Wearable Floral Jewelry: Make Accessories with Fresh Flowers
A course by Susan McLeary , Floral Designer, Writer, and Artist
Create earrings, bracelets, and headpieces that blossom by exploring simple floral design techniques for handmade flower accessories
When Sue McLeary discovered her passion for making art with flowers, she knew she’d found her calling. Always creative, she made jewelry, but when asked to design the flower arrangements for a friend’s wedding, she fell in love with floristry. Now, Sue combines her jewelry design background with floristry to create unique accessories from flowers, and shares her designs with over 130K followers on Instagram under the name passionflowersue.
As an award-winning editorial florist, Sue has been featured in over 50 publications including Martha Stewart Weddings, Fusion Flowers, and Cosmopolitan. She encourages others to create with flowers, and is vocal about using floral art as a way to express yourself.
What do you get from this course?
“In this course I will share my creative process and passion for wearable floral accessories…I want florists to see themselves as artists, capable of offering the world emotive, evocative, and inspiring works of beauty”
• Collect references, define color palettes, and sketch ideas for your own accessories.
• Learn different floral design techniques including wiring and glueing.
• Create three unique and wearable floral pieces.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 30 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (22)
- 1,612 students
- 15 lessons (2h 8m)
- 30 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, German, Spanish, Spanish (Latam), French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create three wearable floral accessories with wire and glue: a set of earrings, a bracelet, and a head piece.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone with an interest in creating wearable accessories using fresh flowers.
Requirements and materials
Let’s start with the flowers: Sue recommends flowers such as hyacinth, daffodil, astrantia and succulents. You’ll also need some needle-nose pliers, floral shears, and some other materials specified by the teacher in this course.
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Susan McLeary
A course by Susan McLeary
Sue McLeary is a floral designer, artist, and writer based in the US. She discovered her passion for floristry after stepping in to arrange flowers at a friend’s wedding and has since dedicated her career to creating art with flowers, a medium she loves for its reminder to stay present.
A recognised designer for floral wearables, Sue has won several awards for her work and was placed second in the Fusion Flowers International Designer of the Year competition in 2015. She has also been featured in several publications including [i]Martha Stewart Weddings[i], and [i]Cosmopolitan[i], and released a book in 2020 about wearable flowers.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Before Flowering
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Floral Jewelry
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How to Choose and Treat Flowers
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Context: The Client and the Occasion
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U3
From Concept to Creation
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Inspiration
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Sketching and Color Selection
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Design Mechanics and Structural Selections
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U4
Creating Floral Accessories
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Floral Earrings with Wire
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Floral Bracelet with Glue
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Floral Headpiece with Wire and Glue 1
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Floral Headpiece with Wire and Glue 2
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The Hydration Chamber
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U5
Last Steps
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Packing and Storing
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Sharing Your Work
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FP
Final project
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Wearable Floral Jewelry: Make Accessories with Fresh Flowers
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FAQs
Wearable floral art involves creating jewelry and accessories using fresh, dried, or succulent flowers. This course teaches modern techniques for designing floral headpieces, earrings, necklaces, and more, blending floristry with fashion and art.
Yes, this course is designed for beginners and hobbyists interested in wearable floral art. No prior experience in floristry or fashion design is required.
You’ll need basic floristry tools like floral wire, tape, adhesive, scissors, fresh or dried flowers, succulents, jewelry bases, and optional items like headbands or fabric for headpieces.
You’ll learn to select durable flowers, use modern accessory techniques, design wearable pieces, apply color theory, create mood boards, and practice both wirework and adhesive methods for floral jewelry.
The course covers flower selection, conditioning, hydration techniques, and the use of adhesives and structures to ensure your wearable floral pieces stay fresh and beautiful for events.
Yes, you’ll learn to design custom pieces like corsages, headpieces, bracelets, and earrings suitable for weddings, editorials, and special events, with guidance on coordinating with outfits and event themes.
The course covers using succulents in jewelry, repetition in design, cascading and asymmetrical arrangements, and innovative fabric and adhesive methods for constructing unique wearable art.
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Loved it! Great Teacher and course! Thanks!
Cours excellent, très intéressant et très bien expliqué. Je me suis régalée.