My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

27 August 2014 Loosely woven grass on Driftwood

Loosely weave grass on a piece of driftwood for an informal armature

13 August 2014 Sunflower Disk Floret

Gently pull the petals ( Ray floret) from the seeded part of the sunflower

13 August 2014 Standing flowering stems in shallow puddles

Making a truss out of sunflower stems for a free standing design

6 August 2014 Palm Bauble Lanterns

All natural decoration with a secret water source to keep the fresh flowers hydrated

23 July 2014 Twig Chain Garlands

Knot stems into decorative swinging chains

9 July 2014 Designing with Tillandsia

Air plants need special design consederations

9 July 2014 Taking care of Tillandsia

Conditioning and growing air plants

2 July 2014 Clearly invisible taped Grid

This is the easiest way to keep flower in place

25 June 2014 Musical staff line armature

Drill holes into sticks to create a suspended armature

18 June 2014 Sticking a stick curve to create a hollowed out crescent armature

An easy way to create a neat curve in a very short time

11 June 2014 Horizontal twig disk

Wire a few twigs to create a disk armature

4 June 2014 Weaving a ring basket

Create a wire frame and weave ripped foliage around it