Entourage Hair-dresses... Check!

Last monday night, I was able to finish my DIY fascinators which will be worn by my bridesmaids and Matron of Honor. Friday night, I started making these hair-dresses for my flowers girls and didn't expect to finish it the same night.

I made a pair of this comb with small flowers for my eldest niece. I used the same comb I used for the fascinators but used smaller flowers.

For my 2 younger nieces, I made headbands adorned with small flowers. I really like the headbands and I think it will really look good on my nieces.

Now, may I present to you, my DIY hair-dresses for my entourage! I can't wait to see them wear these! =)

I'm already half-way thru with my entourage accessories! yey! The hair-dresses are already finished. I'm also already finished with half of the DIY bracelets and earrings. The last DIY that I need to do to complete their accessories is the clutch bag. Hopefully I can start on it next weekend. =)

Fascinator for my Bridesmaids and Matron of Honor

Originally, I didn't plan to have my female entourage wear fascinators. but after suggestions of my w@w sisters when they voted for the dress style for my bridesmaids, I realized that the fascinator would really look good on my bridesmaids with the dress that I have chosen for them. For about a month I searched through the net to find DIY fascinators "how-to", because at that time, i was not really sure what a fascinator is made of and what was its purpose. After gathering enough information, I then searched for materials. I went several times to Welmanson and Morning Glory to find materials for my DIYs. I am now sharing here how I made my DIY Fascinator.

Materials:

1. Flowers - The flower I used for this was bought from Welmansons. I originally chose a larger flower, but when I went back to welmanson with sis janice and her h2b jake, we found these flowers. It costs Php 280.00 per box of 12.

The flowers originally has a pin and a ponytail band attached at the back, so I removed them.

2. Feathers - I used 2 kinds of feather for this project. The pink ones and the green ones. Both from welmanson in divisoria. since our motif is deep pink with accents of green, the green ones I bought was thinner and more delicate than the pink ones. The pink ones were priced at Php 50.00 for 100 pcs. The green ones on the other hand, was priced per gram, and forgive me for I can't recall anymore how much I paid for it.

3 Comb - also from welmanson. priced at Php 24.00 for 12 pcs.

How to:

1. For this project i decided to use one flower, 3 pink feathers and 2 green feathers. After I removed the pin and ponytail band attached at the back of the flower, I laid the flower and the feathers on the table arranging it to how i want it to look like.

2. Next, I wanted to glue the feathers to the flower but I don't have my glue gun, so I got a needle and a thread and tied a knot at the end of the thread. I stitched the feathers I arranged to the center of the back of the flower. I think it doesn't matter what stitch you use at this point as along as you only stitch the back center of the flower and not the petals. Make sure also that the feathers are secured and doesn't fall-off or get pulled easily. If you think that the feathers are still loosely secured, just keep on stitching until you're sure that they are already secured in place.

3. When the feathers are already assembled according to the style you want. it's time to stick them to the comb. again, I was supposed to used glue gun but the resources available to me is the needle and thread. so I used them again in attaching the flower and feathers to the comb. I stitched the flower and feathers arrangement to the outer part of the comb, with the feathers pointing upwards, while the comb is pointing downward.

After i have secured the flowers and feathers to the comb, huuaaala! I already have a fascinator for my bridesmaids. but as a reminder, always have a mirror by your side while you're doing this. this is for you to see not only whether the fascinator would look good, but also to know whether it will work and will not fall apart when you put it in your hair. =)