My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

Threaded stem and wire spacer wire garland
10 August 2022 Threaded stem and wire spacer wire garland

Thread stems into a wire to create dangling garlands

Above and below water jasmine in a grass square
3 August 2022 Above and below water jasmine in a grass square

Not only is water designs wonderfully refreshing to make... it is also wonderfully refreshing for your flowers.

Dendrobium orchid and grass snippet cone around a glass container
27 July 2022 Dendrobium orchid and grass snippet cone around a glass container

Craft a grass armature to suspend the orchids in deep water from around the outside of your container.

Breezy lily grass ripple
20 July 2022 Breezy lily grass ripple

A radiating design that has the freedom of movement to add a bit of a cooling effect on the warmer days of summer.

Suspend a tiny flower over a large water filled container in a sandwich knot support
13 July 2022 Suspend a tiny flower over a large water filled container in a sandwich knot support

You don't have to design with a bud vase when you have a bud vase sized flower.

Weave a grass sphere to keep the long flower stems neatly in place on a bud vase
6 July 2022 Weave a grass sphere to keep the long flower stems neatly in place on a bud vase

Both pretty and pretty effective. Keep the flowers exactly where you want them by weaving a stopper for your bud vase.

Take your time to craft a Bulrush Dial Armature
29 June 2022 Take your time to craft a Bulrush Dial Armature

Slowly build up a dial armature from dried bulrush

Using European OASIS floral glue to secure floral details… yes! It makes a difference
22 June 2022 Using European OASIS floral glue to secure floral details… yes! It makes a difference

Securing the most delicate of design details successfully has a lot to do with what glue you use. But what glue is even more complicated than just brand.

Swing ripped foliage over a mop-head of hydrangeas to follow the natural curve
15 June 2022 Swing ripped foliage over a mop-head of hydrangeas to follow the natural curve

Gently curve ripped foliage over flowers to add a cooling movement to a minimal summer design.

Eucalyptus leaf and twig blossoms in a radiating puddle of stems
8 June 2022 Eucalyptus leaf and twig blossoms in a radiating puddle of stems

Just look at that puddle! This design is all about the fresh eucalyptus... but in a cooling down for summer kind of way.

A wild "found it this way" thorn and overgrown tulip design with a ribbon tangle instead of a bow.
1 June 2022 A wild "found it this way" thorn and overgrown tulip design with a ribbon tangle instead of a bow.

Glue an overgrown thorn armature to a container to display fully opened tulips

Give a single upright bleeding heart flower a view through a leafy hole
25 May 2022 Give a single upright bleeding heart flower a view through a leafy hole

Flair open a leathery leaf to craft a frame a single bleeding heart flower on its long stem.