DIY Wedding Crafts!!

Blake often has the lovely opportunity to shop with me. I'm sure it is actually rather frustrating for him, because every time I find something that I like, I go back and forth for about 20 minutes about whether or not to buy it - only to finally determine that I'm going to make it myself. Usually I never get around to making it myself (nor could I if I wanted to) - but every once in awhile I am pretty impressed with my own craftiness/ghetto money-saving techniques. SO - in the spirit of wedding craftiness, I decided to start posting some do-it-yourself crafts so that I can pass my own cheapness (but we'll call it "creativity") to all of you!!! =)

I absolutely love love love wearing big loud things in my hair - feathers, buttons, lace, flowers, you name it - and WEDDINGS are a fabulous opportunities to do so. If you're a bride, you can make your own flower hairpiece - or make them for your bridesmaids or flower girls. Be creative and use materials that go with the style and/or colors of your wedding - I promise that it will add a fun flair to your wedding day! =) So - below are two that I made with pictures to show you each step. This post is also SUPER exciting for me because I'm leaving for HAITI in a few minutes for 5 weeks where I'll be teaching for the summer and one of the electives that I'm teaching is "how to make flower hair clips" - woohoo!!

For this one I started with two buttons, a metal hair clip, a bunch of feathers (already stuck together from Michaels) and lace. I wrapped the feathers with the lace, securing it with hot glue, and then attached the buttons on top. 

Then I attached the metal clip to the back (and put a small piece of fabric over the top half of the clip) and viola!!

For this one I started with a silk flower, a few different types of feathers, a button and a metal clip.

I removed all of the plastic pieces from the silk flower so that I could sew through the fabric petals to hold the flower together. Then I sewed the button to attach it to the flower.

Finally, I used hot glue to attach the feathers to the back and then glued on the metal clip!

That's it! They're SUPER easy!!! If you have any questions you can email me, or if you want to buy some hair clips, you can visit our Etsy store!!!