Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Tutorials
If you want completely unblemished petals, purchase the Bird of Paradise flowers when the petals are still hidden in the spathe, and carefully coax it open. The flowers will not...
Glue a few twigs to display Autumn flowers and foliage on
I wanted my beads to softly float above my snowball posy. If I glued the beads to some of the flowers it would just disappear in the mass of twigs and flowers.
Pick up a few fall leaves to glue on paper to make fairy slippers
Split (but don't cut) a few gladiolus flowers to spiral in a vase
I purchase a huge roll of sisal string to use... sometimes as string, but mostly I unravel it for the fibers