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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Snow glow fluffy display bed for your design details

Prepare the display tray by gluing a fairy light to the side.

Extend the wire over the display container and secure it to the opposite end.

Criss cross over the display container to secure the wire to the surface...

With the battery pack securely resting in the container.

Fluff out some cotton wool.

See the Tutorial below for detailed instructions on how to fluff cotton wool to make a cozy snow bed.

And place a thin layer of fluff over the fairy lights to line the display container.

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Tutorials
Fluff cotton wool for snow
27 November 2012
Fluff cotton wool for snow

Cotton balls can be unrolled and fluffed to create long garlands of "snow"
Sugar Frosted flowers, fruit or foliage
15 December 2011
Sugar Frosted flowers, fruit or foliage

Egg white and sugar creates a natural frost effect
Skeleton Leaf Flameless Candle Cocoon
17 April 2013
Skeleton Leaf Flameless Candle Cocoon

Cover a balloon with skeleton leaves to create a cocoon
Weaving a ball shaped Dew-drop Catcher from grass
1 October 2012
Weaving a ball shaped Dew-drop Catcher from grass

Weave a sphere from grass
A contained design for watching those pretty twigs get their leaves
28 April 2021
A contained design for watching those pretty twigs get their leaves

Careful manipulation of twigs in a shallow container. With a special note on how to use new growth.
Bite and snap a sturdy twig
22 May 2012
Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.
Twig Dome Armature
17 July 2019
Twig Dome Armature

Crafted from a hand full of twigs to give you a large design... even though you add only two stems of sweet peas.
Delicate Twig Hammock Armature to keep tulips upright in a shallow container
16 January 2019
Delicate Twig Hammock Armature to keep tulips upright in a shallow container

Craft a suspended armature to create a clear winter design.
Blow away hot glue strands
24 July 2012
Blow away hot glue strands

When you glue a structure with hot glue there are always a few stray strands of glue stuck all over the design. Blow it away with a hairdryer.
Scattered grass armature
30 April 2014
Scattered grass armature

An grass armature that looks scattered but is actually very secure
Grass snippet globe with T-connections for a (shaded) second layer
27 April 2022
Grass snippet globe with T-connections for a (shaded) second layer

Craft two snippet half moons to connect... and... then add a second layer of grass snippets here and there to shade the flowers.
Connect the dot grass Armature
3 February 2016
Connect the dot grass Armature

Connect the ends of grass snippets to create a spherical grass armature
Silver leaf Paper Snowflakes to display your winter flowers on
3 January 2024
Silver leaf Paper Snowflakes to display your winter flowers on

Fold some snowflakes to display your beautiful winter flowers on.
Succulent and gilded flameless candle yule log display stand
3 January 2024
Succulent and gilded flameless candle yule log display stand

A robust stand with tall dowel sticks to slip your display over.
Magnetic silverleaf bell and snowy twig clusters to suspend your flowers in a display
3 January 2024
Magnetic silverleaf bell and snowy twig clusters to suspend your flowers in a display

An easy to remove and put back bundle of winter twigs to add to a display.
Cranberry snow glow lantern
4 January 2023
Cranberry snow glow lantern

Sugar frosted cranberry ball filled with fairy lights.
Related Designs
Hide-and-go-peek
17 April 2013
Hide-and-go-peek

Create a soft light by making a leaf cocoon for a flameless candle
How to catch a dew drop:
1 October 2012
How to catch a dew drop:

Weave a sphere from grass to catch a precious and exquisite and perfect glistening early autumn dew drop
Here comes the sun...
28 April 2021
Here comes the sun...

A minimal design celebrating the new growth on twigs
… and... a bit more... effort… to make it special
17 July 2019
… and... a bit more... effort… to make it special

Instead of just placing a handful of twigs and two stems of sweet peas in a vase... why not...?
Every. Single. Week.
16 January 2019
Every. Single. Week.

Stand tulips upright in a shallow container with a suspended twig armature.
Scattered
30 April 2014
Scattered

Scatter some dried grass to make a floral armature
Shine Shade
27 April 2022
Shine Shade

Glue snippets of grass into a double layer sphere to create a sheltered floral globe.
Connect the dot
3 February 2016
Connect the dot

Connect snippets of grass to create a shelter for your flowers
A Very Merry Gilded Paper Ornament and Yule Log Trendy Christmas/New Year’s Cheer
3 January 2024
A Very Merry Gilded Paper Ornament and Yule Log Trendy Christmas/New Year’s Cheer

Paper snowflakes to display small snippets of Festive flowers on.
Around and about the new year
4 January 2023
Around and about the new year

A glowing cranberry ball for frosty evening decorating.