My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tutorials

Straightening wire
30 October 2013
Straightening wire

Wire is always sold in a roll and it can be very frustrating to try to remove bends, kinks and curls.
Hanging leaves from a Hazel twig top bar
23 October 2013
Hanging leaves from a Hazel twig top bar

Create a free moving autumn leaf screen
Paperback Book Pumpkin
14 October 2013
Paperback Book Pumpkin

Cut and stain paperback books to make a pumpkin armature
Whisk basket
9 October 2013
Whisk basket

Bend an glue a whisk inspired basket to display autumn leaves in.
Helping Strelitzia flowers to fan open
2 October 2013
Helping Strelitzia flowers to fan open

If you want completely unblemished petals, purchase the Bird of Paradise flowers when the petals are still hidden in the spathe, and carefully coax it open. The flowers will not open by themselves once cut.
Covering test tubes with potting soil
2 October 2013
Covering test tubes with potting soil

Disguise the test tubes with a sandy veneer
Spiny Twig Porcupine Armature
2 October 2013
Spiny Twig Porcupine Armature

Glue a few twigs to display Autumn flowers and foliage on
Twig garland
2 October 2013
Twig garland

Add a dangling garland of twigs to the design
Make a Phalaenopsis Orchid from autumn leaves
25 September 2013
Make a Phalaenopsis Orchid from autumn leaves

Fall leaf craft
Adding beads into a design
25 September 2013
Adding beads into a design

I wanted my beads to softly float above my snowball posy. If I glued the beads to some of the flowers it would just disappear in the mass of twigs and flowers.
Autumn leaf ballet slippers from scratch
18 September 2013
Autumn leaf ballet slippers from scratch

Pick up a few fall leaves to glue on paper to make fairy slippers
Longer lasting Gladiolus Composite Flower
11 September 2013
Longer lasting Gladiolus Composite Flower

Split (but don't cut) a few gladiolus flowers to spiral in a vase