Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Cover Styrofoam with leaf snippets to create a gift box design
Cut a delicate stem to hook jingle bells on
A temporary but very secure way to keep a candle in place in a design
Mix glue and twigs to create a twig armature for a Winter Christmas design
Artificial snow can be very "chemical" and flowers deteriorate quickly when exposed to it. It also dissolves in water. I use candle wax as "snow"
Weave a twig wreath for an easy net basket
Wire and fold a flat leaf to create a support to rest flowers on in a flat container
Manipulate leaves into a wired circle
Fashion a fall armature from leaves
Cut fall leaves to create continuous swirls
Pike a few (hundred!) autumn leaves to build up a hollow leaf armature
Melt and dip foliage to create chocolate leaves
