Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Whipped up in the autumn breeze
- 4 October 2017
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1 pretty pumpkin, (about as big as you can carry home, maybe a little bigger), with a cheeky sideways stem. The equivalent of about 3 cups solid packed canned Look-at-me-I-am-cute-pumpkiness
1 ½ flaky autumn vine wreath
All purpose autumn happiness, for work surface
2 handful assorted pumpkin spiced coloured chrysanthemums
3 pockets full of freshly picked up acorns (I only had three pockets… note to self: need bigger/more pockets)
Gathered autumn leaves (see above note on pockets)
1 tablespoon sparkling dew drop beads (or to taste)
1 pinch of light sweater weather
1 ½ cups plus 2 tablespoons packed wildly enthusiastic tendrils (dried)
Whipped autumn breeze, for serving
(based on what you will need to make the ultimate classic pumpkin pie)
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Tutorials
For this design I wanted my wreath to be light and airy so that it just whips around the solid pumpkin like a breeze.
For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...
Snip a dried twig wreath to undo the spirals to hang around a glass container
Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin
Glued Baby's Breath Wreath, folded in half to create a moon shaped armature
The word ‘Besom’ derives from the old English ‘besma’ meaning ‘bundle of twigs’.
Favourite Flowers
Chrysanthemum or "mums"
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