your table design is the right hight
The wire spirals are supported on wire sections pressed into the wax
Egg white and sugar creates a natural frost effect
Favourite Flowers
Cymbidium, Boat Orchid
Inca lily, Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas
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