My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Fold over a tropical leaf cocoon

Place a Monstera deliciosa leaf on a flat surface

Place a Monstera deliciosa (delicious monster) leaf on a flat working surface

Fold the leaf lobe over and secure with glue

The delicious monster leaves are Fenestrate (fenestrata) which means they have windows or holes in the more mature plant leaves with lobes that can easily be manipulated. Fold the first lobes inward and secure with glue

Fold the next set of lobes over and secure

Fold the next set of lobes over and secure

Move up the leaf matching lobes and gluing it together

Move up the leaf matching lobes and gluing it together

Roll the leaf tip and secure with a drop of glue

Roll the leaf tip and secure with a drop of glue

Tuck all the tips into the leaf

Tuck all the tips into the leaf

Cut the stem at an angle and set it in water

Cut the stem at an anglewith a sharp knife and set it in water

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Tutorials

23 March 2013 Rolling leaf tubes

Roll foliage to create tubes

Related Designs

4 February 2015 collywobbles!

Fold foliage butterflies

5 October 2016 I found it this way: Leaf nest design

This was the third design I did in my "I found it this way" floral art demonstration

16 August 2017 Making Ends Meet

Criss-cross corset style connect the gaps in a Monstera deliciosa leaf

27 June 2018 Look deep

Curl foliage to use as a natural armature for delicate buds.

22 August 2018 FreestyleFreesia

Dutch floral designer Pim van den Akker, from Flower Factor invited me to participate in a FloraHolland initiative promoting the versatility of Freesias entitled ...

6 January 2021 I tip my (flower) cap!

An enclosed design that invites the onlooker to lean in closer to explore the pretty orchid.

26 May 2021 From all sides

An all on one side design to admire roses from all sides.

2 June 2021 Like an open book

Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.

20 April 2022 Oh this? Yes! it is new

New growth... too cute to resist!

11 January 2023 Maybe Still Maybe

... a something to look forward to design that makes you lean in closer to see what might still be.

15 March 2023 Hop… Lots!

Beautiful blossoms don’t NEED much to make it into a lovely design. But the start of Spring might just inspire you to add a bit much… just because it makes you happy.

10 May 2023 By the cone full

A small design to display those last Spring snippets from your garden...

24 April 2024 You Just Like You

Support a small bundle of spring florals to stand upright in water with two Monstera leaves.

8 May 2024 I mean… did you!?!

Playing with shapes to frame the light in a dramatic floral design.

3 July 2024 Oh! my word

A perfectly flat leaf to support tiny floral details in the summer heat.

28 August 2024 Soft Serve Swirl

A nod to a summer filled with flowers... and the quite possibly the last of the season flowers still there to be picked.