My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Still

My bark bowl design and tutorial featured in the
Centrepiece Wedding Magazine

Still floral art design

"I

Bark Bowl Centrepiece

am

Rose lilies and bark design

still

Bark Bowl and lily Centrepiece Design

learning"

Bark Bowl Centrepiece with rose lilies

Quote by Michelangelo, age 85

 Centrepiece Wedding Magazine

Thank you Centrepiece Wedding Magazine for inviting me to contribute.

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

Tutorials

17 September 2014 Bark Bowl

Glue bark onto a bowl to create a dome shape

2 January 2011 Lilies

How to keep Lilies in bud for longer. Removing the pollen. Stringing a Lily Garland.

Favourite Flowers

Lilium

Lily

Related Designs

15 June 2016 One tug

Weave willow bark strips into a nest and weave a bird from flax

2 November 2016 Pick your poison

A Fun Halloween design with "poisonous mushrooms" tucked between the moss and petals

11 January 2017 As special as an almost never find

Sometimes you find such a beautiful plant that you just can't bring yourself to cut it. This design explores using the entire plant, pot and all, in a design

15 March 2017 Wedding Welcome

My article and wedding direction board design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

18 October 2017 On the inside

For a softer autumn leaf pod turn the leaves so that the bright side faces in when making the pod.

15 November 2017 Alchemy

Gently stand leaves upright in a Kenzan

12 June 2019 Almost... all over!

Loop a grass veil over a lily stem to create a minimalist summer design.

25 September 2019 It’s one and a half to two times... but to the side

Soft minimal... this is exactly the kind of design I place in our apartment. Use a few fall treasures picked up on a walk and add a copper leaf to up the effort and love you add...

11 November 2020 What goes around

Display a single stem flower in an Autumn leaf twirl

10 November 2021 … any day now

Using dried floral material is so trendy right now. But the longer lasting the design elements the more effort you have to put in to stop it from looking lifeless.

11 October 2023 Plenty Glow to Harvest

Glow and sparkle bark armature to celebrate the first signs of Autumn

19 June 2024 Do you know what the point is?

A bark armature standing on pointe for some gorgeous blue King Tut sweet peas

31 July 2024 Have a floral adventure, really

Creating a larger sustainable floral design by clustering the floral details into bunches.