Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Tutorials
Pull leaves the Tillandsia plant to add into a design
Cover a cardboard shape in cotton and bark to create a floral armature
Wrap grass around a flat wire shape to create a delicate bridal basket design
Glue snippets of Baby's breath and grass into a lace fine wreath shape to showcase the tiny chocolate cosmos buds
create a cookie shaped armature for the chocolate cosmos flowers
Sink the tube in the design to rest on a few twigs
Cut a coiled vine wreath into sections to create an delicate armature to frame a few perfect chocolate cosmos flowers
I wanted a really delicate, see-through armature to frame my tiny flowers so I wove grass in panels around the vine shape
Soak a vine wreath to make it easier to manipulate into an armature deep enough to nestle plant material in
The flat surface of a piece of driftwood creates a base to design on