Beaded flowers can be a part of your everyday jewelry as well as being an important accessory on some very special days.
For daily accessories, use them as hair ornaments. A sweet beaded flower headband in a little girl’s favorite color will be treasured for years to come. If the little lady you have in mind prefers hair combs or clips over a headband, she can easily accommodate that by adding a flower to a hair comb or clip. When you’re making flowers to use in hair, be sure to use a looping technique that doesn’t leave a basic wire on top; Or, leave a long top staple wire that can be bent or threaded on the back of the petals and leaves, and threaded onto the flower wires. This will prevent the wires from getting caught in the user’s hair.
You can make a “mom pin” or a “grandma pin” out of beaded flowers. Use Swarovski crystal beads in different colors to represent the birthstones of children and grandchildren, and arrange them as the center of the flower. You can also use each “birthstone” as a center bead on each flower petal. Consider using different types of beads for the flower – there are many exotic and inexpensive options available, in unexpected shapes and lengths. When shopping for beads, try to look at beads with fresh eyes and you’ll see new and intriguing avenues to try.
My parents recently celebrated a landmark wedding anniversary. In addition to making a flower crown with the flowers that my mother had in her wedding bouquet, I made my mother a beaded pin with her wedding flowers and my father a boutonniere for the anniversary party. her. They loved them!
The biggest and most impressive way to wear beaded flowers is to wear them as a bridal bouquet. A bridal bouquet made with beaded flowers has three great advantages over a bouquet of live flowers. The first is that no one in your group or on your guest list will suffer from allergies to flowers. The second is that you can have any flower you want, even if it is out of season or unavailable. However, your bouquet will be a bit heavier than a bouquet of live flowers! The third advantage is that your bouquet will last for decades just as it is on your wedding day, no extra steps are needed. It may even be worn by your future daughter or granddaughter at her wedding one day! Your bouquet can become a treasured family heirloom.
You can include the groom in the beaded flower theme by having his boutonniere made of beads to coordinate with his bouquet. Also, the mother of the bride would be delighted to have a corsage that she can keep forever. She can also make pins for her bridal party as wedding favors. I always get compliments when I wear my beaded flower brooches, especially the ones made with Swarovski crystal beads.
Flower girls or other female attendants may wear beaded flowers in their hair. For the occasion, you can use a “diamond” centerpiece, or make the centerpieces in the colors of the wedding. I have done this for several weddings. Beaded flowers don’t have to completely resemble real flowers. Part of the charm will be how the flowers have been made to match the colors of the event.
The possibilities of using beaded flowers as accessories are endless. Let your imagination run wild and you will come up with many great ideas. You may have to modify techniques or come up with entirely new ones, but that’s half the fun of beaded flowers!