Weddings seem to have its own glossary of big words. Bombonnieres... Boutonnieres... But they're just favours and corsages, respectively. All this jargon almost made me feel like I was learning another language just trying to sort things out.

Anyway, one of the DIY ideas I had was for the boutonnieres which the bridal party and family members are going to wear during the wedding. I knew going the usual way of fresh flowers would be a waste of money. So I thought I'd try to make a beaded one like ones I've seen on websites, which could become really nice keepsakes. I ended up coming up with this idea of making little flowers out of wire lace. It's a really delicate Italian tubular wire mesh ribbon that I've seen in Japanese beading magazines. And fortunately enough, the products had arrived in Australia in September last year. Thing was, I didn't even know what the wire lace look and felt like, if it will even become the flowers I had in my head. I bought some from a site online, based in Victoria. (Does anyone know where in Sydney I can buy the wire lace??) And finally had a chance to make them!

The first three mini bouquets came up nicely, but then I realised it was too small. I was going to need either a leaf background or something else for it to get attention. So I thought I'd try making a miniature fan out of Japanese paper. The final product?

Voila...

Problem now is, knowing full well I won't have much free time left, I thought I'd complete making them this long Easter weekend. I did manage to make four of these today, then ran out of wire lace!!! Arrgh... =P