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...

Flowers, and Pearls, and Pins - Oh, My!

A while back I saw the organza flowers above and thought they would make pretty fasteners for the chair sashes and napkin rings. Of course, my second thought was - I can make those! I went on Pinterest and found several tutorials. I just ordered the supplies I need to make 58 in navy and 28 in champagne. I’m going to make rings out of pearl mesh and Velcro, then hot glue the flowers on.

I was planning to use fresh flowers for the bouquets, boutonnières, and corsages, but I’ve decided to go in a different direction. 

Brooch Bouquets are all over now, and are so beautiful and glamorous! I can’t resist. Since I needed pearls for the organza flowers, I ordered enough to make a number of pearl “flower” clusters that can be used in addition to brooches for all the flower arrangements in the ceremony and reception, as well as bouquets, etc. 

Using premade handles, I’ll make champagne and navy satin  roses for the foundation and add the brooches and pearl flowers on top. My bouquet will be of champagne roses with gold/pearl and gold/navy brooches, pearl flowers, and have draped pearls like those shown above. My MOH’s bouquet will be of navy satin flowers, similar to mine, but a bit smaller & without the hanging strands.

I’ll make the boutonnieres and corsages to coordinate with the bouquets. After the organza flowers and pearl flowers are completed, I’ll get to work on the brooch picks and satin roses. 

All flower arrangements will have pearl flowers and brooch picks, so I’m going to need a lot. My calculations are:

• Pearl flowers = 420
• Brooch picks = 240

I’d better get to work! When I get some done I’ll post some pics.