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Mini Forever Flower Bouquet

AndreaP at Lima
Mini Forever Flower Bouquet
Mini Forever Flower Bouquet

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Mini Forever Flower Bouquet

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These dainty flowers bundle up to make a lovely window display, or use a magnet to hang the vase on your fridge. These flowers can also be tied up with a bow to make a boutonnière for a wedding.

Supplies you’ll need:

  • Czech glass bellflowers in two sizes
  • 26 gauge & 28 gauge wire
  • seed beads
  • mother of pearl flowers
  • Miyuki bugle beads
  • mini vase
  • round-nose pliers
  • Czech glass leaf focals

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Step

Step 1

Cut two 7-inch pieces of wire. Image 1: Feed the wire through the Czech glass leaf. Twist the wire together. Image 2: Slide 2 delica beads on, then the bugle beads. One leaf and stem is 3.25" long, and the other is 2.75" long. The length will depend on the size of your vase. Image 3: Trim the wire, leaving 1/2 inch. Use round-nose pliers to create a coil on the end. Image 4: The coil should touch the last bead. Image 4: Finish leaf stems. Now use the other piece of wire to make another one.

Step

Step 2

Cut two 7-inch pieces of wire. Image 1: Slide on a large bellflower and a yellow seed bead. Image 2: Bring the wire back down through the bellflower hole. Image 3: Twist the wires tightly together. Image 4: Slide on delicas, bugles, and a leaf. Continue by adding on bugle beads and delicas. Make sure the flower is tall enough for your vase. Image 5: Trim the wire, leaving 1/2 inch. Use round-nose pliers to create a coil at the bottom. Now use the other piece of wire to make another one.

Step

Step 3

Cut two 7-inch pieces of wire. Image 1: Using one piece of wire. Slide 4 seed beads onto the center of the wire. Take one wire tail and feed it through the 4th bead. Image 2: Pull both wire tails in opposite directions to tighten. Image 3: Slide two seed beads onto one wire and one seed bead onto the other. Image 4: Bring the wire tail with the single seed bead through the last seed bead on the opposite side. Pull wire to tighten. Image 5: Repeat Step 4 until the flower is the size you want. Image 6: Twist both wires together. Image 7: Slide on the bugle beads until the flower is tall enough for your vase. Trim the wire, leaving 1/2 inch. Use round-nose pliers to create a coil at the bottom. Now use the other piece of wire to make another one.

Step

Step 4

Cut two 7-inch pieces of 26-gauge wire. Image 1: Using one piece of wire, slide on a mother-of-pearl flower and a seed bead. Image 2: Take the end of the wire back down through the flower hole. Pull tight. Image 3: Twist the wire together and trim off the short end. Image 4: Slide on two delicas, two bugle beads, and a leaf. Keep adding bugle beads until the stem is long enough for your vase. Image 5: Use round-nose pliers to create a coil at the bottom. Now use the other piece of wire to make another one. Image 6: Finished flowers

Step

Step 5

Cut a 9" piece of wire. Image 1: Slide on a bellflower and a seed bead. Bring the wire back down through the flower. Image 2: Twist the wire together close to the base of the flower. Image 3: Trim off the short wire tail. Image 4: Slide on a delica and three bugle beads. Image 5: Bend the wire up after the second bugle bead. Image 6: Slide on a delica bead, bellflower, and seed bead. Image 7 & 8: Bring the wire back down through the beads, ending up at the bottom of the bugle beads. Image 9: Slide on a bugle bead, delica, and 2 bugle beads. Bend the wire up. Slide on a delica, bugle, two delicas, a bellflower, and a seed bead. Image 10: Bring the wire back through the bellflower hole and through the beads. Finish by adding on more bugle and delica beads for the stem. Make sure it fits in your vase. Image 11: Use round-nose pliers to create a coil at the bottom.

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