My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Haphazard twig Rectangle

Paint a few twigs white and lay them on a flat surface. Place a tiny bit of glue where the twigs overlap.

Add a few more twigs. Make sure the twigs cross on multiple places to create a strong armature

Keep adding twigs to form a rectangular shape

Add a few short twigs to strengthen any weak spots. Try to glue each twig at at least two places

Twig rectangle ready to design with

Glue in a few blades of grass and hang the glass seahorses

See the Tutorial below for instructions on how to hang the glass seahorses using fishing line.

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Tutorials
Macramé inspired hanging test tubes
28 December 2011
Macramé inspired hanging test tubes

When I hang these delicate glass bubbles I want to make sure they are really secure. By slipping them into Macramé inspired knots they are not only hanging securely but the fishing line knots at the sides also protect them against bumps
Bite and snap a sturdy twig
22 May 2012
Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.
Controlled chaos straw and dried foliage armature
18 September 2024
Controlled chaos straw and dried foliage armature

Craft a straw covered wire grid to slip over display containers for a foam free floral display that is light and airy... just like it grown in the field.
Grass snippet globe with T-connections for a (shaded) second layer
27 April 2022
Grass snippet globe with T-connections for a (shaded) second layer

Craft two snippet half moons to connect... and... then add a second layer of grass snippets here and there to shade the flowers.
Eucalyptus tinsel garland
2 January 2019
Eucalyptus tinsel garland

Wire seeded Eucalyptus into a long tinsel garland.
Hanging Twig Line-Up
25 April 2018
Hanging Twig Line-Up

Craft a twig mobile for Spring
Autumn Screen
29 November 2017
Autumn Screen

Craft a hanging twig and autumn leaf design
Related Designs
Direct Contrasts
13 October 2011
Direct Contrasts

I have always been fascinated, as a designer, by the idea that there is a point when extremes or direct contrasts flip into its opposite.
Finding balance
18 September 2024
Finding balance

Balancing dried ribbons of foliage to craft a wind twisted floral display.
Shine Shade
27 April 2022
Shine Shade

Glue snippets of grass into a double layer sphere to create a sheltered floral globe.
One New Year’s Wish
2 January 2019
One New Year’s Wish

Wire a sparkling tinsel garland to dress up a single, elegant Arum lily.
Get in line!
25 April 2018
Get in line!

Line up a few pussy willow twigs for a hanging armature
Marcescent
29 November 2017
Marcescent

Glue a delicate autumn room devider
If
30 August 2017
If

Place a water tube at an angle in lumber so that the Zantedeschia float just above the base to show off the delicate grass snippets scattered up the stem
Something Like This
14 August 2013
Something Like This

Stack and glue a large twig rectangle to hang as room divider