Brooch-bouquet - master-class

Recently, the brides have been very popular with original bouquets of brooches. Many of them have conquered precisely because of their unique beauty and unusual appearance. To make a brooch-bouquet yourself, our master-class will help you. You will have to work a little while creating it, but following the detailed step-by-step instructions, you will easily cope with this task.

Necessary materials

In order to create a brooch-bouquet with your own hands we will need:

  1. Brooches. This is the most important and responsible point. The more unusual and original the decorations will be, the more attractive will be the finished bouquet. Brooches can be searched at flea markets, antique shops, on the Internet or in the grandmother's box.
  2. Wire. You can choose a silver or golden wire, depending on your preferences and the range of colors selected brooches.
  3. Any hook-shaped tool. With its help, it is convenient to twist the wire. If there is nothing suitable, then you can use the usual pliers.
  4. Purchased or homemade silk flowers. A bouquet of brooches, as in this master class, can be made with flowers made of silk. They will add an accessory of tenderness and elegance. You can also take live flowers, or do not use them at all, limited to brooches.
  5. Lace or satin ribbon. It will be required in order to decorate the leg of the bouquet.

Instructions

Now, step by step, we'll look at how to make a brooch bouquet:

  1. Prepare all the necessary materials and tools.
  2. Cut off long pieces of wire about 60 cm. Then bend each piece in half. For each brooch, two blanks are needed.
  3. We pass the workpieces from the wire into the brooch. Depending on the weight, more workpieces may be needed.
  4. We bend the end of each wire, creating a loop.
  5. We catch the formed loop through the hook of the tool, or clamp it with the help of pliers.
  6. We twist the wire into a tight bundle. We do this with all the blanks.
  7. Now you need to collect a bouquet. To do this, we insert brooches on the wire into a finished composition of artificial or fresh flowers.
  8. The final touch in creating a bouquet of brooches will be decorating the legs. Wrap the stems with a lace or satin ribbon to hide the ends of the wire.
  9. A beautiful bouquet of brooches is ready! He can play the role of a bouquet double during the wedding celebration or become an original alternative to the classic bouquet of the bride .