*Flash* Button Bouquet

Lovely colours! Well done!

You've got a nice mix of colours. However, are they meant to be teardrop-shaped? If not, I think a little bit more time organising the buttons is well worth it. I made a brooch bouquet and while the wiring and such took the most time, I spent a while in the arranging (or "fluffing) of the final bouquet. I fiddled for ages, moving brooches around, seeing which naturally settled high or low, which ones gravitated to the centre etc. I found this gave a very balanced look (and a perfectly round one).

Hi, Im going to give making my own a go! any tips??

where did you buy your broochs?

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Thanks all for you comments, I'm not a perfectionist and I'm very impatient :0) it isn't a teardrop bouquet and I see what your saying I'll have a little poke around and shuffle them about.

I got my buttons from ebay, charity shops and friends x

I found that the smaller pieces tended to drop underneath the larger brooches. This was OK for me as it gave me a bed of beads supporting the larger brooches. Have you got some less exotic and smaller buttons that might do a similar job? Once I realised this was what the smaller bead clusters were happier doing, I separated my pieces into "small" and "big", gathered the "small" bits together to create a regular shape, then poked the "big" brooches through at relatively even spaces.

But it DOES require patience It took me at least two evenings to do the arranging, and a further evening to wrap it together (I used a tall kitchen roll inner to support the arrangement overnight).

Well done, they'll be thrilled with them. I'm making all mine!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a flash of one (unfinished)....still need poking around!

HeyJude your's is stunning xx

Ooo, I love the purple! I have two of mine done now and I am super happy with them. Any excuse to flash!!!

Ooooo I love these! How did u get the 'stem' so thick? x