Fun Hairpieces out of Recycled Materials!

This week I am showcasing another fun inspiration from one of the interns, Jessie. Pictured here are some hair pieces she recently made for her sister's wedding.

I find many things about these pieces inspiring....
One, because they are a fun way to dress up the hair without being too fussy. Second, they could be made from things readily available around the home or from items that could be purchased easily.

You could make these so easily in fact, I decided to explain step-by-step how I would make them (and out of reclaimed items of course!).

1: First lets look at the netting in the photograph above. You could obviously go to a store and buy it, but why buy it when you can get it for free! Buying fruit is the best way to come across an assortment of netting in various colors. Oranges, avacados, garlic, or other items bought at Trader Joe's will do the job. Once you have your netting just cut a piece of it to the size desired and now you have your veil!

2: Second find some scrap fabric around the house, or ask a friend (you will be surprised how many people have little sewing collections full of scraps) or go to a place like SCRAP in San Francisco where they have tons of fabric remnants that are for dollars if not pennies depending on how much you get.
Once you have your scrap fabric piece experiment pinning it into various shapes. Once you find the shape you like, pin it to the netting piece and sew a sturdy row of tightly formed stitches so that everything is connected.

3: Third it's all in the little detail. Find something fun to throw into the middle of the piece. In the photo here it looks like a feather was used, but you could put a beautiful button, a fake flower, a dollop of acrylic paint, a decorative bead, whatever. Whatever detail you choose can attach it with thread or a hot glue gun.

4: Last, you need a way to attach it to your hair. Most people have bobby pins around, or you could use a hair comb, a headband or clip. Depending on what you fastener you choose experiment with either sewing the hairpiece onto it or using a hot glue gun. Then...Voila! You have a fun hair piece made by you!