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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

'Twas right before Christmas

… Almost… almost Christmas time...

“... when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

tore open the shutters

and threw up the sash…

… When, what to my wondering eyes should appear...

Poem by Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas (The Night Before Christmas) 1822

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Tutorials
Zig-Zag leaf flower frog
27 November 2013
Zig-Zag leaf flower frog

Wire and fold a flat leaf to create a support to rest flowers on in a flat container
Adding beads into a design
25 September 2013
Adding beads into a design

I wanted my beads to softly float above my snowball posy. If I glued the beads to some of the flowers it would just disappear in the mass of twigs and flowers.
Coil wire and grass to create a spring frog
1 February 2017
Coil wire and grass to create a spring frog

Twirl and wrap wire and lily grass around a dowel stick to create a spring frog
Related Designs
Dream, Job
7 June 2017
Dream, Job

Create a grid to rest some plant material so that it floats and some with their stems to rest in the water below
Not yet Spring, Spring but a spring
1 February 2017
Not yet Spring, Spring but a spring

Coil wire and grass to create a spring
Favourite Flowers
Cymbidium
Cymbidium

Cymbidium orchids for my Designing your way to profits article that was featured in the Canadian Florist Magazine