I went to a 99c store way back in April and got myself an entire bunch of wired flowers! I didn't know what to do with them but they were so pretty and cheap I just had to buy! Anyway, I figured out a super simple tutorial where I could use the flowers. I made them into a floral cross:
For this tutorial you would need the following:
That's a bunch of wired roses about an inch big and hot glue. That's it! You won't even need to use that much glue as long as you bend, wrap, and twist as tightly as possible.
1. These roses are made from fabric attached to a wire. I'm pretty sure you could find these in Michael's or any crafts store's wedding section. Whatever flowers you use, keep in mind that you really do need the wire! Start with four pieces.
2. Arrange them as shown above. These roses would comprise your base.
3. Take a rose and wrap it around the center of the base as shown. We shall call this rose the first wrapping rose for reference.
4. Twist the bud around the top portion of the base. Twist the tail around the bottom portion of the base. This should secure the four roses together.
5. Now to make the arms of the cross, take another rose and wrap it around the base as shown above. I used the first rose wrapped around the base as reference. Once it is secured onto the base, twist the tail of the arm around the remaining part of the arm where the rose is attached. This is the back view:
This is the front view.
6. Repeat for the other arm of the base.
Here is how the wrapping and twisting should look like. Take note of the vertex where the first rose used for wrapping and the arms coincide.
7. Use hot glue to secure the arms in place.
8. Add roses by twisting and wrapping around the arm/base, wherever you want to start.
9. Fill the remaining sections.
10. To keep it symmetrical, use the same number of roses for each arm. In this case I have four on each. Keep wrapping and twisting until you filled in all the empty spaces!
And you're done! Fix the rose buds as you please.
This is the back part. You could see how almost everything's held together by wrapping and twisting. Now you could attach this to a necklace or a ring!
Here's mine on a necklace to match my dress:
It's really simple. I hope you like it and use it! If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask. :)
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