Gold Leafing a Boutonniere

It was my first time to do a boutonniere and I thought I would try adding some gold leaf foil to a few roses and see how they turned out. They came out very nice, I thought.

Some Supplies used:

Add the adhesive where you want. You can put as much or little as you'd like.

I was going for a bit of a drip on one of them.

I played around adding some gold leaf foil to a few leaves.

It was a big rose and a rather heavy one at that, so I decided to just do the one and leave the other rose out. It would have been too bulky. Using some floral tape, floral wire and some hot glue I put the boutonniere together. For a soft more vintage look I added some vintage lace I had on hand and finished it off with some ribbon.

This boutonniere was a hit and it was a fun piece to do.

Thanks for popping in,

Maddie

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