Description
In the e-book, ‘Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets’ (published by Vivebooks, an imprint of Rainbow Disks), award winning bead designer, Katie Dean, teaches you how to make beaded wedding bouquets using the traditional craft of French Beading.
The Structure of Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets
The book includes over an hour of comprehensive videos demonstrating all the techniques you will need to make these beautiful flowers.
The opening chapters give you advice about choosing the flowers and style for your wedding bouquet. Katie then provides step-by-step instructions and diagrams to show you how to make individual flowers. These include rose, lily, gerbera, stephanotis, gypsophila, orchid, ivy, leaves and fern.
Katie then goes on to share her designs for four wedding bouquets. Each one is in a different style (pomander, hand-tied, teardrop, cascade). The book gives step-by-step instructions for creating each bouquet.
The last chapter gives ideas for other wedding accessories. So, you might like to try floral tiaras, hair ornaments, corsages and table decorations.
Experience
Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets is suitable for all levels – even those with no previous experience of French Beading. The very user-friendly format allows you to navigate easily between projects and technique videos and instructions. So, it couldn’t be easier to learn this beautiful craft.
Katie has been creating stunning custom-designed beaded wedding bouquets and wedding accessories for brides around the world since 2004. So, don’t miss this opportunity to let her teach you how to create your own ever-lasting keepsakes for your special day.
Important Information
You will be purchasing an e-book, sold as a CD-Rom here on Bead Flowers’ site. However, if you prefer, it is also available for download direct from the Vivebooks website. So, please follow this link to reach the download page.
The ebook is accessible on PC, MAC, ipad and many other tablets. You can use it from there or print off pages, or the complete book. It prints onto both A4 and US letter size. It is possible to zoom in to see incredible details as you use it on your computer or tablet. Find more information at Vivebooks.
Wedding Bouquet Kits
I am now selling kits to make some of the bouquets and table decorations featured in the book. So, if you would like the materials to get started straightaway, then please visit my Bead Kits page.
You may also be interested in purchasing a Bead Spinner to string your beads.
If you enjoy French beading, then you may also like the sequel to this book, ‘Beaded Wedding Flowers and Corsages.‘ This introduces you to some more advanced techniques. Again, the ebook has full video demonstrations. You will also learn how to make more flowers and foliage, plus four corsage designs.