Monday, November 19, 2018

DIY Pearl Flower Picks


I’m making pearl flowers to use in bouquets, boutonnières, and flower arrangements - about 370 of them! Most of them will be of ivory pearls & champagne faceted beads like the ones above. I also plan on using some other colors. 

Materials needed: 

6mm ivory pearls
6mm faceted champagne beads
Beading wire (I used 0.3mm gold wire this time. In the 
future I plan to use 0.5mm to make them a bit sturdier)

Begin by cutting a piece of wire 16-20” and bending it in half. Thread 6 pearls onto the cut ends of the doubled wire. 
Cross one side of the wire over the other with the pearls in-between. Twist the wires together close to the pearls 3 times.
Hold the wires together and bend across to the center of the circle, pushing them down in the middle until the 
twisted portion of the wires is in-between the pearls. 

Next bend the connected portion of the wire back to the 
outside of the ring, leaving the loose ends bent towards the middle. 
Thread the champagne bead onto the loose wires, move bead to the center of the ring, and bend the wires 
between the 2 pearls on the opposite side of the ring and back to the bottom.
Bring both wires together in the middle & twist tightly together. 
Continue twisting until you reach the end & trim. Ta da!

They can be used as is in many instances, but if too short for some arrangements you can use florist tape to attach it to a flower pick. 

369 more to go...




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