How to Make Bridal Hair Jewelry
Bridal hair jewelry can add the perfect amount of beauty to any bride's wedding attire. Simple pieces of hair jewelry, however, can be pricey and hard to match to your wedding dress. Luckily, there's no need to spend hours in a store finding a decent priced piece that also matches your dress. You can easily make a gorgeous one yourself at home.
Collect the items you'll need:
- Hair comb
- Decorations (feathers, flowers, pearls, etc..)
- Glitter
- Craft Glue
- Lay the hair comb on a clean, flat surface. The comb can be metal or plastic. Make sure the comb itself is clean (no price stickers or glue left on it). If it needs cleaning, use a mild soap and water mixture. Rinse and dry the comb well.
- Using the craft glue, dab a few dots of glue onto the comb.
- Place the largest of your decorations on the upper part of the comb. This could be an assortment of feathers or a fabric flower. Coordinate the decorations with the theme and style of your wedding dress and wedding colors. You could use all white materials or add your wedding accent colors. Also, if you are wearing a specific flower pattern on your wedding dress, choose that type of flower for your hair jewelry. Be sure not to add decorations to the comb's teeth.
- Let the decorations dry to the comb completely.
- Dab craft glue on your main decorations in areas you plan to add extra decorations.
- Add accent decorations. These are the smaller of your decorations. You can add pearls or beads or shells or rhinestones. You can also wrap a ribbon around the bottom of the decoration area. Be creative and coordinate the accent decorations with the main decorations.
- Let the accent decorations dry completely.
- Sprinkle glitter onto the comb. You should use about a teaspoon to tablespoon depending on if your comb is large or small. Don't worry at this point if the glitter looks too heavy or gaudy.
- Shake excess glitter from the comb. Most of the glitter will fall off, however, there will still be a sheen coating of glitter on the hair jewelry.
- Wear your wedding hair jewelry.