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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Simplicity

Simplicity 

Wire Spiral

Chincherinchee on a wire spiral

Durbanville Flower Club Workshop Arrangement: Simplicity

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Tutorials

Cinderella Spiral Pumpkin from Midelino Cane Coils
1 May 2012 Cinderella Spiral Pumpkin from Midelino Cane Coils

Tie Midelino Cane coils to make a spiral armature

Favourite Flowers

Ornithogalum - The Afrikaans name is tjienkerientjee (named after the sound the stems make when rubbing together in the wind) Chincherinchee, wonder-flower (because they last so long), star-of-Bethlehem (biblical reference to the Christmas star)
Ornithogalum

The Afrikaans name is tjienkerientjee (named after the sound the stems make when rubbing together in the wind) Chincherinchee, wonder-flower (because they last so long),...

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As tendrils tend to do
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Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin

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