Stacy's Wedding Hair Updo

Stacy and Andy's Wedding March 28, 2009

I have been creating hair updos for various events (weddings, proms, special occassions) for over 15 years now. My cousin Stacy asked me to help style her bridal updo and her two bridesmaids (my sister Heidi and her cousin Amy) for her wedding day.

Here's the final creation from the left, back, and right views.

Photo of the Bridesmaids (Amy and Heidi)

Feather Hair Pieces

I made these feather hair pieces for my bridesmaids so they would match me since I wore a birdcage veil and had a feather hair piece also.

Some of our wedding photos are posted on the Something Bold website where I bought my birdcage veil.

http://www.somethingbold.com/Cathy&Eric.htm

I feel in love with the vintage classic look and loved how all the pieces turned out.

Feather Hair Pieces
Materials:
1 bag of guinea plumage feathers (available at Joanns or Micheals)
1 bag of mixed feathers with the colors of your choice (available at Joanns or Micheals)
Plain black hair combs (2 pack at walgreens is $1.50)
Satin Ribbon of your choice
1 yard of tule netting
sewing thread and needle

Cut a circular piece of tule as your base to lay the feathers. Arrange the feathers as you like and wrap tightly with thread to set the base together. Connect the satin ribbon with thread and tie to the feather piece. Wrap the satin ribbon around the base of the feathers to cover the base. Sew the ribbon end piece to close. Sew the feather piece to your hair comb and finish.

Jewelry Making- Earrings

Crystal drop earrings

For my cousins bridal shower I hosted a jewelry making class for wire wrapping for 12 ladies. Here's a photo of the earrings we made.


Materials:
2 earwires
4 eyepins - 1 inch long
6 headpins - 2 inch long
8 sapphire crystals 6mm
2 white crystals 6mm

Tools:
round nose pliers
chain nose pliers
wire cutters



I printed out step by step instructions for wire wrapping for the girls to follow but I didn't realize that you have to be pretty good with your hands to wrap the wires properly. I think next time I would use a simpler design for the class that doesn't require as many beads so less wire wrapping. As I stressed in the class, the more practice you have the better your wire wraps would look.

Here's a photo of the earring and necklace set I made for my bridesmaids last year for my wedding.