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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Tiptoe through the Tulips

It’s officially Tulip season...

Tiptoe through the Tulips

Knee deep in flowers…

Braided Tulip flower head

we'll stray

Three tulips plaited together

We'll keep the showers away

Tulip and grass design

And if I kiss you in the garden,

Weave grass through the braided tulips

in the moonlight

Three purple tulips braided together

Will you pardon me?

Cover the glass bubble shaped vase with woven grass

And tiptoe through the tulips with me

"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" is a popular song originally published in 1929. The song was written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke

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Tutorials

21 January 2015 Braiding three Tulip stems

Plait Tulip stems

13 March 2013 Grass shelter for a glass bubble vase

Weave a shelter around a glass vase

30 August 2011 Removing Oasis Floral Adhesive glue spills

The finish of every design should be flawless. Make sure there are no bits of glue visible in your design by carefully removing all traces of spills.

21 March 2012 Where to cut Tulips to condition

Here is a trick to make sure your tulips will condition thoroughly

11 May 2011 Slow down tulip growth, after the stems have been severed from the bulbs

Tulips continue to grow after being cut. Sometimes when you make a very small design or for competition or bridal work you want to minimize growth. The best way to do this is to...

Favourite Flowers

Tulipa

Tulip

Related Designs

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Spiral grass to create a nest for the lady slipper orchids

19 July 2017 Meraki

A grass armature for one perfect slipper orchid

26 February 2020 To top it all off

This is a great "space-keeper" design. The tulip will continue to grow into the vase height as they open... but until then the grass platform part of the design diverts your...

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That good old double vase trick... but this time I deliberately added a bubble between the two layers to create a third circle in the design.

10 February 2021 My valenVine

An... everything is moving... design. The tulips are growing and the small vine filled vase is bopping around in the water. And if you lean them against each other just right it...

24 March 2021 To two too!

A Spring Tulip celebration design... with a special message

23 March 2022 Chockablock!

Luxuriously filled design... filled with flowers... filled with grass. But most fun, for us as designers filled with hidden techniques

13 April 2022 Hop on… it’s Easter!

A cheery Easter basket for a new beginning

1 June 2022 Found it!

A very secure thorn branch armature to hold overgrown Tulips in place

1 February 2023 Why When

An old tulip trick in a new way to keep the flowers fanned out

14 February 2024 Spoiler Alert: It’s You

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