I have hair that does as it pleases, which is usually to lie as straight and flat as possible. My mother fought valiantly against this during the 1980's and gave me several disastrous home perms, but my hair always resisted and managed to have itself straightened out less than four days later each time.

I know I am messing with fate by wanting to have my hair curled for my wedding day. I have no doubt that my hair will thwart all sprays and curling irons and be back to itself by the time we eat dinner. So, in light of this I have decided to be flexible and change my hair as the night goes on. Happily, that gives me another opportunity to make pretty things for my hair

I made citrine flower hairpins (please excuse the hair in this photo):


They only took about 20 minutes to make. Each pin is made of six citrine drops, an orange glass bead, a 2.75 inch bobby in and 26 gauge wire. Construction is simple and can easily be improvised. First, I placed the six citrine beads on my length of wire and pulled tight to get the flower shape. Next, I wound the wire above and below the six beads in a weaving pattern to keep them in place. Then, I placed the center bead on the wire and placed it in the middle. This is followed by more winding and weaving around the citrine drops to keep the glass bead in place. Finally, I attached the beads to the bobby pin simply by alternating wrapping the wire around each citrine petal and wrapping it around the pin. Just play around with the wire to find what works for you.

The pins when they aren't in my hair:


I've worn the pins several times and they have held up well to my abuse. I am a regular bun wearer just because it is the one hairstyle guaranteed to keep my hair in place for 12 hours or more.

posted by Alison 8/02/2007 12:22:00 AM : (0) comments : splink