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This is the arrangement I made for ~Rhed-Dawg for our art swap. I'm still not sure it's fair. She gets a rose and I get this beauty: [link] .

To try to make it more fair, I did quite a bit of experimenting and risk-taking in my quest to make this piece a true piece of art. I have to admit, I'm not fully satisfied. I think it's pretty, but it's not everything I had in mind.

The first thing I decided to experiment with is the shading. I used gold wire with translucent crystal and light gold beads and spent way too much time somewhat randomly shading each and every petal. Each petal looked pretty, but when I put it together, I feel like it's too stripey or something. I'm going to have to study flower shading some more to get this better next time. Also, I think if I could do it again, I would make this rose maroon. I'm not sure why, but I just want maroon now.

I wasn't sure exactly how I'd display this rose until I found this vase. I just like it. It's got that cool cracked effect. Evey said that her style was more elegant and traditional. I hope this works. The downside to this vase is that it's a completely different shape. I usually use tall, thin vases. I decided to take a risk with a new shape for this arrangement that I hope fits this vase.

I also used a new leaf pattern, thanks to ~beadlady , who had a wonderful tutorial on her website (which was excellent even though I couldn't read a word of her german instructions). I love the formality of them. I still need to practice them more though.

I finished it off by using 2 sizes of glass pearls to create off-white baby's breath.

I'm still brainstorming how I'm going to ship this.

Evey, I hope you like it! The arrangement is around 9 inches tall. I've never spent so much time on such a small arrangement, but I hope it's worth it.

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This is the arrangement I made for ~Rhed-Dawg for our art swap. I'm still not sure it's fair. She gets a rose and I get this beauty: [link] .

To try to make it more fair, I did quite a bit of experimenting and risk-taking in my quest to make this piece a true piece of art. I have to admit, I'm not fully satisfied. I think it's pretty, but it's not everything I had in mind.

The first thing I decided to experiment with is the shading. I used gold wire with translucent crystal and light gold beads and spent way too much time somewhat randomly shading each and every petal. Each petal looked pretty, but when I put it together, I feel like it's too stripey or something. I'm going to have to study flower shading some more to get this better next time. Also, I think if I could do it again, I would make this rose maroon. I'm not sure why, but I just want maroon now.

I wasn't sure exactly how I'd display this rose until I found this vase. I just like it. It's got that cool cracked effect. Evey said that her style was more elegant and traditional. I hope this works. The downside to this vase is that it's a completely different shape. I usually use tall, thin vases. I decided to take a risk with a new shape for this arrangement that I hope fits this vase.

I also used a new leaf pattern, thanks to ~beadlady , who had a wonderful tutorial on her website (which was excellent even though I couldn't read a word of her german instructions). I love the formality of them. I still need to practice them more though.

I finished it off by using 2 sizes of glass pearls to create off-white baby's breath.

I'm still brainstorming how I'm going to ship this.

Evey, I hope you like it! The arrangement is around 9 inches tall. I've never spent so much time on such a small arrangement, but I hope it's worth it.