My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

2 October 2013 Twig garland

Add a dangling garland of twigs to the design

25 September 2013 Adding beads into a design

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.

25 September 2013 Make a Phalaenopsis Orchid from autumn leaves

Fall leaf craft

18 September 2013 Autumn leaf ballet slippers from scratch

Pick up a few fall leaves to glue on paper to make fairy slippers

11 September 2013 Longer lasting Gladiolus Composite Flower

Split (but don't cut) a few gladiolus flowers to spiral in a vase

4 September 2013 Weave a heart shaped basket

An easy to assemble open weave basket

28 August 2013 Barely there Mad Hatter's Top Hat

Glue sisal fibers to create a floral top hat

28 August 2013 Unravel Sisal string to get Sisal Fibers

I purchase a huge roll of sisal string to use... sometimes as string, but mostly I unravel it for the fibers

19 August 2013 Knotted and tangled wire heart

A wire armature for delicate flowers

14 August 2013 Haphazard twig Rectangle

Glue a few twigs into a rectangular shape to hang as a space or room devider

7 August 2013 Cherry twig rainbow arch

Glue a few twigs to arch over a upturned container

31 July 2013 Roll small leaf circles

Add a bit of interest in a minimal design with tiny Jasmine foliage