Got the idea and how-to from a youtube video (believe it or not) while surfing the net. All that's required is some scrap brass or copper and a duplex nail.

I made it as my lapel for prom but the person i asked is going with someone else so i didn't bother with the matching corsage.

hey man if you went to the trouble of making something so nice... and she's going with an athor guy, well she's not worth of you! to xxxx with her!
You made somthing verry beatifull, keep up the good work... maybe try forging a stem for it? or make a bouqa

Thats some awesome work Bibble, add a iron stem with some leaves and you'd have quite the mixed media piece, how about the link for the video?

yeah, sure.

here's the youtube video...
YouTube - Blacksmith pt 2 Making a Copper Rose

He uses copper but really its pretty easy to follow and it works just as good with brass.

Thanks bibble, I cant wait to try one, and even stranger than that, that dude lives down the road from me.

wow.
that's a coinky-dink.