Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
BoutStix Floral Magnets as stabilizing weight for light accessories
- 21 March 2012
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Corsage magnets are comfortably heavy for their size and makes an ideal weight to stabilize tiny accessories in a design. Just the added bit of weight makes the tiny objects settle into place.
I like using the BoutStix Floral Magnet because of the green stick the magnet is encased into, it creates a flat surface for the glue to adhere to.
Because the butterfly now has a strong and secure magnet it can also be attached to any metal surface
or separate the magnets and slip one half under the surface you want to attach the butterfly to
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Tutorials
Weave grasshoppers or butterflies (or fireflies) from palm leaves
The BoutStix Floral Magnets “stick” is the backbone of the design, strengthening the narrow heart shape and adding support and balance.
This is a fast and easy way to hang test tubes in a design
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