My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Designs

Blown Away
12 July 2011
Blown Away

Kyogi Paper and Phalaenopsis Orchids Blown Away in the wind
Iris Tuft Tassel
5 July 2011
Iris Tuft Tassel

Throughout their dangling history tiny to robust tassels were universally used as a finishing feature in fabric decoration and symbols of standing in religious order and nobility and military ranks.
WAFA 10th International Flower Show in Boston USA: This Glorious Earth
21 June 2011
WAFA 10th International Flower Show in Boston USA: This Glorious Earth

I wove my Zipper from just over 300 short, dried rose twigs with tiny thorns on them. The delicate "fabric" at the back of the design is woven rose bush roots. Aranthera and Aranda orchids in tiny test tubes covered with rose stem bark are placed in the Zipper design.
Floating Boat Orchid
7 June 2011
Floating Boat Orchid

The name Cymbidium or boat Orchid is derived from the Greek word Kumbos meaning "hole or cavity", referring to the hollowness in the base of the lip of the flowers.
Cymbidium Friendship Arrangement in a Papier Mache Container
2 June 2011
Cymbidium Friendship Arrangement in a Papier Mache Container

The Asian Cymbidium is considered a gift of respect and friendship. The florets are also considered symbols of "virtue" and "morality" in many other cultures.
Apples and Orchids
28 May 2011
Apples and Orchids

This is a wired bridal bouquet.
Boat Orchids
20 May 2011
Boat Orchids

These dramatic sprays of orchids have thick, waxy flowers with five pointed sepals and petals (of approximately the same dimension) on each bloom and will last 2-4 weeks as cut flowers and 2-3 months as flowering plants.
It's Tulip Time!
11 May 2011
It's Tulip Time!

Tulips continue to grow once the stem is severed from the bulb. More often than not you can use this growth to create an ever changing design. But sometimes you want that tulip to stay in the position it is placed.
Copper wire Spiral pot scrubber becomes a Tiara
29 April 2011
Copper wire Spiral pot scrubber becomes a Tiara

Design 3:Wedding Tiara. This is a real Cinderella design, one moment scrubbing pots and the next getting ready for the ball.
Drinking straws become flower test tubes
25 April 2011
Drinking straws become flower test tubes

Design 2: Up-cycle drinking straws to make tiny test tubes to hold the orchids on my willow twig blind.
The plastic inside of a roll of Florist tape becomes a Wrist Corsage
24 April 2011
The plastic inside of a roll of Florist tape becomes a Wrist Corsage

Up-cycle the inner plastic ring from a roll of floral tape to make a wrist corsage. This design was also featured in the Italian floral design magazine Blossom Zine
Happy Easter!
21 April 2011
Happy Easter!

Spring "Ice cream" posy with a Banana Leaf "cone"