My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Grasshopper Blossom branches

The hardest part of this design is finding interesting looking blossom branches

The hardest part of this design is finding interesting looking blossom branches... and that is not hard at all!

Trim a few branches so that they blossom in a vase.

Place two branches so that they cross and point outwards in a large container

Place two branches so that they cross and point outwards in a large container so that you create a display surface in the middle of the branches for the grasshoppers.

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Place two branches so that they cross and point outwards in a large container

Place two branches so that they cross and point outwards in a large container

And add a few foliage grasshoppers in the design. I have added a new video to the photo Tutorial for you today. The link is below this post.

Book readers turn to page 386 where I tell you about creating a story by adding a few critters to your design.For more information about my book: The Effortless Floral Craftsman

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Tutorials

5 January 2011 Palm leaf Hopper-flies (grasshoppers and butterflies)

Weave grasshoppers or butterflies (or fireflies) from palm leaves

8 March 2023 Blossom craving solutions: Forcing and Coaxing and crafting flowering branches

Early spring floral styling with some magic

26 March 2014 Foliage doughnut corsage with a hidden Boutstix Floral Magnet

Wrap a foliage circle to9 create a base for a magnetized corsage

4 February 2015 Fold over a tropical leaf cocoon

Fold and glue a Monstera deliciosa (delicious monster) leaf

20 January 2016 Sticks stuck in a twig on sticks armature

Drill holes in twigs to insert fine sticks to create a delicate armature

26 August 2015 Skeleton Hydrangeas

Make skeleton petals from hydrangeas to create blossoms

15 February 2023 Blossom Twig Heart Frame… with a twist in the middle

Curve and tie a blossoming twig into a heart... that can suspend a heavy flower head.

16 February 2022 Hanging knotted foliage hearts from Quince blossom branches

Add a bit of love to your blossom branches with hanging heart knots.

12 February 2020 Manipulate Blossoming Twigs To Hang Fluttering Woven Grass Hearts

These peach blossom branches needed only the tiniest bit of help to frame the woven hearts to perfection.

20 March 2019 Hanging dangling eggshells with a twig and some ripped grass

Pierce eggshells to string it up for a delicate Spring design element.

14 April 2021 Fuzzy Willow Caterpillar in a buttercup and jasmine vine swirl

As in… Pussy willow catkins caterpillar… that is super fuzzy.

18 February 2015 Grass Spiral Snail

Fold a foliage snail

24 September 2014 Folding a Frog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

26 October 2022 The horror of flower dye and a spider that sits beside her

Weave a spider from lily grass... and reposition it every so often for a creative Halloween twist.

17 July 2012 Guacamole Green Coiled Grass Chameleon

My Chameleon is mono-botanical. Made from coiled grass

Related Designs

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 June 2015 Gotcha!

Hana Kubari lily stems

26 March 2014 You are not done

Retail florists and wholesalers are already designing, ordering and preparing their product range for prom. This is my article that I wrote for the Prom Design Issue of Canadian...

4 February 2015 collywobbles!

Fold foliage butterflies

20 January 2016 A lots of stuff and things

Sticks and twigs create a resting spot for palm and rose butterflies

21 June 2017 Playing Favourites

A quick and easy Kenzan design

28 November 2018 Crafting

The second design I did for my book launch demonstration looking at aspects that influences my effortless style of designing.

16 March 2016 Creative Expectations

My article and a floral parasol design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

15 February 2023 If you frame it that way…

A blossom frame to display the prettiest anthurium of the whole bunch!

14 April 2021 a Yay! You

A tiny Spring detail to add to a cute little floral design.

18 February 2015 Snail Away

Spiral roll a snail to add to this sunny design

24 September 2014 Leapfrog

Fold and weave a frog from grass

26 October 2022 Arachnis Phobicus

A fun woven spider for Halloween decorating

8 March 2023 And now we wait

A bit of flower magic to get a few early blossoms to enjoy inside.