My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

27 April 2016 Hiding a secret water source in a twig frog

New growth is really difficult to design with and definitely needs to be conditioned and placed in a water source

20 April 2016 Free standing Willow twig armature with a hidden water source

Cut a few willow twigs to split to create legs for the armature

13 April 2016 Veiled Tillandsia glass container armature

Create panels of Spanish moss to cover a glass container

13 April 2016 Long legged wire hooks to hang a hidden water source

Hang tubes from the rim of a glass container to drape down with design details

30 March 2016 Construction Lumber and Dowel Spike Armature

Drill holes in a piece of lumber and insert dowel sticks to create an armature

30 March 2016 Forest Floor Disk

Small design details to suspend in your design

16 March 2016 Willow Parasol

Weave willow stems into a decorative parasol

9 March 2016 Spiral Washi Rose armature

Fold and paste a paper flower as an armature

24 February 2016 Wire Wrapped Willow Garland

Make a continues length of flexible willow to weave or design with by wrapping the delicate stems with thin wire

24 February 2016 Willow Spring

Set willow tips into a spiral to create a spring design

17 February 2016 Squigly vine twig armature

Loosely entwine vine stems

17 February 2016 Stack a Twig Enclosure

Loop and tie a few stacked twigs to create an enclosed floral armature