My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Pebbles

Cut a thick slice of Rainbow Oasis Floral Foam.

Cut a thick slice of Rainbow Oasis Floral Foam with your knife

Divide the foam into smaller sizes

Cut the slice to the size of each pebble

Roughly cut the shape of the pebble out of Rainbow Oasis.

Roughly cut the shape of the pebble out of Rainbow Oasis.

Sand the pebble to a smooth shape with a small piece of foam.

Sand the pebble to a smooth shape with a small piece of foam.

Pebbles

The sanded pebbles look unbelievably realistic!

Rocks and rocks

Rocks and rocks

Soak the pebbles.

If you are using the pebbles as a water source, let it float on water to soak. When the pebbles sink to the bottom they are ready to use.

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Related Designs

25 February 2011 A Rock by any other Name...

It's not really what we call things that matter but what they are made of- in this design, it's made of all three types of Oasis and wool.

3 April 2011 One Singular Sensation

Three Lilies plaited to create a sensational, singular flower "growing" out of a Equisetum dome filled with Rainbow Oasis pebbles.

24 August 2011 Touchstone

A Touchstone is something or even someone that you can rely on to evaluate the strength or worth of an idea or concept.

27 August 2012 Just Right! Floral Art demonstration: Too Hard!

My second design in my demonstration at the BC Floral Art Society meeting

14 February 2013 Making it work somewhere between a rock and a hard place

Sometimes creative blunders becomes creative inspiration

16 July 2014 Unraveling fast

Weaving foliage to create a lush water scene

2 November 2016 Pick your poison

A Fun Halloween design with "poisonous mushrooms" tucked between the moss and petals

19 April 2017 A spongy home for this octopus orchid

An unusual mechanic for a tiny orchid design

17 January 2018 Flowering Between a Rock and a Hard place

Create a subtle contrast by floating or anchoring some of your design elements.