Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
When the Pretty much Pretty flows, it lingers in our hearts
- 19 February 2025
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Just… just below the surface
something Pretty much, Pretty is poised to unfurl…
It took a bit of time for us to reimagine
(as making pretty much, pretty things almost always do)
A new chapter beckons this Spring, flower buddies.
All new creative discoveries and new inspirational possibilities…
A whole new floral journey where our making art from nature is interwoven with our very own effortless style of Pretty much, Pretty... the kind that flows and lingers in the heart.
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Tutorials
Glue two large bark chips to craft a large design platform to suspend the most delicate of floral details in a "I wish it was Spring already" arrangement.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Glue snippets of moss and succulents to rocks as a long lasting table-scape display
Cover a mask shape with moss and succulents for a long wearing mask
Glue a stack of cardboard circles to create a log-like floral cake
Cover a Styrofoam shape with bark to create a bowl for a potted design
Glue bark to a Papier Maché and wire frame to create a pod shaped armature
Create a natural armature for a summer display
Hang a twig and wood mobile at your weeding as a direction board
Spiral birch bark strips into two mirror images to create a wintery wrap for a bud vase.
Related Designs
The sprouts are sprouting and the bees are being and the birds are birding. Tempting as it is new growth is hard to condition. Hard, but not impossible
Sometimes you find such a beautiful plant that you just can't bring yourself to cut it. This design explores using the entire plant, pot and all, in a design
My bark bowl design and tutorial featured in the Centrepiece Wedding Magazine
Vanilla Design for the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa
Glue bark to a wire frame to create a Christmas stocking armature
A bark armature standing on pointe for some gorgeous blue King Tut sweet peas
My article and wedding direction board design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
Roll birch bark into a double spiral to cradle some perfect flowers to admire all winter.
Glow and sparkle bark armature to celebrate the first signs of Autumn
My article and Willow Crown design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
I wanted my Hazel twig wreath to look like forest filigree: mysteriously overgrown, tangled with age and dappled with moss and lichen. The wreath is also dressed with fresh and...
My article and a floral parasol design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
Floral Craftsmanship Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine
Retail florists and wholesalers are already designing, ordering and preparing their product range for Valentine's Day. This is my article that I wrote for the December 2012...
My article and body flowers design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
