Your bouquet is just wow!

so could be used for the brooches and flowers then hope so as just ordered it lol x

Ah I hope I go like that at the moment all I have is a pile of brooches/embellishments and 24 foam roses lol xxx

i have been thinking of flower and brooch bouquet to just searched the wire collar looks good especially as it has the pearls on which i was looking to have to cant wait to see what you make sian did you make the button holes in your album too x

can you post me the link if you dont mind they are like what im looking for x

yes i have facebook even if £16 is full price thats alot less then what i have been quoted s

thanks will do x

Aww bless ya x

its lush well done hun xx:)

I make these bouquets as a business so if I can be any help with troubleshooting pm me

Looks really good it came but the postman didnt buzz so h2b has gone to collect it from sorting office waiting for him to bring it home so I can get going on it x

Lol we will soon find out lol x

wow this is such a great idea! looks lush!

It only gets little time since November anyway. Pics are in the other thread.

DIY bouquet tips and tricks :-)

Sian are your embellishment flat backed or do they have anything you can attach wire to?
A few of the embellishments I got were for cards etc so I found I couldnt use them as I couldnt attach the wire to make "a stem" with the wire.

In times of using the wire collar done the following:
My brooch bouquet - I spread the wire out a bit more to make it bigger , then threaded through all the wire stems (about 50) until I was happy with coverage. I added them through so they were all meeting in a central area to form the handle. when i had them all through i just reshaped the collar to be slightly more domed. I havent tied the stems together as yet.

Button Bouquets - I squashed the wire in to make it smaller, threaded the stems through again and made the bunch and shaped to make bit more domed again. Bound the stems together with floral tape till it was firm and tight and then went over that with ribbon.

Try to keep positive hun - I almost gave up so many times. I had to leave it and not even look at it for a few weeks at a time.
I tried not to use the clasp either so I didnt have them coming off half way through the day.
I used the tiniest wire (will look up the code when monster boy isnt around otherwise he will pull everything apart) - I used this wire to either loop through the tiniest hole or lay across the brooch/piece in a way it couldnt be seen and only if there was no other way then did I use clasp. I then attached the thin wire to thicker wire that was the right thickness to give me the strength and finish I was looking for.

For the ones that are flat backed - how about glueing them on pieces of material in the right shapes that you want and making the "flower head" from that?

My camera is rubbish Sian but here is an idea of what i done with the embellishments/brooches/jewellery.

That looks really good may try that thanks hun x

LMB how is your bouquet now?? do you still feel like it's gapey?? (is that a word???)

if so, you could get a small dry oasis ball and cover it with finland moss. then stick the stems round it. if there are any gaps, it'll look fine :)

lol

i was just looking at tutorials for making pomanders and they used moss. so simple, but so effective!!!

i think i'm going to try that with my bouquet. i'm thinking about adding a few button stems or something.

ooft!! good luck!!!!!

I have finally finished it!

It's absolutely stunning Lisa, well done! Where did you come up with the idea? I think it's so lovely, the best thing is, you can pass it down to your daughter when it's her turn xx

wow it's amazing!!!!! xx