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AW - bouquet update (Ode to peekaboo)

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Peekaboo is my savior... I was having serious second thoughts about my DIY ability wrt my bouquets. Here's what they looked like at the time:


They were too 'perfect.' With one simple suggestion, peek saved my bouquets! She said 'how about adding some smaller beads?' I headed over to the bead store, and spent Sunday night updating the bouquets.... Here is what they look like now!


I love them 100x more! Now I just need to figure out how to get the PVC pipe in there (Note to self, next time do the PVC BEFORE putting in all the beads... hee hee).
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    leia1979leia1979 member
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    edited December 2011
    I was wondering the same thing. Is there a styrofoam base?

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    Yep, there is a styrofoam base. The first couple hundred (yes, couple HUNDRED) that I strung, I had on about 10 inches of stem (20 inches folded over and twisted), but I couldn't get it to look anything like my inspiration picture. So I purchased a floral styrofoam ball (8" I believe) and just cut each end off. Those suckers are hard to cut!
    (The styrofoam that is, not the wires!).

    Now I only need to cut about 3" of wire for each bead. Big beads are 12mm, little beads are 8mm. All in all I think I'll use about 610 large beads and 200 small beads. The boutonnieres will take a few more beads... though I'm not sure how I'll put those together yet.
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    CCO2012CCO2012
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    Love, love, love them!!! I could be wrong,  but I think iI may have made the suggestion. lol Either way I think the new ones look awesome!
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_aw-bouquet-update-ode-peekaboo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:94efbb61-3d63-407a-bcee-dd068fff3d85Post:3f805c08-c984-452e-afcf-0eb1960153eb">Re: AW - bouquet update (Ode to peekaboo)</a>:
    [QUOTE]Love, love, love them!!!<strong> I could be wrong,  but I think iI may have made the suggestion.</strong> lol Either way I think the new ones look awesome!
    Posted by CCO2012[/QUOTE]

    <div>That's entirely possible... if so, I apologize :) I do know that I went from wanting to chuck them in the garbage to being so excited to get them done. Peek is helping me with the fabric edging... they're going to be awesome!</div>
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    CCO2012CCO2012
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    That's awesome! I'm so glad you love them they look adorable! :)
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    edited December 2011
    These look awesome!!!!
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    edited December 2011
    How puuuuuurdy!!!! Love them!
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    They look so great!! 
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    AnneR15AnneR15
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    edited December 2011

    Pretty!

    I didn't realize you were doing a brooch bouquet for yours - me too! I went a little crazy this weekend garage sale-ing and vintage & thrift store shopping, but I'm off to a good start. You'll have to AW pics when you start making yours.

    Great job on the beaded ones!

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    cu97tigercu97tiger member
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    edited December 2011
    Here is a pic of the brooches I had as of about three weeks ago. I've been getting a lot of them through ebay for between $1 and $2 including shipping. My sister has purchased several for me and once the weather gets cooler, I'll get back to the garage sales, too... I'm glad I did the bead bouquet first, because that's giving me a good idea of what I'll need to do for the brooches.

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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_aw-bouquet-update-ode-peekaboo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:94efbb61-3d63-407a-bcee-dd068fff3d85Post:d44f50bd-d7ce-41f6-b715-87a197ab2f09">Re: AW - bouquet update (Ode to peekaboo)</a>:
    [QUOTE]Here is a pic of the brooches I had as of about three weeks ago. I've been getting a lot of them through ebay for between $1 and $2 including shipping. My sister has purchased several for me and once the weather gets cooler, I'll get back to the garage sales, too... I'm glad I did the bead bouquet first, because that's giving me a good idea of what I'll need to do for the brooches.
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    Your brooches are so pretty! I can't WAIT to see your brooch bouquet!
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    edited December 2011
    I like these much better!  And I can't wait to get one and do your fabric edging!!!  They're going to be perfect!!!
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