My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Those B00OOOoootunias though!

On a dark,

Boootunia Halloween floral design by Christine de Beer

stormy

Petunia all dressed up for Halloween

Halloween night…

Creative floral designs for Halloween

The kind that confirms those

How to use dried plant material in a floral display

deeply…

Fun design ideas for a Halloween floral display

peculiar suspicions.

Waste free floral design techniques that are environmentally friendly

Oh yes… you were indeed right.

Sustainable floral designs for autumn without using any floral foam

Lean in closer… look... there’s something rather

Wabi sabi floral design techniques

curiously odd

Adding a few design details to flowers to dress them up for Halloween

about all those pretty petunias!

Have a frighteningly fun Halloween, flower buddies.

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Tutorials

30 October 2024 Booo-tunias

A fun design trick for a Halloween display treat.

30 October 2024 Booo-tunias levitating in a scary twig armature

Craft a stable dried autumn armature to keep petunia stems suspended in water at the top of a container.

8 July 2015 Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.

20 October 2021 Upright standing besom for the modern witch on the go

Craft a wire tripod to fit into the bristles of a handcrafted broom so that it can stand freely in your display.

3 July 2012 Twig mushroom

Stack and wire a twig mushroom armature

30 October 2019 Bat Skeleton crafted from twigs

Eerie! Because you use what is there already in the twigs this skeleton looks rather... realistic!

3 October 2018 Inside Pod Designing

Snip open a Physalis pod to create a cavity for delicate floral details.

2 October 2013 Spiny Twig Porcupine Armature

Glue a few twigs to display Autumn flowers and foliage on

26 October 2016 Folded Bleached Baby’s Breath Wreath Armature

Glued Baby's Breath Wreath, folded in half to create a moon shaped armature

28 October 2015 Besom Broom

The word ‘Besom’ derives from the old English ‘besma’ meaning ‘bundle of twigs’.

27 September 2017 Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin

Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin

11 April 2018 Pick up any bits of plant material floating in the water

Use a wet brush to lift any tiny bits of plant material floating on and in the water to keep your container clear.

29 September 2011 Twig and skeleton leaf Stick Insect

Made from dried cherry twigs and a skeleton leaf.

26 October 2022 The horror of flower dye and a spider that sits beside her

Weave a spider from lily grass... and reposition it every so often for a creative Halloween twist.

14 June 2023 Fold a crab from grass

A fun coastal touch for your design... a woven crab.

12 October 2022 Corn-o’leaf mummy-o'lantern

Wrap and tie a fishbowl vase with corn foliage to craft a lantern for autumn... almost... Halloween.

6 November 2012 Stalk and Husk Scarecrow

Use husks or dried leaves to make a scarecrow or doll

1 February 2012 Love Bug

Heart shaped rosery vine and pine love bug

17 July 2012 Guacamole Green Coiled Grass Chameleon

My Chameleon is mono-botanical. Made from coiled grass

6 February 2013 Fold a Foliage Fish

Fold and weave a fish from two blades of grass

24 September 2014 Folding a Frog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

20 October 2021 Upright standing besom for the modern witch on the go

Craft a wire tripod to fit into the bristles of a handcrafted broom so that it can stand freely in your display.

28 October 2020 Arachnis Gerbera-petal-legicus

The easiest Gerbara disk floret spider... ever!

Related Designs

1 November 2023 That day after Halloween feeling

Time to cut down vines... and enjoy them a bit longer in a Halloween display.

20 October 2021 Flying Lessons

An easy get ahead with Halloween decoration that will last.

3 July 2012 Twig-a-tude

Stack and wire twigs to create a twig mushroom with attitude for summer

30 October 2019 There once was a bat called Tequila, a Halloween story

An all plant zero waste, levitating, twig (with just a splatter of autumn leaves, a breath of spiderweb and float of roots) Halloween decoration with an eerie bat skeleton made...

3 October 2018 But what’s inside?

This week we are looking at the contents pages of my book... but more specifically at the sweet little pod design on the content page of my book.

2 October 2013 Prickly

Build a twig porcupine armature for fall flowers

26 October 2016 Harvest Moon

Fold a fine twig wreath in half to create a moon shaped armature

28 October 2015 On Pumpkin Coloured Days

Create a besom broom to sweep up those Autumn leaves

27 September 2017 As tendrils tend to do

Curl a wreath with tendrils to create a twig-pumpkin

26 October 2022 Arachnis Phobicus

A fun woven spider for Halloween decorating

14 June 2023 Because I am beautiful!

It deserves a bowl all of it's own... right? I am (of course!) talking about these spectacular little sweet peas called King Tut. Not much else is needed. But add a cute little...

12 October 2022 Ahead

Oh my... a corn leaf mummy head for autumn... looking ahead to Halloween styling.

6 November 2012 Mr. Stalk, the Seriously Terrifying Scarecrow, on his Day Off

An easy going design of ripped grass and calla lilies. But look a bit closer. See if you can find Mr. Stalk relaxing somewhere between the blades of grass.

4 October 2017 Whipped up in the autumn breeze

Give a loosely woven wreath legs to stand on to hover lightly around a pumpkin