I've been longing for a floral headband for a while now,
something like this >,<
but outside (at the stores) it can costs anywhere from $10+ to $30 ;;>,<;;
as a student , of course I have to survive on a low budget
And when I saw Mirai's pretty pretty headband ,
and found out that she actually made it herself , OAO
I am inspired to try it out.
Asked her and she said to use wire. :3
Today, I was cleaning my room when I found out that I have some random stuff that actually can make a pretty decent floral headband albeit not a perfect one ;)
these are what I found :
some flower wreaths my friend gave to me sometimes back .
These are only two. There are a BUNCH of them.
I twisted it around my night stand because I thought it would be such a waste to throw them away
Turn out I can use them now !! xD
Some Art Yarn I got from DAISO at $2
Some paper rope I got for a project looong looong ago .
And So, I started off by :
1. Measure roughly how long you want your headband to be .
You can do this by winding the rope around your head :)
After you've cut the length of rope you want ,
tie a knot at the end of the paper rope,
around the wire of the flower
Make sure you tie a dead knot ! :D
2. Twist the wire around the rope
3. Do it until the wire is all wound around the paper rope
4. Continue with another flower. ALternating the colour will make a good contrast ;)
Nature is messy anyway, so its okay if your wreath is a bit messy ;)
5. It should look something like this after the 2nd wire is attached
6. Now, I'm using the yarn to add varieties ^^
you can use beads, fur or anything you want as long as it looks nice :3
FIRST , tie 2 (two) dead knots around the wire
just behind the knot of paper rope (step 1)
THEN ,
twist the yarn around the paper rope
I've twisted some flowers and yarn around the rope.
Now it should look something like this ^^
7. You'll want to leave an extra length of yarn
when you reach the end of your wreath
8. Tie 2 (two) dead knots around the wire using this extra yarn
Dead knots to secure the yarn to the wire !! :D
9. Cut the extra Yarn
10. Continue twisting the flowers and EVENTUALLY,
you'll have something like THIS
Yaaay~ xD
But I find it a bit flimsy actually, since I'm using paper rope as the base.
You should use a THICK, BENDABLE WIRE of you want a STURDY HEADBAND
11. BUT if you dont have thick wire,
and you're cheapo ^^
you can use bobby pins Cheapo TM ^^
This will help the headband stay where they are
preventing them from falling off your head ^^
Remember the first knot of paper rope in step 1? ^^
pierce the bobby pin through the middle of the knot :D
it will look like this! \(^_^)/
Do it at the other end too ~
and ~
ta daah ~~~
Ready to wear ;D
hope this help ^^
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Terumi~ ヾ(･ω･*)ﾉ
