Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Take a bough… it’s Christmas time!
- 30 November 2022
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With kind thoughts and all good wishes for a Merry Berry Kalanchoe Christmas
Follow me in Merry Berry and Kalanchoe measure
Fa la la la la, la la la la, fa la la la la, la la la la
While I tell of Yuletide floral treasure
(Fa la la la la, la la la la)
Fa la la la la, la la la la la la
Fa la la la la, fa la la… lahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Inspired by the lyrics of Deck The Halls. A song written by Thomas Oliphant
ps: a bough (as in Deck the halls with boughs of holly…) is a large branch, and whereas a branch can grow from the trunk or a bough or another branch… a bough only grows from the trunk.
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Tutorials
A fuzzy wool and twig snowflake that starts out as a handful of candy canes.
Cover a cardboard shape in cotton and bark to create a floral armature
Use delicate sprigs of cypress or juniper, fir, pine, eucalyptus, ivy or a combination of them all to create a winter themed kissing bough
Use a cardboard shape to craft a simple wire Christmas star
Cut stars from a copper plate for a lovely turquoise patina Christmas decoration.
Artificial snow covered cardboard mittens to add to a winter themed design.
This design can easily scale up or down by using larger or smaller pieces of wood to create a larger wall panel or make a few of these panels to stack as tiles to create a more...
Cotton balls can be unrolled and fluffed to create long garlands of "snow"
Glue gypsophila sticks, flowers and dandelion seeds into a star shape
Connect twigs with puddles of artificial snow to craft a winter armature for your flowers.
Not only will your home smell wonderful while crafting this design you will also have a ethereal and long lasting design to enjoy.
Favourite Flowers
Christmas Kalanchoe, Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë
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