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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Driftwood precariously perched on the edge of a pebble

I use the same technique to make a great stand for my floral art designs. See my Brick on a stick Tutorial below.

Drill a small hole in the pebble and in the driftwood the exact size of your wire.

Glue the wire into the pebble hole.

Glue the other side of the wire into the driftwood at an angle to make the wood appear to be precariously perched on the pebble.

You can bend the wire to adjust the angle once the glue is completely dry.

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Tutorials
Brick on a stick
29 January 2011
Brick on a stick

Create simple but effective stands for Floral Art
Rock steady for tiny floral details
26 June 2024
Rock steady for tiny floral details

Lean a large pebble in a display container to keep your summer floral details exactly where you want them.
Balanced branch with dangling macrame vases
17 August 2022
Balanced branch with dangling macrame vases

Create a display branch for ever changing fresh flowers and foliage... or vines.
Baby’s Breath Wave Cascade
9 June 2021
Baby’s Breath Wave Cascade

Easy and quick arrangement to do for summer in a vase... with just enough complexity to make you feel real good about yourself.
Wrap a vine around a tiny vase to suspend it from a balanced twig
2 September 2020
Wrap a vine around a tiny vase to suspend it from a balanced twig

Using the design elements as mechanics to secure the design elements.
Trailing Ceropegia woodii vines from a Heliconia flower
23 May 2018
Trailing Ceropegia woodii vines from a Heliconia flower

Set the rosary vines into the natural cavity of the flower head.
Rock Rest for a heavy Protea Flower Head
31 January 2018
Rock Rest for a heavy Protea Flower Head

Create a contrasting base to lift the heavy flower-head to design in
Three Twig Bundle Braid
3 May 2017
Three Twig Bundle Braid

Braid bundles of twigs to create an armature for flowers to dance in
Related Designs
It’s leaps of faith, grasshoppers
26 June 2024
It’s leaps of faith, grasshoppers

A sunny rock to make your design... not rock
Branch Manager
17 August 2022
Branch Manager

Managed to find an utterly gorgeous branch... perfect contrast to the minimal orchids.
Making Waves
9 June 2021
Making Waves

A quick and easy to do cascade design for summer.
Last full Moon of summer
2 September 2020
Last full Moon of summer

All natural design using the design elements as mechanics.
In Summer!
23 May 2018
In Summer!

A contemporary cascade of rosary vine and dried petals.
Rock, don't Roll
31 January 2018
Rock, don't Roll

Balance the heavy Protea flower head to lean against a rock.
Oh just...
3 May 2017
Oh just...

Braid a few twigs to dance around your flowers
Diamond Jubilee Waterfall
26 June 2012
Diamond Jubilee Waterfall

To commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and the 20th Anniversary of Friends of Government House Gardens Society a Horticultural event was hosted in the gardens and Great Hall of Government House in Victoria, Canada entitled British Columbia Blooms.