Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Flower centers

Flower centers and leaves (about half way finished).  I make the centers with pom poms on wire, covered in silk, then wrapped with floral tape.  I sometimes wrap floral stamens into the tape and decorate with German glass glitter.  All the little details really make a difference in the final product!

The leaves are made of velvet.  I iron the velvet, which flattens it out and gives it a really nice sheen.   Wires are glued down to each leaf.  After that the veins are ironed in with the flower irons.  This time around I'm making 13 flowers at once.  Crazy :)