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Why use bridal bouquet gems

The most simple bridal bouquets can transformed with strategically placed bouquet crystals or gems.  These can often be bought by the florist but you might want to buy them yourself on line to save costs or if you’re feeling a little creative you could make them yourself.  All you need is the beads that you want to make into the bouquet gems and craft wire.  Craft wire is available in a wide range of colours but I tend to use either silver or gold plated wire to give a more elegant finish.  The type of crystal or stone which you use depend on the effect your trying to achieve and it would be better to match it to the stone that your bridal accessories are created from such as Swarovski crystal, pearls, or diamante.

Creating your own Bridal Bouquet Gems

It’s pretty easy to make your own bridal bouquet gems all you need is the crystals, craft wire, wire cutters and some time.  For this example I’m going to use Swarovski crystals in clear AB.

Take your crystal (for solitary bouquet gems uses crystals the are 6mm in diameter, thread through a length of 0.4mm craft wire at least double the length you want the stem to be so the crystal sits in the centre.  Bend the wire so the ends of the wire meet and hold between your finger and thumb with your spare hand hold the crystal and twist until the wire is twisted all the way to the bottom.  It will look something like the image to the right.

For those who are used to working with wire, you could always use a thicker wire 0.6mm and thread the crystal on to the top of the wire, wrapping the wire under the crystal to give a neat finish.

If you can afford to use Swarovski crystals as these are the highest quality of crystals available and nothing else achieves such as wonderful sparkle for bridal bouquet gems.  If you’re looking for cheap Swarovksi crystals, eBay is always a good place to start and you can see all the 6mm crystals available for sale by clicking this link  - Swarovski crystals.

How to use Bridal Bouquet Gems

Bridal bouquet gems can be placed in between flowers or pushed in to the centre of flowers such as roses to add further interest.  If you are planning on pushing the bridal bouquet gems through the centre of flowers you will need to make them with 0.6m wire with a short stem so they can be inserted without bending out of shape.

The bridal bouquet gems can also be wound around the handle of the bouquet adding further interest and holding any ribbon in place.