Wires
for cake
jewellery
Some of the most dramatic cakes are decorated with beaded fountains,
crowns or garlands made from different weights and colours of wires. Listed
below is our ever expanding range of wires used in this and many other
crafts
Please use the search box on
the right to help you find products in Lindy's Online shop
Soft wires to make garlands & cake
crowns
Bullion Wire:
£3.00
Used by many crafts from flower arranging, knitting to card making. Follow one of the latest trends
in cake design by using this wavy wire to make attractive garlands.
It can also be used for cake crowns as in Lindy's forthcoming book 'Cakes to
Inspire and Desire' Go on be adventurous!!
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28g &
34g Beading Wire
28g - silver £2.00 - Gold £2.50 34g
- silver £0.75 - Gold £0.80 (24 yards on a reel) Click on picture to enlarge
The
34g is very fine wire - ideal for garlands when you don't wish to make a feature
of the wire. The 28g wire, along with the three wires below, is excellent for wiring cake crowns together
0.315mm coloured
copper craft wire
£3.50
(70 meters - 50 grams)
A beautifully soft smooth wire, ideal for creating cake crowns as it twists easily
and is available in a number of excellent colours.
New 3 more exciting colours: Green Chartreuse,
Turquoise & Supa Blue
0.4mm
Jewellery Wire:
Gold Plated £5.50
All other colours £2.50
(20 meters) Similar to the above -
but slightly thicker and stiffer to use, perhaps not so easy for
beginners, but it does make your work stronger and is ideal for heavier
beads.
0.3mm
Thread Wire:
£4.75
(100g)
Similar to the above but slightly finer - use with the strong
jewellery wire below to make cake crowns
Wires to make Cake
Crowns and wire decoration
Strong Jewellery Wire
3m x 1.2mm Gold Plated £5.50
3m x 1.2mm silver Plated £2.50
4m x 1mm copper £2.50
Use
as a base wire for cake crowns, see pictures above and below. This is the
wire that you bind all your beads and wire scrolls etc too.
0.9mm Coloured copper craft wire
£2.50
width 0.9mm, length 5m.
use to make wire shapes and patterns
Currently available in silver
plated and gold
0.6mm Jewellery Wire
Gold Plated £5.50
All other colours £2.50
width 0.6mm, length 10m. A
medium strength wire ideal for creating scrolls and coils Click on pictures to enlarge
Please note that we are replacing this wire with the one below so not all
the colours are still available.
0.5mm coloured copper craft wire
All 28 colours £2.50 each width 0.5mm, length
15m. A
medium strength wire for creating beaded cake toppers also good for creating scrolls and coils:-
"really nice to work with and Great colours!" Click on picture to enlarge
0.5mm
Metallic Reel Wire (100g)
£4.75
A similar wire to the above but slightly stronger, due to its mild steel
core. Just the right for using with
the beads we supply or use to make wire decorations such as seen below.
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Wires to make Cake fountains
Floristry Wire £1.70
36cm Straight
covered wires ideal for creating fountain cake toppers such as on the
‘Christening Gift’ cake & the ‘Golden Wedding’ cake in Lindy’s Celebrate
with a Cake book
50 wires in a packet except 22g
& 18g packets which have 25 wires
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New metallic colours just arrived: Hot
Pink/Fuchsia, Kingfisher/light blue and Light Green
Other Wires
2mm
x 10m Aluminium Wire
Uncoloured/silver £5.90 Coloured £7.90 Easily bent wire, just right for creating cake toppers. Click on picture to enlarge
1.5mm
x 3m Aluminium Wire
£2.00
As used to make Lindy's
Sparkling fish from her book 'Cakes to Inspire and Desire'
Now available in eight exciting colours.
Tiger
tail (10m):
£2.75
A 3 strand very flexible nylon coated wire, use
with crimps to create ‘floating’ decorations
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6 Wire Stars
£4.50
2 x 5cm, 8cm
& 10cm (2in, 3in & 4in) Decorate with your choice of beads to create
stunning displays. Use on cake fountains by attaching some strong floristry
wire or simply use as a hanging decoration on for example a Christmas tree.
These
wire stars are very easy to decorate: Just thread on your choice of beads
then make a loop in the end of the wire using some suitable pliers to
prevent the beads from falling off
