How Do You Make A Bead And Wire Flower?
This wire flower with beaded center is great for adorning greeting cards and envelopes, and for embellishing gifts. It’s also a neat way to use beads left over from other projects. Thread the beads onto the one end of the wire. Form a circle with the beads by joining and twisting the two pieces of wire together. You can use the pliers to secure the circle. Take care not to force the beads together too tightly as you still need space to insert the wire petals. The petals are made by forming semi-circular shapes with the wire. Start off by taking the long piece of the wire and make a semi-circular shaped petal that spans the first three beads (follow the direction of the blue arrows). Secure the petal in place by looping the petal’s wire underneath the wire that holds the beads and in through the center of the circle of beads. To make the flower even more secure, complete another loop of the wire like you have just done. Pull the wire firmly into place with the pliers. Continue around th
