This method is tool-free and fun! This method may look complicated, but it's easy to do once you understand how to use your thumbs and index fingers to hold the beaded wire, allowing just a little bit of wire to twist and shape the petals and flowers. This beginner/intermediate project includes step-by-step photographs.
Required Materials: Crimp beads, stringing wire, clasp, wire, seed beads, floral beads, crystals, flat center bead. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Side cutter, crimping tool. See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Wirework
Originally Published: Step by Step Beads, November-December 2004