Faux flower brooch + clip

Something I’ve been longing to do is to make a brooch cum hair clip (using one of those handy combo bases) out of an artificial flower, but the right bloom just never seem to surface until a few months ago.

Having picked up a dress for my cousin’s wedding dinner, I was pondering on matchy accessories, say a humongous floral interest either on the dress or on my head. It was timeliest when I found THE ONE black rose in a florist’s one week before the wedding at only $2.80 a stalk.

The glue I felt should gel both parties just fine was “Perfect Deco*” (パーフェクトデコ, commonly used for glitter deco crafts) which I use to make some jewelry. And it didn’t disappoint.

So on that wedding night I worn it on my hair. And am regretting that I didn’t snap a picture of my nicely-done-up-hairdo-by-a-makeup-artist-cum-hair-stylist-sponsored-by-my-aunt when my camera was with me all night.

* Glue is available in my shop Earth Rejoice.