My name's Sian and I'm getting married in June 2012! Ever since I've been seeing brooch bouquets on the internet I've wanted one of my own but they were a bit out of my budget unfortunately. Therefore, I have started this blog to detail how I intend to make my own for a fraction of the price. I just hope it doesn't look like a small child made it :-)
For the last few months I've been buying buttons and charity-shopping for dress jewellery, I've even used high street shops such as Accessorise. I'm bound to find more pieces as I go along and I still haven't bought what I plan to be the centre which is a Cath Kidston Stanley brooch - I have two Mini Schnauzers and Stanley is a Wire Fox Terrier so the similar shape really appealed to me.
Here is what equipment I have:
Coiled florist wire (24 Gauge)
Florist Tape
Large Scissors (They cut through the wire just fine)
Buttons
Pearl effect half buttons
Brooches
Earrings
Various dress jewellery
I intend to get, when I'm finished some ribbon or even lace to complete it and cover up the wire.
Here are the pieces I have so far:
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| I got these shirt collar clip-ons from an Antiques shop in Laycock, Wiltshire. www.suestokes7.blogspot.com for her blog and further info on the shop |
Charity shop pieces unless otherwise stated :-)
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| A broken bracelet of my mothers, I'm hoping to attach this to the top of the handle. |
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| A brooch of my mothers which is slightly bent, this won't be on my bouquet but on a smaller version I hope to make for my sister and maid of honour, it'll have lots of purple buttons on it too which I am sourcing. |
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| I want a little hint of light blues/turqoise in my bouquet here and there and I couldn't resist this in the charity shop! |
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| A fellow schnauzery and crafty person, Diane Price very kindly donated these earrings. She is very talented and makes some stunning things, see https://www.facebook.com/adiencrafts and http://www.folksy.com/shops/AdienCrafts to see what I mean. |
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| Diane also donated this stunning brooch, it reminds me of a dickie bow! |
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| These are my mothers |
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| I got these from Knitters and Sewers of Swansea |
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| 300+ Buttons: Won on Ebay by a lovely woman who has been collecting lovely cream and ivory buttons for decades http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/izzadee |
Oooh how exciting, it will be fabulous I'm sure, and a Stanley Dog in the middle would be just perfect! Di x
ReplyDeleteWow, wish we had charity shops with such lovely jewellry particually like the brooch with the turquoise blue centre. Good luck with making them up
ReplyDeleteDiane x
Thank you Diane I am very lucky - particularly as the shops in my mothers home town of Port Talbot are really good value!
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