Any of you got any experience and tips on putting a brooch bouquet together?!
I have wired all my brooches (several times now!) and I have tried using a bouquet wire oasis collar but I didn't like the colour visible underneath, I also tried black fake flowers but they don't hold the brooches in place as they just drop through.
It's beginning to do my head in! Ive looked online for tutorials and not found an answer really as they just recommend taping them together but I hate being able to see through or behind the brooches. I wondered if scrunched up black tissue paper would be ok??
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5th September 2013
CommentAuthorBobsi
There are a number of different posts about brooch bouquets on here and say sing the tube helped. Maybe you could use that? Xx
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CommentAuthorLauraJo87
Could you use black florist wire? We found some in a cake shop of all places, you couldn't really see it under the brooches xx
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CommentAuthorbrilly
Goth is it your wire thats collapsing hun? and are you using any kind of florist tape? x
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CommentAuthorAnnette
My brooches are wired twice, that is to say it has two anchor points on the brooch and the twisted together, so basically 4 wires if you get me. Mine stand up straight no matter what because of this
thanks for your input ladies. I think it boils down to the wiring, gonna have to do some of them again whether i like it or not!
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5th September 2013
CommentAuthorShirleygirly
I'm in exactly the same position Goth, I've had them wired into stems since October but I can't seem to put them into a bouquet. They overlap and look uneven. I've asked my bms if they can sit with me one night and brainstorm and failing that I'm going to ask my florist if there is anything she can suggest.
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CommentAuthorMrsGothBride
let me know how you get on please shirley.
ive rewired all my brooches tonight using a stronger wire and im hoping this Will now be ok to start putting together and holding. by god its a lot heavier now though!
When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours
we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying
weirdness and call it love, true love.
5th September 2013
CommentAuthorbrilly
ladies if you have a large bowl it sounds silly but try making or starting your bouquet upside down as this helps with the shape as the brooch sits in the bowl and you can wire it together without it dropping or slipping its how I make my large button bouquets and it helps me xx
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