Updo Inspiration & Using Hairpieces

I've seen a lot of brides who get hairpieces or extensions for their wedding day. It seems the main reason is to add fullness or length to hair that will be left down and curled. I wanted to share another option for those of us with thin, shorter, or fine hair when you want to do an UPDO!

A few years ago I bought a hairpiece from Cheerleader Hairpieces. I used it for my sister's wedding. At the time, this is how short my hair was (as this photo was taken the night before the wedding):

And here is my updo the next day with the Hailey style bun from cheerleaderhairpieces.com:

I'm considering using the same hairpiece or buying this new style that can easily be clipped and pinned into my hair to give it more fullness (Wonder Style; it is only $14.99!):

The cons to these hairpieces are that you cannot curl them. However I didn't mind that and just curled my own hair to add to my updo to match the "curl" in the hairpiece.

This is my updo inspiration for my own wedding:

DIY Bridal and Flower Girl Jewelry/Accessories

DIY BRIDAL EARRINGS

The above picture was my inspiration for my bridal earrings. I can't find the original source but I know I searched Overstock and Amazon, so it's one of the two. And I know they were around $40. I made my own version for under $10!

Supplies:
sterling silver headpins (already owned), two teardrop pearls and 4 crystal rondelles of two different sizes ($6 at a local store), and crystal studs with loops ($1.99 on ebay from this seller).

Finished product:

DIY PEARL BRACELET

I had some extra pearls and crystal rondelles so I decided to make a simple bracelet for myself. I'm not wearing a necklace but I wanted something else. I'm not absolutely positive I will wear it, but atleast I have one if I do decide I want one.

FLOWER GIRL'S ACCESSORIES

First, I made my flower girl a flowered headband! I bought a two-pack of headbands from Michaels, which was good because my dog thought one of them was his own personal chew toy. I took apart a silk real-touch rose and then layered the petals. Then I sewed on some pearls and purple beads (same beads used in my cascade earrings). I hot-glued the flower to the headband.

I stalked Craigslist for months to find a cute dress for her and finally came across one for only $25! It is originally a $140 dress from Davids Bridal (the tulle is a bit bunched up but you get the drift):



I made her a necklace and earrings as well. The pearl beads and rondelles are the Crystazzi brand from Michael's. The "K" charm was from Hobby Lobby. For the earrings I used the same method as the cascade earrings but only put three pearls on a short chain.

The whole shebang -- the headband, the earrings, and the necklace  -- may be a bit too much. In that case, I will just have my flower girl (my step daughter) wear stud earrings.



Whew! All jewelry is complete. I am still debating on whether I will use a veil or a flower fascinator. I just "borrowed" an antique broach from my stepmom to use in the center of a flower if I go with the fascinator. I would use the same method that I did for the flower girl headband.

So Sorry!

Life caught up to me and I became addicted to WeddingBee rather than my own blog. If you would like you can find me there at http://www.weddingbee.com/ under the name Wannabe-DIY-Bride!

Here's the bundle of joy that now takes up all of my time:

However, I'm still in wedding project mode (only 74 days left until September 17th!) so I will go ahead and try to do a massive update here today! Stay tuned! :)