Wedding Buttonique
Monday 28 December 2015
Wedding Buttonique Etsy site
If you would like to see more of my #button bouquets or newly listed #brooch bouquets then please click in the Etsy Site Link below.
If you have any questions for me please email: WeddingButtonique@gmail.com as I can forward price lists and advise of completion times as I only book 12 brides per year for individual one to ones.
Etsy Site Link - Wedding Buttonique
Tuesday 28 July 2015
White Rose and Diamante bouquets
Finished White Faux Rose bouquet with navy, champagne and diamante tones. |
This is exciting. A few months back Wedding Buttonique received an order for a full Bridal Bouquet Set. 6 x Bridesmaid Bouquets and a Bridal bouquet. With this order is also a selection of button hole and table decorations.
It is a winter wedding so the bouquet has a snowflake in the centre. |
The bouquet is made up of over 30 faux roses, 15 brooches and a selection of diamante beads plus a 'splattering' of pearls. There is also one button hidden - well I had to really!
Completed with a diamante button stem and the name of the Bridesmaid. |
Once the whole collection is completed more photographs will be uploaded. This is just the start of a few week work to get these finished, boxed and sent.
For more details on these or any of my other bouquets please email WeddingButtonique@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter @Buttonique
Sunday 7 June 2015
Hillarys Blind Fabric Competition 2015
This blog is a blog
with a difference for me as it contains a ‘How to make’ section. This has come about as Hillarys Blinds sent
me a 1 metre sample of material as part of their ‘Cut, Stitch and Blog’ Crafts
Competition (Click here for details on Hillarys Craft Competition). Using the Hillarys fabric supplied, plus any
other materials required, we had to create a unique item with the only limit
being our own imagination.
Well my usual bouquet
designs require me to wire buttons and brooches together to produce quirky, one
off pieces.
This idea needed to be
different but I couldn’t deviate from the wedding theme though could I? This button bouquet needed to include
material and somehow I also felt the material needed to have a sort of flower
shape although I wasn’t dropping the buttons completely.
Firstly, after a few
pages of sketches and some idea searching, I made a smaller test version to
determine if the shape and style of a fabric bouquet would work with button
stems. Did it need anything else like
lace or ribbon or was the Hatti fabric, from Hillarys new Roman blinds
and curtains collection, enough on its own??
After some work I felt it needed some calico, as the bouquet can be seen
from the back, so I designed the new circles with a calico backing and the
larger design developed. Various sized
circles were cut, sewn, altered and attached to the stems. Once done, and each circle was ready, the
stems had to be secured to a handmade wire shell to give the final shape of the
bouquet.
Finally I used the
left over material to make ribbons of fabric to wrap around the stem. This completed the bouquet. All I had to do now was to go and put on my
wedding dress, . . . . . . a task I love doing,. . . . . . . so that we could
take some photographs. I would like it
known that I only wear my dress to give the bouquets a wedding vibe – I am not
that sad really!
The finished bouquet
is lightweight, fun and ideal for any summer wedding – it even comes complete
with a matching button hole as you can’t leave the Groom out can you?
As part of the
competition the blog needs to be read by as many people as possible. Please help me by retweeting or sharing any link
you found this on. I really need some
new blinds for my kitchen!!
Thank you everyone who
has read this and I’ll let you know how I get on in a future blog. What I do know is I have enjoyed making this
fabric bouquet so watch out for more fabric inspirations in the future.
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Should you wish to
make the bouquet this is what you need?:
·
1 metre of Fabric (I used
Hillarys Hatti Raspberry)
·
Hessian to cover the
bouquet shape
·
20 x 30cm florist wires
(available from most craft stores)
·
Various shaped buttons and
beads
·
20 cm piece of cane
·
Scissors
·
Sewing machine
·
Pins with coloured heads
·
Glue gun
·
Varnish, water and a brush.
·
String
How to make it?
Figure 1 - Cut circles to width required. |
Cut out the circles to your desired width of flower. This bouquet used three sizes - 10cm, 8cm and 6cm but you can use any size or shape.
Each cut circle was
lined with Calico and sewed through my machine turning them constantly to produce
circles. Once they had been sewn (you
can do as much or as little as you want), dampen them with water on a cloth and
then Varnish them with a watered down varnish.
I use Wilko quick dry varnish.
This strengthens each disc and helps them keep their shape.
Figure 2 - Wet and varnish discs then leave to dry. |
Next to make the
stems.
Buttons are stemmed
onto the florist wire. You do this by
looping the wire about 2 inches from the top, threading a button on and
twisting the wire until it is tight. Then
added beads and gems on a thinner rose wire. This is then pushed through the
holes in the button and the wire twisted again.
Figure 3 - Stem the buttons and beads as required. |
Putting the discs
and the stems together.
The fabric is then cut
in the centre to produce a hole. Then,
by holding the disc at the edge, fold it over approx 1 cm so it comes back on
itself. This will make the disc have a
cone shape. The stem can now be lowered
onto the cone making sure you use the smaller disc first. You do this with each of the size discs you
made. Use the glue gun to stick each
layer together.
Figure 4 - Fold over part of the disc to make a cone. |
Making the bouquet.
Using the florist wire
make a tear drop shape and cover it with Hessian. Use the glue gun to roll the hessian back on
itself and secure it over the wire. This
will secure the hessian in place. Starting
with the top, or middle of the bouquet, push a stem through the hessian. Holding the cane in the centre of the
bouquet, you need to wrap the wire tightly around the cane. This takes some practice. Next you add a stem on the left side and then
one on the right. Be careful when
pulling the wires tight as the handle of the bouquet (the cane) will move
either left or right. Make sure it stays
central.
Figure 5 - Push the stem through. |
Do this over the whole
bouquet until you feel you have used enough stems. You may not need them all but better to make
too many.
Finally wire a button
to the bottom of the cane and wrap the wire back up the handle. Use the string to cover the stem of the
bouquet, which will hide the sharp wires, and pad out the thickness.
Strips of material can then be made to cover the string and can be
pinned in place at the top.
I also wired some beads to make a tear drop stem at the base. It looks pretty and finishes the bouquet.
Figure 6 - Button hole. |
Figure 7 - Finished bouquet with beaded tear drop. |
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Wedding Words to describe the day
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For todays blog I have collected a series of words all
relating to a ‘Wedding Day’, the feelings around a wedding and the feedback
received from the button & brooch bouquets sent to brides for their special
day. This started out from feedback on
my Etsy site were people used extraordinary, distinctive and sometimes weird
language to describe how they felt about the bouquet which was designed as bespoke and sent to
them. Most of the words below belong to
explanations which have been used for describing the bespoke bouquets. Some of the words have been swiped from other
blogs discussing a wedding day, a few words are from magazine articles and the
final ones have come from friends who found this a funny blog to contribute to.
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Amazing, Artistic,
Alluring, Amethyst,
Aunt, Adoring, Always, Angel,
Beautiful, Bride, Bouquet, Bespoke, Buttons, Best-man, Brooch, Beach, Blue, Bridesmaid, Blessed, Barn, Creative,
Cerise,
Candid, Colourful, Cream, Chrysanthemum, Champagne, Committed, Caring, Classic, Delicate, Dainty,
Detail, Daffodil, Dedicated,
Deeply,
Devoted, Distinctive, Elaborate,
Excellent, Ecru, Enchanting, Emerald, Elegant, Emotional, Everlasting,
Exciting, Fantasy,
Fascinating, Fanciful, Fuchsia, Flowers, Father, Faun, Flowing, Faithful, Fond, Forever, Future, Gorgeous, Gem,
Grand, Grey, Glittering, Green, Groom, Ginger, Gothic, Grandparent, Glam, Handmade, Happy, Heart, Heather, Hopeful, Handsome, Heartfelt, Honeymoon,
Impressive, Imaginative, Incandescent, Intriguing, Imperial, Ice, Inspirational, Intimate, Jewel, Jubilant,
Joyous, Jade, Jasmine, Joy, Kooky, Kalyptra, Kiss,
Kalology, Kalon, Kamerad, Kantikoy, Kickie-wickie, Love, Lasting, Luminous, Lilac, Lush,
Luxurious, Lavendar, Lemon, Lovable, Lovingly, Lucky, Magnificent,
Magical, Mauve, Marvellous, Mustard, Mystical, Mother,
Magenta, Modern, Nostalgic, New,
Nice, Noticable, Nutty, Neon, Navy, Newlywed,
Outstanding,
Original, Orange, One-Off, Ochre, Onyx,
Oriental, Perfect, Pleasing, Purple, Personal, Peach, Pink, Pansy,
Pure,
Passionate, Precious, Private, Profound, Quintessential, Quizzical, Quarion, Quirky, Quartz,
Quaeritur, Rare, Ruby, Recycled, Rich, Red, Rose,
Raspberry, Romantic,
Rustic, Retro, Rock, Ring, Stunning, Sparkle, Superb, Shiny, Silver, Sugar, Simple, Sentimental, Sophisticated, Special, Shabby-Chic, Twinkling,
Tasteful, Tempting, Tantalising,
Turquoise, Thistle, Teal, Traditional, Treasured, Together, Unique, Unusual, Upbeat, Ultra-marine, Uncle, Upcoming, Unselfish, Universal, Vintage,
Vivid, Vibrant, Violet, Vanilla, Vermillion, Victoriana, Wonderful, Warm, Whimsical, Weepy!, White, Wine, Wisteria,
Wedding, Winter Wonderland, Xanthic, Xenial, Xenagogue, Xenodocheionology, Yellow, Yielding, Yummy, Zingy, Zazzy, Zestful, Zaffre, Zappy, Zeta, Zingiber, Zinnia
Some definitions of the above words can be found here; http://phrontistery.info/k.html as
this site is full of strange, unusual and forgotten words with their
descriptions.
Any questions please email WeddingButtonique@gmail.com or
follow me on Twitter @Buttonique or via my Flora Buttonique posts on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.sigley.71
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