Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
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- 20 May 2020
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If you know my work you have probably seen me do this: I float flowers using a tiny bubble wrap skirt... this time I am floating an entire design on it's own bubble wrap raft.
Flowers naturally float in water. They just don’t always naturally float on water. For that they sometimes need a bit of help.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Curl and pin a few leaves into a tube to create an armature for those "left over" freesiabuds.
Zig Zag fold clear plastic for a flower stem support that looks like ice
Favourite Flowers
Freesia, freesias
Related Designs
Deceptively simple. A design that relies on you working with not against what is already there.
One of my trusty tried and tested techniques. When the going gets hot... float your flowers!
Is it better to go Cold Twinkle Turkey and embrace the minimalist living room or rather ease into it?
The third design I did for my book launch demonstration looking at aspects that influences my effortless style of designing.
Ooooh! Am I excited to show you this design. It is an ordinary fishbowl vase... balanced on it's side.
A mindful summer craft using banana leaves to create a floating arrangement.
Freestyle Freesia design video for Flower Factor
My article and woven heart basket design featured in the third anniversary issue of DIY Weddings Magazine
Keep flower stems upright with a folded cellophane plastic support that looks like cracked ice.