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Wire Wording Invite

You will need:

Assortment of papers

Assortment of 4mm beads

22 Gauge Wire

Tools: Wire straightener,
rosary plier, needle-nose
plier, wire cutter

Epoxy Glue

Step 1:
Select the papers you wish to use for
your invitation.

Step 2
Assemble the pieces together using a
ruler and glue stick.

Step 3
Make your wired letters.

Step 4
a) Use Epoxy or another
comparable strong glue to glue on
your wired letters.
b) Let dry overnight and they’re
ready to be sent.

Step 1
Cut 2, 6" pieces of wire, and one 12"
piece of wire. Use your straigtening
tool to straighten the wires.

Step 2
a) Hold one of the 6" wire pieces in
your non-dominant hand.
b) Bead on a few decorative beads,
and using your rosary plier, curl up
one end of the wire into a loop.

Step 3
Using the needlenose plier in
your dominant hand, come down
the wire, from the curly loop,
about 3" and bend it 90 degrees.

Step 4
Place a large marker with about a 1"
diameter in the crook of the 90
degree bend and mold the
non-curled side of the wire over the
marker.

Step 5
Trim the wire (on the non-curled
end), leaving about ½" from where
the 2 wires cross.

Step 6
Bead on a few decorative beads,
and using your rosary plier, curl
up the end of the wire with your
rosary plier—you have completed
your "P."

Step 7
a) Using the 12" wire, curl one end
up with a rosary plier.
b) Starting from the curled end,
wrap it 1 ½ times around a marker
that is about ¾" in diameter (a fat
Sharpie pen works well).

Step 8
a) Note where the wires are crossing
in the loop. Now, move up the
straightened side of the loop about
½" (from where the wires cross in
the loop) and bend the wire with
your needlenose plier, so that it
forms a 45 degree angle with the
straight wire.
b) Moving about ½" away from the
crook of the bend you just made,
bend the wire slightly so that you
have now formed a lower case,
cursive "r."

Step 9
a) Taking your needlenose plier,
hold the wire about 1½" up from
the curve you just created (a),
and bend the wire in half, so that
wire "a" touches wire "A."
b) Bead on a few more beads on
the straight end.

Step 10
Create a smooth curve between the
"T" and the "Y" using the largest
diameter of your rosary plier.

Step 11
a) To make the bar that crosses the
"T" up at the top—use the second 6"
piece of wire.
b) Bend it in half with your
needlenose plier.
c) At the crook of this bend—insert
your rosary plier and swing one side
of the wire over it to form a loop.

Step 12
You should have formed a wire
bar with a small loop in the center
of it.

Step 13
Slip this loop over the top of the "T."

Step 14
Press down the loop with your
needlenose to secure it snuggly to
the "T."

Step 15
Slip on a few beads to both sides
of the "T" cross, trim excess wire,
and rosary loop both ends of the
"T" bar to finish.

Step 16
With your needlenose, move up the
curved wire about 1/2" and create
another hard bend like you did for
the "T."

Step 17
Mold a soft "U" shape using the
straight wire, to create the cradle in
the "Y."

Step 18
a) At the top of the right side of
the "U," create another hard bend
in the wire using your needlenose
plier. Move down this wire about
2" where you will then swing it
back up in a soft curve to form
the tail of your "Y." Trim off any
excess wire from the tail.

Making your Wired Letters

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