My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

Cut a plastic vial to make a top-up-able water source for upside down hanging flowers
18 May 2016
Cut a plastic vial to make a top-up-able water source for upside down hanging flowers

Snip the closed bottom of a plastic vial
Sealing water leaks
18 May 2016
Sealing water leaks

Petroleum jelly is both waterproof and not water soluble it creates a waterproof barrier to keep the water from leaking out of the vials when you hang it upside down. In fact, this trick work so well that you can use drinking straws or plastic tubes and seal it around the stem with the petroleum jelly
Dangling flowers from blades of grass
18 May 2016
Dangling flowers from blades of grass

Knot a blade of grass around a water source to create a free hanging design
Twig snippet vase armature
11 May 2016
Twig snippet vase armature

Glue twig snippets to closely follow the shape of a glass vase
Loosened Wreath Armature
4 May 2016
Loosened Wreath Armature

Snip a dried twig wreath to undo the spirals to hang around a glass container
Hiding a secret water source in a twig frog
27 April 2016
Hiding a secret water source in a twig frog

New growth is really difficult to design with and definitely needs to be conditioned and placed in a water source
Free standing Willow twig armature with a hidden water source
20 April 2016
Free standing Willow twig armature with a hidden water source

Cut a few willow twigs to split to create legs for the armature
Veiled Tillandsia glass container armature
13 April 2016
Veiled Tillandsia glass container armature

Create panels of Spanish moss to cover a glass container
Long legged wire hooks to hang a hidden water source
13 April 2016
Long legged wire hooks to hang a hidden water source

Hang tubes from the rim of a glass container to drape down with design details
Forest Floor Disk
30 March 2016
Forest Floor Disk

Small design details to suspend in your design
Construction Lumber and Dowel Spike Armature
30 March 2016
Construction Lumber and Dowel Spike Armature

Drill holes in a piece of lumber and insert dowel sticks to create an armature
Willow Parasol
16 March 2016
Willow Parasol

Weave willow stems into a decorative parasol