Fairy Rings

I spent too long on pinterest the other day. Sometimes that saps all my creativity and leaves me sad I spent hours looking at projects, instead of doing them. So I decided I HAD to do one of the projects. I chose this fairly simple one, and I had almost everything at hand.

All you need is:
Thin wire
Wire clippers (or scissors, the wire is thin enough)
A pencil
Tacky glue
Nail Polish
Patience (not very much) 

loop wire around pencil.

clip to remove excess

twist 2 or 3 times. then loop over pencil again.

slip off first loop, then twist 2 or 3 more times (tip: hold wire, twist pencil)

keep going like this until you have 5 petals (loops).

Take the wire and twist it with the 1st petal you made to make a closed circle.

all connected.

Wrap a close circle, over a petal base, under the next all the way around 2 or 3 times.

now wrap the wire across the circle, and wrapping under, from several different angles.

this made a very cute, daisy-esque center.

Now cut the length of wire you want for the stem.

done with shaping, ready for glue.

The glue fills in the petals, with a suspended thin film.

squeese the glue and take the tip back and forth trying to stretch the glue across.

eventually you will get it across, and add more to fill in any hole/gaps

ready to dry

loop stem, to hang dry.

I dried mine over night, the glue turns clear when dry

Tip: place a paper or something under your flower as it dries, the glue drips.

When I made the rings, I wasn't taking pictures. So I made the above to show you. I did not do the center pictured when I made the rings, but I like it better. To make the rings, all I did was loop the wire around my finger 3 or 4 times, and the wrap the wire around the flower and ring loops (center of flower), and wrap again at the base of the ring (under where you finger will go) to keep all the wire loops together. I also slightly squished the petals of the rings, using my fingers. 

dry and ready to paint

this is a good shot of the ring structure

Choose you nail polish petal color

paint petals front and back

I only needed one coat, and then hung to dry again.

I also made this larger ring, with thicker wire. However I don't recommend it. It was harder to form, and much harder to get the glue to stretch across. I thought it would make a more durable ring, but the cons aren't worth it to me. If you care about durability, thicker wire is do-able, but more challenging. 

So there you go, fairy rings, or just adorable flowers.