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| brooches, Rick Rack flowers, lace, and colored fabric make one awesome bouquet! Perfect for the wedding day and enjoyment for years to come :) |
Over the past week or so I've explained various parts of
making a brooch bouquet - getting started, wiring brooches,and making Rick Rack flowers. Today we'll put all of those
steps together to form a beautiful bouquet!
I'll start with a list of supplies:
the base:
half of a Styrofoam ball
a Styrofoam cone
lacy fabric to cover the ball (if desired) - I got mine at Goodwill
colored fabric to cover the cone (something that matches your wedding colors) - mine was yellow
ribbon (something that matches your wedding colors) - mine was gray
Styrofoam glue
pins or staples
the flowers:
Rick Rack flowers (see previous post)
wired brooches (see previous post)
needle-nose pliers
This whole process really will be more fun if you can hold yourself back from starting until you have gathered everything together. That was not how I went about it - I was waaaay too excited to get started! In the end though I wasted time and energy each time I started over - usually due to getting a few new brooches and wanting to add them to the mix, but not knowing where I could squeeze them in. The last time I put everything together I had my piles laid out all around me (Rick Rack flowers, small brooches, big brooches, colored brooches, etc.) and I was able to visualize the whole thing better. I was so pleased with the result! I hope you enjoy the process and the product as much as I did!
step one: prep the styrofoam. Glue the Styrofoam ball half to the Styrofoam cone - it will look sort-of like an ice cream cone. Let it dry. Once dry cover the ball with lacy fabric, if desired. I used pins to hold mine in place.
step two: add flowers! I will explain the process that worked for me, but of course you can add flowers in any order that you would like. I started by grouping mine according to size, and then by color or metalic. Next I went group by group and placed them into the ball, spacing them evenly around it. That way I made sure I had large/small/colored/metalic all evenly dispersed. On occasion I had trouble pushing the wire in far enough, and solved that problem by using needle nose pliers to push the wire into the ball.
step three: add texture and depth with Rick Rack flowers. I used Rick Rack flowers to fill in holes and build up areas that seemed a little flat.
step four: add some frill. I used a lacy fabric (similar to what I used on the fabric wrist corsages) to finish off the ball. Simply cut to desired length and pin to the underside of the ball, so that it hangs over.
step five: finish off the "stems." The last step I did was to cover the Styrofoam cone in fabric. I used pins to hold mine in place (I didn't use "permanent" adhesives like glue so that it could all be taken apart and re-used if desired). I made a square of fabric and let the four corners "frame" the bouquet, sort of like leaves. Then all you have to do is wrap your ribbon around the cone! DONE!
This project ended up being one of my favorites of the whole DIY wedding process. I got so many compliments and I am still able to enjoy the brooches to this day. I love using them on purses, scarves, outfits, etc. I'm even thinking of using some as handles on a small dresser I have. But that's another project :)
Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you would like to see more pictures of this process! I was having trouble loading photos today but would be happy to include some.
Do It Yourself - And I'll Help!
diyandiblog@gmail.com
step two: add flowers! I will explain the process that worked for me, but of course you can add flowers in any order that you would like. I started by grouping mine according to size, and then by color or metalic. Next I went group by group and placed them into the ball, spacing them evenly around it. That way I made sure I had large/small/colored/metalic all evenly dispersed. On occasion I had trouble pushing the wire in far enough, and solved that problem by using needle nose pliers to push the wire into the ball.
step three: add texture and depth with Rick Rack flowers. I used Rick Rack flowers to fill in holes and build up areas that seemed a little flat.
step four: add some frill. I used a lacy fabric (similar to what I used on the fabric wrist corsages) to finish off the ball. Simply cut to desired length and pin to the underside of the ball, so that it hangs over.
step five: finish off the "stems." The last step I did was to cover the Styrofoam cone in fabric. I used pins to hold mine in place (I didn't use "permanent" adhesives like glue so that it could all be taken apart and re-used if desired). I made a square of fabric and let the four corners "frame" the bouquet, sort of like leaves. Then all you have to do is wrap your ribbon around the cone! DONE!
This project ended up being one of my favorites of the whole DIY wedding process. I got so many compliments and I am still able to enjoy the brooches to this day. I love using them on purses, scarves, outfits, etc. I'm even thinking of using some as handles on a small dresser I have. But that's another project :)
Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you would like to see more pictures of this process! I was having trouble loading photos today but would be happy to include some.
Do It Yourself - And I'll Help!
diyandiblog@gmail.com
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