My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

The circle of making new things:

16 September 2020
and more

Keep searching for a little thing to learn

Keep doing the little thing if it works

Keep doing the little thing until you are so used to doing it that it becomes a habit

Keep at the habit until it just becomes the way you have always done it…

And then the habit will make way…

… for you to add your own little thing that makes the little thing

brand new.

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Dew-Drop Crystals

I created the Tutorial for how I add these crystals to my floral designs 11 years ago! Since then I have tried, tested and searched for the perfect crystals that would go from studio‑table picture perfect to show‑day‑dependable and I always come back to these. They remain the absolute best. They’re inexpensive yet have a refined, high‑quality crystal brilliance; they don’t tarnish and their adhesive backing stays reliably tacky even after they were exposed to water.

Tutorials

16 September 2020

Peg a wreath to the edge of a container

Another version of a design idea I showed you last month... A vine wreath armature to balance a dramatic single stem anthurium. Only this time I take it a bit further.

1 November 2011

Weaving a twig wreath

For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling copper wire into the weave

19 August 2020

Tangle a perfect vine around two wreaths for a split armature

Passion fruit flowers never lasts long. Not even growing outside on a vine. But the buds continue to open once cut making a wreath display ideal for an even changing passion fruit flower display.

24 June 2020

Building up a wreath panel

Connect six wreaths to build up a hanging panel to display your flowers on.

5 September 2018

Wisteria Wreath Vine

Weave tiny vine wreaths on the leave stems of a stripped Wisteria vine

4 October 2017

Display wreath that hover around a big shiny pumpkin

For this design I wanted my wreath to be light and airy so that it just whips around the solid pumpkin like a breeze.

24 May 2017

Chain link wreath weaving

Weave a few small wreaths to connect

25 February 2026

The prettiest stick to stick up, out and over to support clematis vines up, under and in to its fullest and drapy-est potential.

A sturdy stick armature to help you drape the first few opening clematis Armandii vines into a winter display.

17 November 2021

Wreath-Rim a Vase with sparkling foxtail and twigs

Add a collar around a vase to hint at a wreath for an early Christmas floral design.

28 July 2021

Craft a wreath chain to link a few bud vases together

All you need is a few twigs to craft this design- it's a perfect floral meditation activity.

21 April 2021

Using the new growth on blossom branches as a base for a woodland design

A fun way to use your blossom branches in a design once all the petals fall.

Related Designs

19 August 2020

All round pretty sweet and short

Frame a passion flower in a vine wreath for a short lived but so pretty arrangement.

24 June 2020

End Up

Connect small wreaths to create a pretty summer armature to arrange your flowers on.

5 September 2018

Wreath Vine Season!

Weave tiny wreaths on the stems of Wisteria vines

20 January 2011

The last Vine Wreath

Every designer knows how to stretch their supplies. We use and re-use our dried plant material until our fellow designers feel like hiding it from us. I formed such an attachment to my vine wreaths. This post features four designs using the same wreaths.