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Wedding Beaded Headpiece
The bride glows wearing this glistening headpiece as she steps down the aisle.
- 26-gauge silver wire
- Wire cutters
- 60--9 x 6 mm faceted oval crystal beads
- 120--5 mm bicone crystal beads
- 5 yards of 6-inch-wide tulle; pins; hair comb
- Needle-nose pliers
- 26-gauge white wire
1. Cut the 26-gauge silver wire into fifty 12-inch lengths.
2. Place a faceted oval bead in the center of one 12-inch wire. Fold the wire down on each side. Twist bead to join the two pieces of wire together. Spread the two wires apart. Make 12 wires beaded in this manner.
3. Place a bicone bead on one wire end. Pull the wires down around the sides of the bead and lay it at the bottom of the first twist. Twist the bead away from you; tightly twist about 1/2 inch. The twist should meet the twist from the first bead. Repeat on the right side.
4. Place the two end pieces of wire together to form a V. Twist the beads to form a tight twist to the end of the wire. Repeat for all clusters.
5. Cut a 24-inch-long piece of silver wire and do the same three-bead formation. Use this wire to start the wreath. Twist the 12-inch length of wire (use needle-nose pliers to fold and twist the length) and twist a cluster of beads on the right, 1/2 inch down from the first cluster. Wrap the 24-inch wire around the 12-inch wire. Form a third cluster under the second cluster to the left.
6. When the 12-inch wire has 2 inches left, make another cluster of three beads on another 24-inch wire. Before you twist the two wires together, hook the 12-inch wire on a single cluster of beads on the wreath. Wrap it around wire on the wreath.
7. Continue until the desired length is achieved, approximately 11 or 12 inches.
8. Fold a 48-inch piece of wire in half. Place the fold around a cluster. Add clusters (one to the right, one to the left) until the wire is full.
9. Place the ring on head, overlapping both ends to decide length, and twist the ends tightly over each other. Attach a veil.
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This "tutorial" does NOT make me want to return to BHG.com for more "instructions" for other creations. It drives me AWAY!
2/2/2010 12:32:18 PM Report AbuseSomebody obviously assembled the finished creation for this "tutorial" - don't you think it's ridiculous that a "magazine" (with professional photographers and that's been around as long as you have) didn't shoot the process along the way? Don't you think it's ridiculous that BHG considers this tutorial "professional" (or even "acceptable")? I'm sure you're aware of the MILLIONS of free internet tutorials produced by NON-professionals that are FAR BETTER than this...
2/2/2010 12:32:09 PM Report AbuseI agree with nancybeegle - although I think this is a FABULOUS idea with LOTS of options, this tutorial NEEDS PHOTOS of ALL the steps. ALL of the assembly instructions are confusing and to have me buy "5 yards of 6-inch-wide tulle; pins; hair comb" and then not even mention WHAT KIND OF PINS, or WHAT TO DO with the tulle/pins/hair comb or HOW to do it in the instructions (other than "attach a veil") is maddening. The whole "tutorial" is FRUSTRATING!
2/2/2010 12:31:30 PM Report AbuseI hate to be negative, but without pics, there's no way to understand this tutorial. For one thing, how do you fold 48" of wire in half, place the fold around a cluster, (which means the fold is now at the end) and then ad clusters, one to the right and one to the left, when you're starting with the fole on the end and not in the center? Please, add pics! Thanks. :)
1/27/2010 04:56:03 PM Report Abuse