My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Than you have to

Than you have to Floral Art design

do more than you have to

Weave blades of grass around the bubble vase

not so much more

Lilies in blades of grass

and never just, just enough

Wrap the grass around the lilies.

just a bit more

Round grass shelter.

than you have to

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Tutorials

Grass shelter for a glass bubble vase
13 March 2013 Grass shelter for a glass bubble vase

Weave a shelter around a glass vase

Keep pod shaped flowers in bud for longer
30 March 2012 Keep pod shaped flowers in bud for longer

Sometimes you want to keep flowers in tight bud for as long as possible to suit your design

Favourite Flowers

Lilium - Lily
Lilium

Lily

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