Pressed Flower Bracelet

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Submitted by preschu4 on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 02:46
Project_ID: 
JEW002
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Adult
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A few notes before we start:

 

  • Always choose flowers that would not fade. Unlike framed art, pressed flower jewelry must be wearable and long lasting. The worst thing is, flowers fade when you wear your beautiful creation outdoors.
  • When using dyed flowers and flowers are exposed to Magic-glos directly, you need to use flowers that were dyed by absorption. Or the dye will likely to run.

 

It is very easy to incorporate pressed flowers with findings that have a disc shape. This bracelet only takes about 15 minutes to make.

Materials needed:

  1. Magic-glos (from my website)
  2. Findings with blank disc.
  3. Pressed flowers
  4. optional glitter

 

I have added blue glitter into 1/2 drop of Magic-glos. You can control this by not forcing the bottle too hard and use a toothpick to take down the drop. Mix the glitter with Magic-glos. Then I add a small blue flower. Add 1/2 drop of Magic-glos on top of the flower. Add a little more Magic-glos if necessary. Expose the piece under the sun or a UV lamp for 10 minutes. Note: amount of time depends on size and thickness of your piece. Increase time to 15 minutes if you work on a larger piece. The color of the base of the finding can be painted with acrylic color instead of using glitter like I have done. You have something beautiful with real pressed flowers in a matter of minutes.