Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Standing in frond
- 12 July 2023
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I’m also just a girl,
![Butterfly flowers or poor man’s orchid or Schizanthus pinnatus Butterfly flowers or poor man’s orchid or Schizanthus pinnatus](/images/2023/07/butterfly-flowers-or-poor-mans-orchid-or-schizanthus-pinnatus-flower-arrangement-p.jpg?inside=600x600)
Standing in front of a frond
![All natural zero waste floral design ideas from your garden All natural zero waste floral design ideas from your garden](/images/2023/07/all-natural-zero-waste-floral-design-ideas-from-your-garden-p.jpg?inside=600x600)
Asking it to support
![Summer floral design ideas using cut flowers from your garden Summer floral design ideas using cut flowers from your garden](/images/2023/07/summer-floral-design-ideas-using-cut-flowers-from-your-garden-l.jpg?inside=600x600)
these grasses…
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and pretty pink Schizanthus pinnatus
Almost like what Anna Scott said that time in “Notting Hill” (1999), right?
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Tutorials
Create an all natural fern grid to arrange your flowers for a summer display.
Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.
Suspend flowers in tight bud to slip over a folded and threaded grass grid
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Stack green lily stems to create an upright mechanic to keep shorter stems in place.
I use perlite to root my cuttings... and to support flower stems in an upright position in designs without using floral foam.
An easy to do, budget friendly, craft ahead- use many times floral armature.
Combining dried and fresh floral details for a easy breezy summer design.
Wedge snipped twigs into a glass vase to act as a support for your flowers
Cut short bamboo lengths to keep your flower material upright in a shallow and narrow container
Stack snippets of grass on a wire frame to make a floating pyramid armature
Wire twigs and wire around a shallow container to keep your floral details suspended in water in a shallow container.
Easy to weave design that can hold your prettiest autumn design treasures.
Related Designs
A quick-to-do-but-looks-impressive way to display a beautiful cut garden vine for an effortless summer design.
oh yes, a light an airy design showing off those very first autumn leaves.
A visual breather from all the bright and festive designs to come when designing for Autumn.