I was thrilled when all 3 of my boys decided to attend a church prom. I had so much fun preparing for the event; shopping for outfits, making props for a planned photo shoot, and making corsages for their dates.
I had never made a corsage before so I spent many hours searching the net for inspirations and instructions on how to construct one. I really liked the techniques shown on You Tube by Flower School http://www.youtube.com/user/FlowerSchool
where you can find instructions for several wrist corsages.
I didn't copy any of her designs, but found they really helped me understand the concept of putting a corsage together, and I especially loved her cold glue technique.
To make the corsages extra special I bought a variety of sparkly beaded stretchy bracelets to attach the corsages to, so the girls could have a memento after the flowers are gone.
On this one I use blue thick floral wire, and painted the edges of the orange roses with silver glitter glue. (Wire and glue found at the Dollar Store)
I found a glass beaded necklace on clearance for a $1 at Walmart which I cut apart for the beads. I then strung the beads on floral wire double looping through the bead to space them out and hold the beads in place.
On this one I glued the beads to the end of piece of wire and then corkscrewed the wire stems.
I left this project until the night before the event, and I was really getting nervous wondering if I was going to be able to pull it off since I had never tried something like this before. Once I started I found it was a great creative outlet, and with pretty flowers how can you not succeed.
Thinking back on it now the hardest part was probably picking out the flowers.
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