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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Chrysanthemum sepals and receptacle

I love using bits of flowers to add interest and texture

Pull the petals from a Chrysanthemum flower...

... to reveal the green sepals and receptacle

Beautiful Chrysanthemum sepals and receptacle ready to design with

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Tutorials
Slip-slit tapped in stems to keep vines upright in a muted autumn display
25 September 2024
Slip-slit tapped in stems to keep vines upright in a muted autumn display

A tiny adjustment in a stem wedged into a vase mechanic to give you even more control over the placement of design details.
Light as a kite wire spiked sunflower heart
14 July 2021
Light as a kite wire spiked sunflower heart

Using the disk floret of a sunflower to support your floral details.
Spider-mum
31 October 2018
Spider-mum

Craft a spider from twigs and a chrysanthemum
Use the stem of an Autumn leaf to wrap, pin and secure it in a roll
21 October 2015
Use the stem of an Autumn leaf to wrap, pin and secure it in a roll

A glue-less way of manipulating leaves
Related Designs
Toning down the summer up into the earliest autumn
25 September 2024
Toning down the summer up into the earliest autumn

Using summery floral details in a way that it gives you all the autumn feelings... when autumn details are not yet out.
Light as a Kite
14 July 2021
Light as a Kite

Spike a wire frame into a disk floret for a light summer design.
Scary stuff!
31 October 2018
Scary stuff!

My Halloween design... with some scary stuff hidden if you can read between the leaves!
Once, twice, thrice
17 July 2013
Once, twice, thrice

Bend a few stir sticks to cover with wool to make a few floral bracelets