The quest in making the perfect long stem Rose continues, mainly through trial and error, which is fine as I enjoy it all. I ordered some Wires recently to use inside the rose petals, a bit thicker than the wire I have been using. These wires are beautifully shiny and colourful, and it wasn't long before I looked up how to put Beads onto them and twist them into looking like mini flowers and tree branches. The result is that I thought they'd make a pretty accompaniment to the long stem roses, for decoration or maybe in lieu of a leaf or two.

Admittedly I'm extremely happy with the result! I think they're very pretty and the blue beads in particular go with the white rose. I bought the vases in a charity shop. One of them is tall and a dark purple, so I made 2 white roses with purple beads attached to the wire. I'm also quite happy with this result (below) although it does need some minor tweaks to tidy it up a bit.

The last few days have seen a new obsession take over, twisting the beads on wires! As I have so many different coloured beads and wires it's a lot of fun trying out various colour combinations. For some reason, everything has turned out looking rather east Asian! Which is fine, of course haha! Here are a few pics on the beads and twisted wires:

The Wix app (which I'm using to write this) isn't working very well tonight, so there may be an empty space where a photo is meant to be, but this is my 3rd attempt and I want to publish the post tonight. I apologise if the images don't display properly.

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Love Lingling xx