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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Twiners Gonna Twine

Oh yes,

It's finally

Time

To

Shine

and

Twine!

Happy Easter, flower buddies

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Tutorials
High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile
27 March 2024
High Rise Twiner Jasmine and Twirling willow Easter mobile

A vertical take on an Easter nest design to craft a spinning mobile decoration.
Twig cloud mobile
10 April 2019
Twig cloud mobile

Wire a sturdy cloud shaped armature to hang a heavier water source for thirsty Wisteria flowers.
Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals
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.
A little nest for Easter chocolates that naturally hooks over the edge of a container
11 April 2017
A little nest for Easter chocolates that naturally hooks over the edge of a container

Weave a tiny nest with a twig hook so that you can hang it in a design
An eggshell stack and grass snippet arch with a hidden water source for a Spring or Easter design
27 March 2019
An eggshell stack and grass snippet arch with a hidden water source for a Spring or Easter design

An almost nest like design with a hidden water source.
Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display
29 March 2023
Grow a wheatgrass patch for an almost entirely edible Easter display

Grow wheatgrass to create a Spring patch of green for your mini Easter egg hunt.
Handcrafted grass and twig basket to hold some Easter flowers
13 April 2022
Handcrafted grass and twig basket to hold some Easter flowers

Easter basket filled with (almost... almost chocolate) anthuriums.
Interweave a criss-crossed nest for an Easter Egg
31 March 2021
Interweave a criss-crossed nest for an Easter Egg

Zero waste, all natural Easter craft design.
Interweave a dangling Egg outline Easter Wreath Basket
5 April 2023
Interweave a dangling Egg outline Easter Wreath Basket

An open egg shaped wreath for Easter styling
Just Hatched Papier Mache Easter Eggs
7 April 2012
Just Hatched Papier Mache Easter Eggs

Glue newsprint paper to balloons to make large egg shaped containers to design in
Hanging Willow Nest
3 August 2016
Hanging Willow Nest

Bend and weave a nest shape from fresh willow stems
Cane and Willow Nest Shaped Basket
8 April 2015
Cane and Willow Nest Shaped Basket

Weave a nest for Easter eggs
Nesting a small basket in a clematis vine for a “help yourself” Easter egg display
9 April 2025
Nesting a small basket in a clematis vine for a “help yourself” Easter egg display

The dried plant material keeps the vine from flopping over in the vase as it continues to grow and flower and the vine lifts the dried material far above the water to prevent it from spoiling.
Related Designs
Easter Bonnet
5 April 2017
Easter Bonnet

Weave a delicate Pillbox hat
Never saw such a lovely day...
16 April 2014
Never saw such a lovely day...

Weave a palm thorn garland to decorate for Easter
Happy Easter!
21 April 2011
Happy Easter!

Spring "Ice cream" posy with a Banana Leaf "cone"
Hop on… it’s Easter!
13 April 2022
Hop on… it’s Easter!

A cheery Easter basket for a new beginning
Just Like Wisteria Rain
10 April 2019
Just Like Wisteria Rain

Craft a ethereal design from twigs and wisteria flowers
Well… we did it again!
11 April 2017
Well… we did it again!

Blossoms and chocolates for Easter
It’s all ===> right
20 March 2019
It’s all ===> right

Hang a dangling eggshell in a Spring blossom design.
Practice
3 August 2016
Practice

Weave a willow bird nest
Large Open Weave Twig Basket
8 April 2011
Large Open Weave Twig Basket

Easter Basket used in the Durbanville Flower Club Easter Parade Demonstration
Just think!
8 April 2015
Just think!

Weave a nest for chocolate Easter eggs
Like trying to find a water tube in a eggshell stack
27 March 2019
Like trying to find a water tube in a eggshell stack

A fun Spring and Easter design with stacked eggshells.
Don’t put all your Baskets in one Egg
8 April 2020
Don’t put all your Baskets in one Egg

A bit of a wrong way round pretty Easter design. Put the basket weave inside the egg instead of putting the eggs in a basket.
To grow a patch of grass of our very own
29 March 2023
To grow a patch of grass of our very own

The first of my new monthly articles about growing the material you need to design with. This month we are taking stock of what we need... and growing wheatgrass.
Where do you even start looking?
5 April 2023
Where do you even start looking?

Easter egg... egg for Easter eggs
Chockablock!
23 March 2022
Chockablock!

Luxuriously filled design... filled with flowers... filled with grass. But most fun, for us as designers filled with hidden techniques
Spring Clean
7 April 2012
Spring Clean

A clean Easter design. The tiny blossoms are Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Pink'. Tucked low in the paper eggs are a few Cymbidium orchids and the twigs are contorted hazel. The feathers are made from Kyogi or shaved wood.
Criss-crossed
31 March 2021
Criss-crossed

Hide an egg inside a interwoven nest for a dainty Easter decoration design.
Eggsactly… just like this
9 April 2025
Eggsactly… just like this

The flowers will continue to open around the nest… and the eggs… well surely they will disappear and you will need to replace those before Easter.
Favourite Flowers
Salix matsudana "Tortuosa"
Salix matsudana "Tortuosa"

I wove three willow spheres for my Floral Art design Three Drops of floral chocolate.