May 4, 2024

I have some permanent sunshine on my desk now.

Today I will show you how a few twists of wire can be turned into a pretty flower.  It begins with 12 ga Dazzle-it wire twisted into this petal-like shape.  I didn’t follow a pattern or use measurements.  This was all done free hand.

I twisted six petals and then stood them up.  I made sure that each petal was as flat to the table top as possible.

This allowed me to apply glue to the back of the wire petal and just set it on tissue paper.  This tissue paper definably has a front and a back side. I decided to glue to the back side.  As the petals are light weight wire and can stand up I let them dry in place.  I used a plain white glue that dries clear for this part.

Once they were dry I cut the excess tissue paper away.

I wanted to coat both sides of my petals to ensure they were all adhered to the wire and to make the tissue paper a little stronger.  I added some water to the white glue to turn it into an inexpensive decoupage medium and brushed it on.

Now I just had to wait for everything to dry clear.

I gathered all six petals into a bunch to make this flower…now if I can only find the time to make 11 more…then I would have an amazing bunch!

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