Things You'll Need:
- 24-gauge gold or silver craft wire, nontarnish
- Wire cutters
- 16 10-millimeter round or bicone crystal beads
- Needle-nose pliers
- Measuring tape
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Step 1
Cut 16 sections of 24-inch 24-gauge craft wire.
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Step 2
Thread one crystal bead halfway onto one 24-inch strand of wire. Swarovski crystal beads provide high sparkle. You can use center-hole or top-hole crystal beads.
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Step 3
Bend the wire with your needle or round-nose pliers so that the crystal bead is at the tip. Hold the wire immediately beside the bead with your pliers, and then twist the pliers to make a bend. Smooth the two halves of the wire together, making sure they are even at the end.
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Step 4
Hold the crystal bead with one hand and twist the two wire halves together all the way to the tip so that your crystal is at the end of a twisted strand.
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Step 5
Repeat Steps 2, 3 and 4 to make the remaining 15 crystal strands for your bouquet. Sixteen strands makes a full bouquet for any occasion, but you can easily make a smaller bouquet with fewer strands.
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Step 6
Cut two 30-inch sections of 24-gauge wire. Bend each wire in the middle and double it so each wire has two 15-inch sections. Twist the wires from one end to the other so that they look like the stems on your crystal bouquet.
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Step 7
Gather your crystal stems together like a bunch of flowers and measure 2 inches and 4 inches from the bottom. Wrap one of the 15-inch sections of twisted wire around all of the stems on the 2-inch mark and one on the 4-inch mark. This will hold the crystal bouquet together.
