Weddingbee Blog

My hair and makeup trial is today!!! I’m going to bring the headpiece I made to see if it will work with the hairstyle Crepefriend JL comes up with. Since today’s the trial, I thought I’d show you the headpiece I made and sort of describe the process, in the case you all want to save some moolah and try your hand at it. With a little patience, time, and elbow grease (Ew! What does that actually mean?! That phrase totally gets my goat) you can make a headpiece that’s worth a few benjamins.

I can never keep a comb in my hair for some reason—it always feels like it’s about to pop off, so I decided on a headband instead. I took a bunch of sparkly things, including some trim that I was using to customize the dress so that I could tie it all together and a pair of vintage clip on earrings.

This first part takes some time and planning, but once you lay everything out the way you want it to look, the rest is just assembly. Hot glue is your best friend here. Oh, and shoebox tops, too. I like working in them because they make cleanup easy peasy. Plus you can move it somewhere else when people come over—what mess? Nothing to see here.

Once I had my plan pretty much figured out, I took a quick photo to help me remember in case things got moved around. I uploaded the photo to my computer so I could look at it while assembling.

It’s hot glue time! Nothing adheres fabric quite like hot glue…but that might be because I’m the impatient type. Use sparingly because it’s got to bend around a headband later. I attached my pieces to felt because it feels nice and cushy on your head.

After assembling the big pieces, I wanted to make sure that the general shape was still correct and that it would sit on my head in the right spot, so I held it up to my head and marked the headband with a sharpie.

Uh oh! I don’t know why I’m making that angry tomato face. I am still the happy girl you love to laugh at, promise.

After I glued this piece on the metal headband, I started adding all the small pieces like the vintage rhinestone earrings and other beads and things. Here’s what it looked like afterwards (and in much better lighting).

I can’t wait to see how it will work during the hair trial! I’m crossing all my fingers and toes that it will work with the style.

Did you also use a statement DIY headpiece at your wedding?