Bridal Hair Accessories made from Brooches

A very simple technique on using brooches to create a stunning hair comb or hair band ideal for weddings or communions 

What you will need is

• Metallic Wire
• Brooches
• 12 inches of 2 inch Lace for the frill
• Metal Comb
• Needle & thread 
  
  
  
  Using a pliers or strong scissors remove the Pin from the back of the brooch to insure it sits more flush on the comb.  Be careful when doing this as sometimes it can cause the stones to pop out of the brooches. (always keep a tube of glue handy to glue these back immediately or you will loose the stone forever)
  
  
  Thread the metallic wire through the brooches to join all three brooches together.  Doing this will make the brooches sit more securely on the comb.
  
  
  
  
  
  With a needle and thread gather the strips of lace into an oval shape frill that is large enough to cover most of the comb. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Using your glue gun glue the frill to the top of the comb along the straight bar.  You could also add a few stitches to be sure to be sure  :) 
  
  
  
  
  Complete this simple comb by gluing the wired brooches on top of the frill and then with your needle and thread add some stitches along the entire comb to keep it all in place.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Some More Head-dress Ideas Using Brooches
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We have a large selection of Brooches for sale on  our Facebook Page from €3.33 each
  
  
  
  Discounts available for larger quantities and gift boxes for brooches also available 
  For More Details Email - info@kaysschool.com or call 00 353 1 453 86 49
  
  
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What a week!!!!

Gosh what a week we have had at Kay's  School,
Monday saw a new delivery of Brooches for sale and we were delighted to be able to offer our fellow florists and students some amazing offers on Brooches to add to their displays for over the Valentines Celebrations.  Some of them are only €2.50 each +P&P.

See the difference they can make to any hand-tied Bouquet

Tuesday we had a lovely day out of the office and met up with the lovely Soraya from http://www.cozediroze.ie and Carol from  http://www.carolshawjewellery.com it was great to catch up with the lovely ladies, we really had a lot of fun.

Wednesday we spent sorting through all our new brooches and packaging them up int bouquet kits, we select 3 of each brooch and wrap them up and the pack them in bundles of 10 different brooches.  This actually too two of us all morning in between answering enquiries.

Also on Wednesday morning all our flowers arrived for our Bridal Course at the weekend and these all had to be conditioned and treated and divided between the students.

Thursday was the end of our €50 January discount on our Brooch Bouquet Kits and it seems lots of you decided to wait until this day to order your kits, thank goodness for all the preparation and wrapping yesterday, lots of kits gone off to all corners of the world and our first to Greece :)

On Friday we welcomed our Beginners Bridal Students some who were returning students and some who had never been to us before.  we had a lovely bunch of ladies and they produces some beautiful displays over the 4 days.   One girls from Galway traveled home after the course on Saturday, displayed her designs at a fashion show / wedding fair on Saturday evening and then came back up to her course on Sunday morning.  That is what we call commitment but Caroline was delighted to be able to show off her Brooch Bouquet she designed with Janette on Friday evening.  She had a huge amount of interest in it and thinks she already has a couple of orders :)

Our next Commercial Flower Arranging Course will take place on 18th February and we still have some availability on this, drop us an email on info@kaysschool.com or see our website for more details of what will be covered on that course http://www.kaysschool.com/flowerarranging1.html



Some of our Beginners Bridal Students Work from Day 1&2

How to create a Glamelia Lilly Bouquet

Alternative Wedding Bouquet 

Popular in the 1940's, Glamelia Wedding bouquets are a glamorous option for brides looking for a vintage style bouquet.

Here you will see step by step instructions to create a Lilly Glamelia or Composite Bouquet using a very simple easy to use technique.

Ingredients needed to create Glamilia Lilly Bouquet

• Approx 8-10 open Lilly Heads

• Glue

• 22 x 20g x 10’ (26cm x 0.9mm)  

• Florist Tape (Stemtex)

• CD Disk

• Fabric Ribbon to decorate the handle

Step 1:   Using florist tape, tape four 20g florist stub wires together side by side.

Repeat 5 times so that you end up with 5 thick supporting wires

   Step 2:  Insert two single 20g wires up through the stem of a tight Lilly bud and tape to secure . Tape your 5 supporting taped wires alongside the wire stem and tape all wires together to form a handle

 Step 3:  Remove the petals from approximately 10 open Lilly heads.

Individually glue 4-5 petals around the Lilly bud and then glue an extra row of petals around this. (Approx 7-9 more petals)

Step 4:  Using a CD/DVD disc. Glue a row of petals around the center of the hole in the disk. Keep adding extra layers of petals on top on this row, filling in any spaces and working towards the outside of the disc. This will take approximately 5 rows.

Step 5 :  Insert the handle from the original Lilly bud down through the centre of the disc. Glue to secure. If you still see any spaces you can continue to add in extra petals where required.

To finish decorate your handle with fabric ribbon and the rear of the CD disc with a Fabric frill or glue on ivy leaves.

Spray with Chrysal Glory.

 Details of our Floristry Courses can be found on www.flowerschoolireland.com

The Stunning Sinead O' Brien gives a new meaning to "Thrash the Dress" for our Brooch Bouquet Shoot

Deciding to do something a little different to show case our Brooch Bouquets recently and with the help of the amazing photographer Ger Dunne from Fantastic Photography and our beautiful cousin Sinead O'Brien in the gorgeous setting of Bushy Park we decided we would "thrash" a wedding dress in a more elegant manner.

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Thankfully it was such a beautiful day and Sinead was as usual up for fun, the water from the waterfall in Bushy park just didn't seem that cold :) or did it ?????

On hand on the day was the fabulous Make Up Artist Tanya Pepper whose makeup skills are second to none and specialises in Bridal Make Ups.

Sinead feels the chill of the water 

 A close up of the Pearl & Crystal Bridal Bouquet, this bouquet is similar to the one that can be designed using our distant learning kit for more detail of these brooch Bouquet Kits that contain 30 Brooches and step by step DVD  see our web site http://www.kaysschool.com/broochbouquetdiy.html

For more detail on Brooch Bouquets for sale or Brooch Bouquet Kits or Workshops email us on info@kaysschool.com 

Bridal Bouquet with Brooches

Wedding Bouquets with Brooches 

These Heirloom Bridal Bouquets are taking the wedding industry by storm at the moment,  We have seen the demand for our all Brooch Bouquets grow steadily over the past few months and 2013 looks like the year of the Brooch Bouquet,

With many brides traveling away to get married many are choosing to bring their brooch bouquet with them.
But generally it is the sentiment of these Brooch Heirloom Bouquets that have seen them become so popular.

Many Brides coming on our 1-2-1 Brooch Bouquet workshops are now bringing their Mum, Sisters, or Brides maids with them to help in the assembly of the Bouquet, with one bride bringing her teenage daughter to help her make her bouquet that someday will be her heirloom bouquet to use herself.

Creating a Teardrop Shape Brooch Bouquet

Carla Creates her own Wedding brooch Bouquet 

Brides are also including their own mementos into their bouquet from broken watches, ear rings, wedding rings, photos of relatives who have passed, swats of fabric from their own christening gowns, or their mums wedding gowns and even a secret locket that contains a message to the next owner of the brooch bouquet.

Anything can be included into the Brooch Bouquets and we encourage you to take photos of yourself making the bouquet to include in your wedding album.

Michelle Creates Her Own Brooch Bouquet on our 1-2-1 Workshop

For brides not in the position to come to us to make their Bridal Bouquet we offer and DIY Brooch Bouquet Kit that you can use at home in your own time.  These kits are designed with the complete novice in mind and are very user friendly for the complete beginner.
Each kit contains all the brooches you need to create a standard posie shape bouquet  (30 brooches), step by step DVD instruction, step by step notes, all the accessories and fabric that you need to complete your own brooch Bouquet .

We have found that it is not only brides to be that are creating their own brooch bouquets, we have had those who are looking to start their own business or add to their existing business by offering these brooch bouquets for sale.

Brooch bouquets vary in price depending on the number of brooches that are included in the bouquet.  Artificial Flowers or Fabric Hand Made flowers can also be included.  Brooch Bouquets of different shapes are becoming more and more popular also.

For more information on our Brooch Bouquets to either order or to design yourself  see www.kaysschool.com or email info@kaysschool.com

Brooch Bouquets designed for the Kathy De Stafford 2013 Bridal Collection

We were only thrilled to be asked recently if we would create a selection of Brooch Bouquets to accompany the new 2013 collection of stunning dresses designed by the amazing Kathy DeStafford.
Deciding to keep with the traditional all brooch that we are finding to be the most popular style of bouquets requested by brides, but diversifying from the posie shape we created some more interesting shapes.

Teardrop Style Brooch Bouquet 

Once you have complete making a posie shape brooch bouquet using our distant learning kits all these other shapes are very easy to create, full details and information can be emailed out to you on request, just drop us an email at info@kaysschool.com

Free Style Brooch Bouquet 

The Heart shape brooch bouquet was originally inspired by the titanic "Heart of the Ocean" but has been recreated using the popular choice of all pearl & crystal brooches 

For more information on any our our Brooch Bouquets & Brooch Bouquet Kits , drop us an email or see our website www.kaysschool.com

How you can make your own Brooch Bouquet