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May | 2023
Design
A DRAMATIC
AND MODERN
NECK CHAIN FOR
PROM-GOERS
Floral design, photos and
text by Angelyn Tipton,
AIFD, CFD, GMF
STEP
BY
STEP
STEP 1
Create two bases on which to glue the
fl owers. For each base, use two 30-inch
lengths of silver aluminum wire and one 30-
inch length of green aluminum wire. Place
a length of silver wire on each "side" of a
length of apple-green wire, and strive to
keep them in this position (secure the wires
in place with adhesive dashes, if desired).
Carefully curve the trio of wires to create an
artistic curlicue armature.
STEP 2
Coil a 90-inch length of silver aluminum
wire around a Sharpie marker or another
similar object, leaving 2 to 3 inches of
each end of the wire uncoiled.
STEP 3
Slide the coiled wire off of the marker,
and carefully bend the coils "open," into
uniformly sized circles. Next, bend the
uncoiled ends of the length of wire to form
elongated eye-hook-style "clasps," and
bind with silver metallic wire. Bend these
"clasp" ends of the wire necklace over the
curlicue wire armatures created in Step 1,
to attach the armatures to the necklace.
Further secure the armatures to the necklace
with silver metallic wire, if desired.
"BOA"–STYLE FLOWER NECKLACE
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