My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Designs

How to make a stack of just enough:
24 January 2018
How to make a stack of just enough:

Stack two vases to create a small gap at the side to keep a leaf upright
Flowering Between a Rock and a Hard place
17 January 2018
Flowering Between a Rock and a Hard place

Create a subtle contrast by floating or anchoring some of your design elements.
Let some magic find you
10 January 2018
Let some magic find you

My article and floral wand design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
Happy Coincidence!
3 January 2018
Happy Coincidence!

Some designs really do just make themselves. I received this tiny vase for Christmas from Marius (thank you, Marius!) and while cleaning out my design room I found this little twig with a fork in it. Add a ranunculus with a ridiculously gorgeous curve in it's stem... done.
Can it be?
27 December 2017
Can it be?

Craft a pine tube to display a soft and snow filled winter scene
A Very Merry Christmas Star
20 December 2017
A Very Merry Christmas Star

A wire Christmas star with a secret plan to hide the twinkle
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling
13 December 2017
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling

Craft a bark sleigh that will last for weeks.
While I sing of beauty's treasure
6 December 2017
While I sing of beauty's treasure

Glue the most delicate twig table top Christmas tree
Marcescent
29 November 2017
Marcescent

Glue a delicate autumn room devider
How do squirrels Cache a tree?
22 November 2017
How do squirrels Cache a tree?

Hoard a few acorns in the fork of a twig to show off a single oncidium orchid.
Alchemy
15 November 2017
Alchemy

Gently stand leaves upright in a Kenzan
Psithurism
8 November 2017
Psithurism

Craft a three tiered, dried autumn leaf armature