Dove & Flower Wedding Wreath Shadow Box

Creation of a Dove & Flower Shadow Box 

Wreath for Wedding gift:

I embroidered full design out 

on water soluble backing...

using my Bernina 880 and 

Dove and Flower Embroidery Wreath 

from Sweet Pea Designs.

Once embroidery completed,

I cut as much aways from backing as I could... and dissolved the rest with running water in the sink and then let dry flat.

Then I began the full design embroidery again-

 from the beginning,

 atop an embroidery fabric.

Once embroidery was completed,

I layered previously created embroidery 

atop and added beads... 

and let dry before framing.

This is the first frame I tried...

 but it seemed to get lost in the shadow box. 

So I started over in a frame with a double Mat.

and finally,

Here is the gift for the kids,

 I ended up with.