My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Unfurl winter’s potential in a snow filled monstera leaf shelter

Pick out some florist tape to match the leaves as perfectly as possible.

Bind two Monstera leaves with a sliver of florist tape.

Cut the stems shorter so that the leaves rest on a water filled vase.

Fan the leaves open.

Cover wire with florist tape.

Cut the wire to fit halfway up each leaf and bend it into a u shape.

Add a thin layer of floral glue all the way down and up the wire.

Glue the wire to the leaves with floral glue fitting the middle to the opening between the leaves.

Reach under the leaves to loosely cup the stems in your hand and smooth the leaves into a curve that follows and adhere to the wire.

Gently roll the tip of the leaf into a tube...

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Work your way all around and inside to curl the leaves to look like they are still unfurling.

Slip the flower stems through the opening between the two leaves and the wire.

Design note: oh yes, lovely hellebore. If you struggle to condition your flowers I have a trick for you on page 94 of my book.

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Add in a few jasmine vines...

Not to conceal the wire but rather to distract from it.

Add in a few dew drop crystals (see the Tutorial below for instructions on how I do that) and sprinkle in some artificial snow to finish the design.

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