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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Spring Light

14 May 2025
and more

And with one last

big yawn…

It all starts blooming

in the wakening

Spring

light.

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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

14 May 2025

Use dried roots from a re-potted Monstera to create a root lace-wreath

Every repotting season I struggle with what to do with my overgrown Monstera plant. It absolutely loves hanging out in my design room... so... let's design, Monstera!

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.

30 March 2011

Wired Monkey Vine

This wired rope is inspired by Monkey vine that you see hanging from trees. It is strong, rough and very tough. Covering the rope with mud will add texture and it also insulate the wire from rust by creating a protective layer

17 June 2015

Bamboo and Sisal String

Combine sisal string and flexible bamboo to weave with

16 October 2019

Not quite a wreath, not quite a basket armature

Easy to weave design that can hold your prettiest autumn design treasures.

29 May 2024

Cover a headband with a whole lot of little floral details for a contemporary fascinator

Add the tiniest of floral details below calla lilies to craft a dramatic but still easy to wear fascinator.

8 November 2023

First Frost Sparkle Wire and Twinkle Vine Wreath

An impossibly delicate wreath shape that will last... and last... all Festive Season long.

6 October 2021

A quick and easy way to Craft a Twig Basket Using Wire Tendrils

The hardest part of this is actually making the tendrils. From there it's a few twists... and we are done!

23 October 2024

Four wreath harvest basket that looks like it grew that way… because now some of it still is!

Harvest some cuttings to root in a wild and overgrown floral design.

1 November 2011

Weaving a twig wreath

For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling copper wire into the weave

21 March 2018

Craft a Spring basket from a wreath

A wide gap nearly basket for nearly spring

28 October 2020

Vase topped with a Hollow Wreath for Halloween

Create a dimensional wreath by assembling wreath vine to hug around an oblong container.

25 October 2017

Willow Paddle

Weave willow between the fork in a twig to create a paddle like armature

26 July 2011

Wire Tendrils

Curl the wire at irregular intervals to create a natural wire tendril similar to that of a passion fruit plant

16 May 2013

Weaving a pod shape from ripped foliage

Weave a pod shape armature

13 March 2024

Spaced birch bark strip basket

Sturdy and easy to make... a small harvest basket ready for all the Spring flowers still to come.

4 May 2022

Tendril Tangle Grid

Let tendrils do what they naturally do to help keep your flowers in place.

25 March 2026

Sparkle web for a wreath display

Weave fishing line over a wreath to create a sparkling grid to stick dew drop crystals to.

3 September 2025

A wreath bridge to hint at the transition between the wildness of late summer and the autumn haze to come

Arrange a selection of freshly cut cosmos flowers to hint at the autumn to come.

Related Designs

16 October 2019

Center Peace

A visual breather from all the bright and festive designs to come when designing for Autumn.

29 May 2024

Fascinating!

Trendy fascinator design using long lasting (read can be designed ahead of time) floral details.

8 November 2023

A warm up

An almost Christmas... Christmas wreath featured in the winter edition of Flora Magazine.

6 October 2021

A good measure of Autumn

A wire and twig permanent display basket with tiny water sources for a few fresh flowers that can be replaced as needed.

23 October 2024

Haerfest

Rooting clematis cuttings in a harvest wreath basket

21 March 2018

Bring some Spring

Just like the weather is only hinting at spring, so is this design only hinting at being a basket

28 October 2020

Magic Spell Number 614: How to make absolutely any task you need to do fun

A hint of a wreath table top design for pre-Halloween decorating.

17 June 2015

This Summer

Weave slip on summer sandals

25 October 2017

When the pretty eyeballs you back!

Barely there skeleton blossoms with Eucalyptus eyes for my Halloween design... Oh! and a Willow Paddle, which probably should have been the main Tutorial... but... well...