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I don't know really but I'm sitting here with my glue gun trying to make ours with feathers. Maybe hot glue? Woowho, DIY Brides! Good luck.
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Have you tried filling the shell with hot glue and then, while still hot, stick the "stem" in and hold until the hot gule cools? I would think that would hold it?
what about rubber cement inside the shell and then adding the wire? good luck!!
I tried several other adhesives, but not hot glue. That's a great idea. Thanks! I'll let you know how it turns out.
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I know E6000 is an amazing adhesive. If it can hold glass objects together (which it can), I don't see any reason it wouldn't stick to a shell.
How about using a pipe cleaner instead of plain wire with hot glue? The fuzz on the pipe cleaner will give more surface area to stick to than the wire and you can just wrap up the end in ribbon to hide it.
Definitely try hot glue. thefuturemrsjohnson had a good idea, hold it until it's dry. It may take a little longer but it should work. Good luck!
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The hot glue was a great idea. Much easier. The pipe cleaner would probably have helped, but I didn't read that idea until later. Mine are much simplier than the one in the picture ... just leaves and the shell (like a flower blossom), but I'm basically OK with the way they turned out. One of the sets of leaves is very large ... and I'm thinking it looks weird, but I'm going to sleep on it and see how I feel in the morning. I will post a link when I have a photo up for anyone who is interested.
Bring the pic to Michael's and ask the ladies who do the flower arranging there...they may be able to make the base part of it and you can have the florist add the blooms or wire the greenery/blooms to it with the shell safely wired to the ribbon wrapped base.
I second the E6000. I actually worked for a craft store for a while and glued many a porject with that adhesive. Worked to add a wooden door knob to a metal cabinet with out nails or screws. If you can bend the wire at the end and fold over then stick that piece inside the shell then bend the wire sticking out towards pointy end of the shell and tape in place just to make sure the wire doesn't move. Then fill the inside of the shell with the E6000 I'd let it dry for a copule days just to make sure it cured. Should work well. Good luck.
Here's the link with pictures to the completed items. Not exactly like the picture, but easy enough, pretty enough and done!
http://www.fussellwhiteside.com/wedding/blog/2009/04/you-dont-bring-me-flowers-anymore/
wow thats really good. i LOVE the starfish one! very creative!
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Great job! I like how the green leaves contrast with the shells, highlighting them more so than the inspiration photo does. :o)
Thanks, JessieAnn and CraftyPants. The starfish is for my fiance - it's the only one like it (all the others are shells). We used starfish on our invitation and in the photos for our thank you cards, etc. He's wearing the starfish on his lapel and I wired 5 starfish to insert in my bouquet.
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I LOVE the shell boutonniere pictured in the link above from the Knot and I'm SURE I can do it myself, but I can't quite figure it out. My biggest stumbling block is HOW and WHAT to attach the shell to to give it a "stem". I tried a skewer and wire, but the glue just didn't want to hold it (I was using Well-Bond).
Any thoughts?