1. Take your silk leaf and, if necessary, cut it to the desired shape with scissors.

2. Clamp a barrette onto the leaf, the outside of the leaf towards the flat bottom of the barrette.

3. Set aside.

4. Using scissors, trim the plastic at the bottom of the flower, making the bottom as flat as possible.

5. Using glue gun, draw a 1" line of glue across the bottom of the flower.

Note: If you are using flowers that have multiple layers of petals to them (such as roses or mums), it may be nessecary to glue those layers of petals together in the center of the flower at this point.

6. Immediately press the barrette/leaf element to the glue, wrong side of leaf to bottom of flower.

7. Once glue has cooled slightly, begin applying glue to inside edges of leaf.

(Be sure to press well and allow glue to cool slightly before moving on to next area.)

8. Once the leaf and barrette are completely sealed, set barrette aside to cool completely. Ta Da!