My sparklers have arrived!!!! Here's my inspiration photos:
I am sooo jealous! This was what I wanted to do for my send off but unfortunately, Disney won't let you have the fire. Boo! And I love this picture!
I hope we can do some cute pics like this, I am going to add this to the picture list so hopefully we can do something like this
Brooch Bouquet: Part 2
Hey all so here is part two to the brooch bouquet.
Take your feather trim and make a small layer around the base of the the handle gluing it down as you go, once you make one layer cut it and do another layer lining the first layer and so on until you have created three layers or rings of. (Doing these layer creates fullness). This is just how I did it to add the feathers, but you might be able to find an easier way by researching online.
Take your ribbon and wrap your bouquet with it, what I did was glue the ribbon down as I went with a small dot here and there so it wouldn't bleed through. Once you get to the top cut it and fold the raw end under and glue down with a bead of glue.
Once you glue down the raw end, take about two pearl end pins and stick them into the bouquet handle at an angle. This decorates the ribbon and also provides a back up in case you glue fails to keep the ribbon in place.
Take your rhinestone cuff and measure it around the point of the bouquet that you need. Mark where you need to cut with a pencil. Take your Exacto knife and cut the mark you made until the extra falls off. Hot glue the cuff in place.
Your bouquet is complete!
My Notes
The original directions states to use 1 or 2 wires per brooch depending on the size and weight of your brooch, but I found it easier to always use 2 regardless of the weight because it provides extra support.
When wiring the brooches there is no right our wrong way to do it, you will find yourself guessing a lot on where to put the wires. If your brooch has no back you can add a pin post that you find at craft stores and use that to wire through, if you are going to use that technique make sure to glue the pin shut so it doesn't open on you.
Happy Bouquet Making!!!
I love how it all came together. I was pretty worried because I ordered literally everything online so I am glad that it turned out ok.
