Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
The year is so new it… sparkles!
- 1 January 2025
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Oh yes…
flower buddy
* ***sparkle ** * *
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it’s
Twenty-
Twenty five!
Here we go- it’s a sparkling new year. I had a bit of a break over the holiday season- used it to refresh my design room but still… it counts!
Looking forward to showing you some of the I-have-been-dreaming-of-exactly-this flower projects we have been developing as a follow up to my book over the last few years.
(also... can you believe it's been a few years!?!)
Sure, it’s taken some time to get here… and you know me, I work on stuff not until it is “good enough” I work on them until I can honestly say: this is the best I can do. What a luxury!
I can’t be more excited for Spring.
… but for now, time to celebrate the wonderful things we have made together this year. Cheers flower buddies! Happy 2025
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Tutorials
Craft a birch bark star mobile to celebrate the sparkling New Year
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
This is a convenient way to keep flowers perfectly upright while you wait for glue to dry.
Wrap wire around a cardboard star for a quick three dimensional decoration.
Use a cardboard shape to craft a simple wire Christmas star
Glue gypsophila sticks, flowers and dandelion seeds into a star shape
Spin and weave and curl and knot delicate strands throughout the gift box for a sustainable gift box that is as pretty as it is meaningful.
This is the second part of my twig glow-man Tutorial... and probably the easiest garland you can possibly make.
Craft a twig and foam snowman with an inner glow.
Cut stars from a copper plate for a lovely turquoise patina Christmas decoration.
A fuzzy wool and twig snowflake that starts out as a handful of candy canes.
Make ahead (oversized) bark and kalanchoe Christmas decoration... and best of all it last for weeks!
Soak and roll a sheet of birch bark into a scroll for a woodland inspired Santa's Nice list
Fold some snowflakes to display your beautiful winter flowers on.
Create a design with a hint of incompleteness… something to still look forward to.
A winter wonderland ice pond table top design... with sparkling bark ice skates
Stack glass containers as your mechanic and frame for a Christmas glow design.
Favourite Flowers
Christmas Kalanchoe, Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë
Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts
Related Designs
A sticky shooting star made with gypsophila stems and fluffy dandelion seeds
A wire Christmas star with a secret plan to hide the twinkle
Knot a grid to place over a glass bubble vase to keep plant material in place
A wool and twig snowflake design (made from candy canes!) that will last the entire Festive Season.
A Merry Christmas Twig Snowflake
A light... and slight start to designing for Christmas... an oversized Finial
A frozen in a moment bark scroll with silver leaf letters that was about to reveal Santa's Nice list!
An on-purpose-not-yet-quite-done design to remind us to enjoy the Christmas moments as they unfold.
Bark ice skates on a snow covered pond... perfect for capturing Christmas memories!
A sweet through-the-window candle glowing kind of design to celebrate Christmas.
