WRAPPED IN FLOWERS, pages 44-45 To make a wraparound arm bracelet or shoulder corsage, start by stretching the flexible Oasis Wire Armature into a longer shape. For the bracelet, the armature can be trimmed to make a bracelet of fewer strands, then reinforced with narrow flat wire. To this foundation, add permanent hydrangea florets with pan glue, placing the florets at the ends of the stretched armature and anywhere else that you will want to add fresh flowers later with floral adhesive. The shoulder corsage can be secured directly to the wearer’s shoulder with UGlu. Before adding fresh flowers, apply a UGlu Strip to the back of the stretched armature, but leave the protective backing in place. When it’s time to wear the corsage, the customer can simply position the corsage, remove the paper backing, and press down on the corsage on either side of the UGlu Strip.
the nine pearl strips, so the ribbon was seven pearls or 1½ inches wide—just the right width to accommodate two three-quarter-inch strips of Velcro as a backing. Before gluing the ribbon and Velcro together, however, she inserted a piece of silver chenille stem through the back (the flat, non-shiny side) of the trimmed pearl ribbon, so that the ends would emerge on the decorative side. She twisted the chenille to secure the stem in place. When the foundation is finished, the soft side of the Velcro is on the back, while the side that catches faces in the same direction as the pearls, and overlaps the ribbon by two inches. The chenille stem becomes a base for adding other decorative items—first iridescent leaves and pearl sprays,
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