My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

It’s a trap!

Lily and lily grass flower arrangement.

Would you add One more flower?

Lily and lily grass floral design

Just one more spiky blade of grass?

Winter floral design

Just one more sparkling crystal bead?

Easter lily in a basket

Just one more curly blade?

Curling grass for a foam free design

How about One more pretty woven row?

It’s a trap floral art design

… when was that one there the just enough?

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Tutorials

27 February 2019 Weave a floral trap

Keep your flowers in place with an all natural woven trap.

15 April 2015 Stretching leaves and foliage into a ringlet curl

Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.

8 June 2011 Foliage Weaving

For this tutorial I focus on a simple weave pattern that does not require you to soften or prepare the leaves to be more durable or flexible. This is the starting point in...

1 October 2012 Weaving a ball shaped Dew-drop Catcher from grass

Weave a sphere from grass

1 February 2012 Weaving a diagonal green grass basket

Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.

20 December 2011 Weaving a gift box with a lid from palm leaves

A great all natural gift decorating alternative

5 April 2017 Weaving a Pillbox hat from grass

Use the "over and under" weaving pattern to weave a round, upright hat with a flat top and no brim.

Favourite Flowers

Lilium

Lily

Related Designs

29 January 2020 Peekaboo

A light and airy (no floral foam but still long lasting) floral design for those days that you are really, really looking for signs of Spring.

10 June 2020 All Out

An all out effective way of keeping a flower stem in the exact spot you want it to be in a clear water vase design.

2 February 2022 Putting my feelers out

Adding just a little something to a bud vase design to connect them... and make it special.

26 July 2023 Column… try it flower buddies

A bottom to the top... top to the bottom support to help keep your summer flowers hydrated.

2 August 2023 here… from … my little corner… of the world wide web

Weave a web of jasmine vine to support orchid stems

23 August 2023 Note to Self

An easy to weave natural grid for summer floral arrangements.

15 April 2015 Bowled Over

Weave a sphere armature to complement delicate oncidium orchiods

13 June 2018 Eat up!

A woven bubble for a carnivorous plant.

3 June 2015 A watcha call it

Weave a sphere armature

25 January 2017 What is in a basket of spectacular?

Weave a basket with dangling edges for a single orchid display

5 April 2017 Easter Bonnet

Weave a delicate Pillbox hat