Weddingbee Blog

A few weeks ago, I decided to head to the craft store to pick up supplies for my brooch bouquet. I bought green pipe cleaners, floral wire, wire cutters, and some extra hot-glue sticks. Forgive me—I tried to take a photo of my supplies, but I am a terrible, terrible photog, and the photos are embarrassing.

I also tried to take step-by-step photos, but again, terrible—so you’ll have to head over to the tutorial I followed at Oops I’m in Love. I did the same exact thing.

I expected that I’d spend several hellish, frustrating hours and end up with one or two brooches on stems. And then I’d give up, make and eat a whole box of Velveeta Shells and Cheese, and then be sullen for the rest of the evening.

Instead, you guys? It wasn’t that bad. I may have burned my fingers with hot glue once or twice, and I may have come thisclose to poking my eye out with floral wire, but all in all, it was a pretty positive experience.

I followed Oops’ tutorial to a T, and I got a significant chunk of the bouquet done.

I forgot to pick up some floral tape, so right now the stems are pretty wonky. But once I wrap them with the tape, they’ll look nice and clean.

The hardest part was arranging them for the photos. I think that arranging it for real will be a giant pain in the ass. But anyway, if anyone is considering doing a brooch bouquet, it’s not that hard! And I am a lazy, lazy person, so take it from me: if I can do it, you can do it!

I have more brooches on the way, so I’ll post updates as I can.

Have you ever tried a DIY project that you were dreading, only to find out that it wasn’t that bad?