Guest Pat Desantis demonstrated this project. A tussy mussy, according to legend , is a bouquet of dried flowers from the Victorian times, usually made from flowers picked by the roadside. Today, a tussy mussy can be made with flowers from your favorite craft store.
Materials:
15" of Wright 2" wide Venice lace (#183 3234 030)
Boye Needle cabone ring (#7540 -1)
2 yards ribbon
silk or paper flowers
assorted dried filler (statice, baby's breath)
florist tape
floral wire
coffee to stain lace off-white (optional )
Ink Expressions light-tinted embossing ink pad
Hampton Art Stamps gold embossing powder
embossing heat gun
Steps:
1. Open up clusters of flowers by spreading apart evenly and pull leaves to outer edges.
2. Add statice and baby's breath to bouquet, starting at center and alternating around the flowers (figure A).
3. Wrap tightly in floral tape and set aside.
4. Decide if you want to leave the lace collar white, dye it another shade or emboss it with a metallic finish (figure B).
- To stain it an antique off-white color, simply dip it in coffee (coffee stains better than tea) (figure C).
- To finish with a foiling technique, simply follow the directions you would in foiling any other project. You will not get an all-over metallic look, but it will be an interesting effect (figure D).
- To emboss, dampen the lace completely with the ink; then coat it with the embossing powder and shake off excess. Heat with the embossing gun (figure E).
5. Cut open the cabone ring and twist to open it. Thread the lace onto the ring , spacing it evenly around the ring at 1-inch intervals. Close the ring back up by twisting to make the ends meet again (figure F).
6. To attach the lace collar to the bouquet, make a large, many-looped bow with long trailing ends. Tie the bow with floral wire and twist it around the base of the tussy mussy just under the collar.
Guests Pat DeSantis
Public Relations for Wright's (Wm Wright Co.)
Website:
www.wrights.com
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