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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Words Matter.

  • 24 April 2012

Administrative Professionals' Day is on Wednesday 25 April, 2012.

Thankfulness owns all the best words:

There are thanks and gratitude and grateful,

appreciation, recognition and even credit, merit and praise.

It's acknowledgement when times are challenging. It encourages getting what’s difficult to done.

And a touch of thankfulness can paint even a demanding to-do list with enthusiasm.

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Tutorials
A plait, a braid or a French knot grass collar
25 April 2012
A plait, a braid or a French knot grass collar

"Plaid" and "braid" are synonyms, and where you are from will most likely dictate whether you use plait (British) or braid (American or Celtic). Some people also refer to cornrows as braids or refer to pinned up plaits as braids. A French braid is a braiding technique.
Curve a handful of grass to twist into place
8 October 2025
Curve a handful of grass to twist into place

Use two tiny budvases to display a few blades of grass for autumn.
A green plaited willow way-over for small flower details
2 October 2024
A green plaited willow way-over for small flower details

Here it is: the first of my first autumn harvest of willow from my willow coppice I am growing in my balcony garden. It is working spectacularly well!
Over the edge flower, floral support
29 September 2021
Over the edge flower, floral support

Hook the calla lilies over the edge of a vase to create a support for your taller floral details.
Adding tendrils to an already fluffy papyrus puff ambel
8 July 2020
Adding tendrils to an already fluffy papyrus puff ambel

There's no need for a quick and easy summer design to be boring... look closer!
Hula skirt for a glass vase
28 August 2019
Hula skirt for a glass vase

Hawaiian Hula skirt for a Luau inspired flower arrangement.
Bundled Phormium with a secret water source
20 June 2018
Bundled Phormium with a secret water source

Rip Phormium to create a freestanding bundle armature design.
Tape a grid around the edges of a container for a table top wreath
13 September 2017
Tape a grid around the edges of a container for a table top wreath

Suspend flowers with an almost invisible taped grid
Wrap lily grass around bits of vine
8 March 2017
Wrap lily grass around bits of vine

Create visual interest by loosely wrapping lily grass around an armature
Lily grass spiral in a vase
22 June 2016
Lily grass spiral in a vase

Twist lily grass slightly to create a spiral for the orchids to nestle in
Willow Spring
24 February 2016
Willow Spring

Set willow tips into a spiral to create a spring design
Prevent scratches, rust and water stains on display surfaces
17 July 2012
Prevent scratches, rust and water stains on display surfaces

This is a great, non permanent way to protect surfaces from damage
Related Designs
Falls in place
8 October 2025
Falls in place

A curve to twirl Autumn floral details through.
Brewing some inspiration
2 October 2024
Brewing some inspiration

Autumn harvest willow for a double the pretty plaited flower support
Creative Direction
29 September 2021
Creative Direction

Hang the arum lilies from the edge of a container to support all the other floral details.
Super Cute!
8 July 2020
Super Cute!

A simple placement of bud vases... with the tiniest of lemon coloured twist that makes them unusual.
But... what are you Like?
28 August 2019
But... what are you Like?

A fun design... with a hula skirt (...for the cool summer breeze to arrange and rearrange)
A Bundle of Pretty
20 June 2018
A Bundle of Pretty

A dried bundle of ripped flax hides a secret water source for the orchids
Around again
13 September 2017
Around again

Tape a grid at the edge of a container
Piece of the forest
8 March 2017
Piece of the forest

Standing roses upright in a shallow container
Perfection
22 June 2016
Perfection

Spiral grass to create a nest for the lady slipper orchids
Half the Fun
25 May 2016
Half the Fun

Cut a cabbage to create a design platform
How to make an early Spring
24 February 2016
How to make an early Spring

Roll and set willow twigs into a spring
Favourite Flowers
Rosa
Rosa

My all in the same boat floral art arrangement with roses in an Agave sisalana (sisal) leaf.