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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Ways to Merry a Christmas

23 November 2022
and more

With kind thoughts and all good wishes for a Merry Berry Kalanchoe Christmas :

Although

its been

said

many times…

many ways

Merry Berry and Kalanchoe Christmas

to ...

You

Inspired by the lyrics of The Christmas Song written by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé.

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Tutorials

23 November 2022

Snowy Pinecone with green tomato berries and Kalanchoe flowers

A snowflake covered design that will hang on to well past Christmas.

7 April 2012

Foam pin holder drying rack

This is a convenient way to keep flowers perfectly upright while you wait for glue to dry.

27 December 2017

Pine NeedleTube

Glue pine needles to a up-cycled disk to create a winter scene

2 December 2015

Silver bell Christmas Greenery kissing ball

Use delicate sprigs of cypress or juniper, fir, pine, eucalyptus, ivy or a combination of them all to create a winter themed kissing bough

13 December 2017

Long lasting bark and Kalanchoe sleigh

Kalanchoe flowers last weeks without a water source and is the perfect way to dress up a bark and silver bell sleigh

10 January 2018

Long lasting flower wand

Create a long lasting wand with Kalachoe.

7 November 2018

Ripped Flax Mittens

Knot delicate floral mittens from flax.

22 December 2021

Patina Copper Spiral Bauble and Pinecone Cascade

A beautiful pinecone dressed up for Christmas.

4 December 2019

Eucalyptus collar for a snow-covered Christmas candle

Not only will your home smell wonderful while crafting this design you will also have a ethereal and long lasting design to enjoy.

22 July 2020

Adding flowers to those pretty hand coiled flip flops I made for my book

Step up the flip-flop design by decorating it with some long lasting succulent flowers. It might look delicate... but these flowers are robust and long lasting.

12 January 2022

Budding winter twigs with a fluffy fairy light garland

Snowfall twigs with a light glow garland for a minimal winter display

15 October 2025

Hydrangea pomander with just a hint of pumpkin in its ribbon layered to hide a secret (refillable) water source

A floral sphere, or kissing ball, a pomander is designed to be hung or carried as decorations for weddings and holidays... especially festive if you can skip the floral foam, right?

11 June 2025

Bark squares, wire and water tubes dangling dangler

A mobile design that is crafted around your plant material.

25 December 2024

Candle in a window pane Christmas glow

Stack glass containers as your mechanic and frame for a Christmas glow design.

10 December 2024

A not yet all done… bark floral frog to catch that feeling of setting out together to collect the Christmas Tree to decorate

Create a design with a hint of incompleteness… something to still look forward to.

27 November 2024

Edge of a platter Christmas quarter wreath garland

How to make a floral display design that will leave space for even more decorations.

20 November 2024

Long lasting floral finial decoration for Christmas

Make ahead (oversized) bark and kalanchoe Christmas decoration... and best of all it last for weeks!

21 December 2022

Winter Solstice Kalanchoe and Berry twig Lantern

Soft and minimal glow lantern that you can make ahead of time to last all Festive Season.

Related Designs

27 December 2017

Can it be?

Craft a pine tube to display a soft and snow filled winter scene

30 April 2015

Layer

Design One from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary corsages

6 May 2015

Tape and Wrap

Design Two from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary corsages

13 May 2015

Encased

Design Three from my Inspiration Video: Use the same floral ingredients, willow twigs, Lichen, Spanish Moss, Kalanchoe and Gypsophila to make three distinctly different contemporary corsages

2 December 2015

Stacking the odds in your favour

Cover a wire frame for a winter kissing bough.

13 December 2017

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling

Craft a bark sleigh that will last for weeks.

10 January 2018

Let some magic find you

My article and floral wand design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

4 December 2013

Red, Redder, Reddest!

My article and flower girl net basket design featured in the Red! issue of DIY Weddings Magazine

7 November 2018

Grab your party mittens, flower buds… it’s Book Launch Day!

Celebrating my book launch by knotting floral mittens using the design Tutorial from my book and the template from the free gift template booklet.

22 December 2021

It’s the most… it’s the most… wonderful Patina Copper Spiral Bauble Christmas of all!

This is the fifth of my Christmas 2021 series of designs. This year in the form of a mini workshop… my Christmas present to you. This week I will show you how to add a mostly blue patina to pinecone shaped spiral baubles.

4 December 2019

A Very Merry eucalyptus-collar-candle Christmas!

An easy and naturally fragrant winter white candle decoration to bring nature into your house this Christmas.

22 July 2020

Step It Up

Dress up a pair of hand coiled flip-flops with succulents.

12 January 2022

All That Potential

Softly glowing winter twigs for a minimal display

15 October 2025

Design.

An... almost a pumpkin (don't you think...?) pomander to celebrate Thanksgiving.

25 December 2024

A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop… ‘tis Christmas Day!

A sweet through-the-window candle glowing kind of design to celebrate Christmas.

11 December 2024

A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s Workshop for a dash of Having Something To Look Forward To

An on-purpose-not-yet-quite-done design to remind us to enjoy the Christmas moments as they unfold.

27 November 2024

A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop, special department of tinkering together those Soooo Good, for Goodness Sake moments

Long lasting and easy to pick up and place garland to decorate a Festive Platter of… anything, really!

20 November 2024

A Very Merry… all elf pass into Santa’s workshop!

A light... and slight start to designing for Christmas... an oversized Finial

21 December 2022

Let it

A happy December Solstice or the Winter Solstice lantern.

Favourite Flowers

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Pink' flowers arranged in my tiny fridge magnet for my In a nutshell design