My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Standing in frond

Standing in frond floral art design by Christine de Beer

I’m also just a girl,

Butterfly flowers or poor man’s orchid or Schizanthus pinnatus

Standing in front of a frond

All natural zero waste floral design ideas from your garden

Asking it to support

Summer floral design ideas using cut flowers from your garden

these grasses…

Creative ideas for using off cuts and short stem flowers in arrangements

and pretty pink Schizanthus pinnatus

Almost like what Anna Scott said that time in “Notting Hill” (1999), right?

Every week I add a new design with related tutorials. Be sure to subscribe to receive an email notification with design inspiration.

Tutorials

12 July 2023 Frond Support for short stemmed flowers

Create an all natural fern grid to arrange your flowers for a summer display.

15 April 2015 Stretching leaves and foliage into a ringlet curl

Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.

31 August 2022 Suspended, suspended buds in a zig zag grass thread

Suspend flowers in tight bud to slip over a folded and threaded grass grid

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.

5 June 2019 Stack a Stack of Stems to create a sturdy grid Armature... with some height

Stack green lily stems to create an upright mechanic to keep shorter stems in place.

10 May 2017 Skewered Eucalyptus leaf line-up armature

Thread leaves through wire

3 May 2023 Standing flower stems upright In Perlite

I use perlite to root my cuttings... and to support flower stems in an upright position in designs without using floral foam.

17 June 2020 Reusable Table Top Lei Armature

An easy to do, budget friendly, craft ahead- use many times floral armature.

18 August 2021 Racked up dried Twig Snippets to display a few flower buds

Combining dried and fresh floral details for a easy breezy summer design.

4 April 2018 Tap in a Twig Support

Wedge snipped twigs into a glass vase to act as a support for your flowers

10 August 2016 Bamboo frog for a shallow container design

Cut short bamboo lengths to keep your flower material upright in a shallow and narrow container

13 January 2016 Stacked Grass Pyramid Armature

Stack snippets of grass on a wire frame to make a floating pyramid armature

25 August 2021 Loop and Twist a Wire and Twig Tangle Grid

Wire twigs and wire around a shallow container to keep your floral details suspended in water in a shallow container.

16 October 2019 Not quite a wreath, not quite a basket armature

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

Related Designs

5 June 2019 Add up!

Stacking green stems to create an armature for short stemmed flowers.

10 May 2017 About a line

Skewer and line up leaves to create an armature

3 May 2023 Spring Row

Viola and chives cleverly dancing upright in a row.

17 June 2020 Lei-way

Allow for a bit of variation by crafting a sturdy armature.

18 August 2021 At Play

A quick-to-do-but-looks-impressive way to display a beautiful cut garden vine for an effortless summer design.

4 April 2018 Grow on it

Wedge twigs into a vase to create a grid.

10 August 2016 Saved up

Cut lengths of bamboo to place in a shallow container as a flower frog

13 January 2016 Once Upon A Time

Stack and glue a Grass Pyramid Armature

25 August 2021 Doing a loop tangle twist

oh yes, a light an airy design showing off those very first autumn leaves.

16 October 2019 Center Peace

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