Still working on the beading, and still enjoying it. In fact, I’ve even made up a few patterns and designs on my own, which I’ll have to share with you all once I’ve completed the Martha bead projects.
This one is presented as a boutonniere, which for me kinda falls in the corsage category: do men wear boutonnieres anymore? The Encyclopedia suggests it’s a nice “groom’s keepsake,” which is perhaps a nice way of saying that no groom would actually wear it. I dunno.
But it is cute. It might work as a pin on a bag, as some of y’all have suggested. Or perhaps as an embellishment for a ponytail (spoiler alert!).
It was relatively easy to make. At Becky over at Sub Mat‘s request, I took photos this time of the process of putting the petals together into the flower. Each of these petals is quite small– only 13 beads total!– so they go pretty quickly. These flowers are forget-me-nots, in a sweet light blue shade.
So, here’s the commentary, from left to right:
1. completed petals and stamen (the stamen is just one larger bead on a wire)
2. starting to arrange the petals– here we have 2
3. 3 petals and a stamen
4. all the petals and stamen properly arranged
5. wrapping the wires with floral tape to hold the petals together
6. finished flower
When it was all completed, it looked like this:
I tried to get a shot of them on RD Husband, but this was the best I could do:
Don’t worry, I didn’t make him put on an entire suit. Just his jacket.
TIME INVESTED
Each petal took me about 3 minutes to make, once I got going. The flowers have between 4 and 6 petals each. I only made 5 flowers, even though Martha told me to make 7. I actually ran out of beads.
About 15 minutes per flower, and then an additional 10 or so to create the entire bouquet…
About 1 1/2 hours
DIFFICULTY
Easy
TOTAL COST
- beads, $2.99
- wire, $2.99
- floral tape, $1.19
Total cost = $7.17
WAS IT WORTH IT?
Yes. Maybe not as a boutonniere, but it is a relatively fast beaded flower project. It might look cute on a headband or as a brooch.
What might you use it for?
I agree with you–really cute as a brooch or a ponytail holder, or on a headband. But yeah, I don’t really see a dude wearing that. Nice job with the beading! These are fun to watch.