My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

6 November 2013 Leaf Swirls

Cut fall leaves to create continuous swirls

30 October 2013 Straightening wire

Wire is always sold in a roll and it can be very frustrating to try to remove bends, kinks and curls.

30 October 2013 Spiked Autumn leaf cauldron

Pike a few (hundred!) autumn leaves to build up a hollow leaf armature

30 October 2013 Chocolate leaves

Melt and dip foliage to create chocolate leaves

23 October 2013 Hanging leaves from a Hazel twig top bar

Create a free moving autumn leaf screen

14 October 2013 Paperback Book Pumpkin

Cut and stain paperback books to make a pumpkin armature

9 October 2013 Whisk basket

Bend an glue a whisk inspired basket to display autumn leaves in.

2 October 2013 Helping Strelitzia flowers to fan open

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...

2 October 2013 Covering test tubes with potting soil

Disguise the test tubes with a sandy veneer

2 October 2013 Spiny Twig Porcupine Armature

Glue a few twigs to display Autumn flowers and foliage on

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.