Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
So white
- 25 November 2015
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There’s the glisten and gleam reflected in Snow white
and the subtleness of a Winter white
the slightness of Floral white
twig-cream Antique white
the lightest possibilities of a dash Pure white
just a smidge of green to be found in White honeydew
oh! but best of all… sheer perfection of a White Christmas!
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Tutorials
Bend thin decorative wire to create hooks to hang baubles or design details
Butterfly hair clips are the perfect little claws to help you hold tiny items in place while you wait for glue to dry
This time of year is best for starting a moss garden. It needs to be cool and wet. Lichen and moss becomes dormant when it is too hot and dry.
When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need. If you can't find a suitable drinking straw... I also have an upgrade: tiny food grade pipe water tubes.
Gypsophila dries really well and can be bleached to a stunning winter white
Use wood glue to make a light as air table top wreath from pine needles
Glue gypsophila sticks, flowers and dandelion seeds into a star shape
Favourite Flowers
Baby’s breath, soap wort, Gyp, Gypsophila
Curly Willow, Chinese Willow, Tortured Willow, Globe Willow, Dragon's Claw, Hankow Willow
Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid
Related Designs
My article and a floral panel design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
This was the fourth (and last) design I did in my "All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate)" floral art demonstration
A Merry Christmas Twig Snowflake
Design 1 of my three week pre-Christmas designing series looking at How to style with artificial plants and branches using quality faux plants and stems. This week: a wreath
Design 3 looking at How to style with artificial plants and branches using quality faux plants and stems. This week: mistletoe! And also .. give your faux a reason for being...
Now this is quite a discovery! And it honestly is the easiest and quickest way to go from "I still want to decorate for Christmas" to "... aaand I am done, I made our wreath"
An impossibly delicate looking way to securely keep flowers in place over a clear container.
...ok not really that fancy- it’s made from paper pulp. A cardboard box gift bag wreath… really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes...
...ok not really that fancy- it’s paper pulp. Cardboard boxes, really. In the spirit of 2020- I am inspired by the endless stream of cardboard boxes being delivered. My list of...
A twig sleigh... to collect your twig Christmas tree, of course!
An almost Christmas... Christmas wreath featured in the winter edition of Flora Magazine.
From now to a bit after New Year's Eve I will show you my take on the trends for Christmas 2023. This week I am continuing with a garland bowl and a cone and twig reindeer.
Long lasting and easy to pick up and place garland to decorate a Festive Platter of… anything, really!
I designed my posy to be light and feathery but also earthly, like a fresh snowball gathered from a forest floor.
A sticky shooting star made with gypsophila stems and fluffy dandelion seeds
Gypsophilla design with Celtic love knots featured in the DIY Wedding Magazine
Capilano Flower Arranging Club Designing for Christmas Workshop: Yule log
My article and woven ring basket design featured in the summer issue of DIY Weddings Magazine
Design One from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary...
Design Two from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary...
Design Three from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different...
