My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

Designing with Tillandsia
9 July 2014
Designing with Tillandsia

Air plants need special design consederations
Taking care of Tillandsia
9 July 2014
Taking care of Tillandsia

Conditioning and growing air plants
Clearly invisible taped Grid
2 July 2014
Clearly invisible taped Grid

This is the easiest way to keep flower in place
Musical staff line armature
25 June 2014
Musical staff line armature

Drill holes into sticks to create a suspended armature
Sticking a stick curve to create a hollowed out crescent armature
18 June 2014
Sticking a stick curve to create a hollowed out crescent armature

An easy way to create a neat curve in a very short time
Horizontal twig disk
11 June 2014
Horizontal twig disk

Wire a few twigs to create a disk armature
Weaving a ring basket
4 June 2014
Weaving a ring basket

Create a wire frame and weave ripped foliage around it
Bamboo scaffold armature
28 May 2014
Bamboo scaffold armature

Latch a few bamboo pieces together to create a scaffold for the flowers to hang from
Bamboo panel
28 May 2014
Bamboo panel

Create a panel for the flowers to hang on
Making dried foliage that has become brittle pliable again
21 May 2014
Making dried foliage that has become brittle pliable again

Dried flowers and foliage becomes really brittle over time making it almost impossible to weave into a design without causing damage
Square Twig Cube
21 May 2014
Square Twig Cube

Glue twigs together to create a cube armature
Perking up roses (Please... don't ever do this, anywhere but at home, and only for yourself!)
14 May 2014
Perking up roses (Please... don't ever do this, anywhere but at home, and only for yourself!)

This trick works really well, but it is a temporary fix to extend the life of drooping roses and is not a substitute for good quality fresh flowers. It is great to know this trick so that you can inspect the roses you want to buy, for the tell tale sign that they have already been "perked up" and might look fresh but would really not last well.