Creating Wedding Hair Combs: A Step-By-Step Guide For Brides

Wedding hair combs are a stylish and unique finishing touch to your bridal look. They can be made easily at home with a few simple tools and materials. This DIY project is beginner-friendly and allows you to express your personal style. You can use fresh or faux flowers, pearls, crystals, and rhinestones to create an elegant and whimsical hair accessory. With a bit of creativity and some simple supplies, you can design a one-of-a-kind hair comb to complete your vision for your special day.

How to Make Wedding Hair Combs for Hair

Choosing flowers and foliage

Flowers and foliage are the key components of a wedding hair comb. They add a whimsical romantic touch to your wedding hairstyle. When choosing flowers and foliage, there are a few things to consider. Firstly, decide whether you want to use fresh or faux flowers. Fresh flowers can add a beautiful, natural touch to your look, but they require more care and attention to keep them looking their best. Faux flowers, on the other hand, are more durable and can be prepared in advance, but may not have the same level of realism.

If you choose fresh flowers, select blooms that are in season and source them from a local florist or flower market. This will ensure they are as fresh as possible and reduce the risk of wilting. Consider the colour, size and variety of the flowers, as well as any special meanings they may hold for you. For example, you may want to include your favourite flower or choose blooms that match your wedding colour palette. You can also add small branches and leaves to create texture and dimension.

When working with fresh flowers, it's important to use cold floral glue for assembly. Hot glue guns can damage the delicate petals and buds. Additionally, be sure to follow flower care tips to keep your flowers looking fresh for your big day. This includes changing the water daily, keeping foliage above the waterline, and storing them away from direct sunlight.

If you opt for faux flowers, you'll have more flexibility in terms of preparation time. You can source these flowers from designer flower boxes, which offer a variety of flower types, sizes and colours. This option allows you to create floral arrangements with a blend of faux flowers, and you can even remove petals to adjust the size of the blooms to fit your design. With faux flowers, you can use hot glue to attach them to the hair comb, creating a sturdy and long-lasting accessory.

Using wire to attach flowers

Firstly, gather your flowers and foliage. You can use fresh flowers, but if you want your hair accessory to last, it is best to opt for faux flowers. Choose a variety of small flowers, leaves, greens, and berry stems in complementary colours. Cut the stems to a uniform length of approximately 2 inches.

Now, take your florist wire and insert it through the base of each flower head, just at the top of the stem. Fold the wire in half and wrap one end around the stem to secure the flower in place. Repeat this process for all your flower heads. You can also wrap florist tape around the stems and wire to create a clean finish.

Once all your flowers are mounted on wires, you can start arranging them into clusters. Play around with different combinations of colours, sizes, and textures until you find an arrangement you like. Remember to use odd numbers of each type of flower or leaf, and tilt them in different directions to create a natural, full look.

When you are happy with your arrangement, secure the flowers together by wrapping florist tape around the stems. You can now attach the flower cluster to your hair comb. Use thin florist wire to wrap around the stems and the teeth of the comb, ensuring everything is securely attached.

Finally, make any necessary adjustments to the shape of your design. Using wire to attach the flowers means you can easily finesse the shape, even once the piece is assembled. And that's it! You now have a beautiful, floral hair comb to add a unique touch to your wedding attire.

Using glue to attach flowers

To make a wedding hair comb, you will need a hot glue gun, glue sticks, wire cutters, faux flowers, floral wire, embroidery floss or ribbon, and a hair comb.

Firstly, decide on the size of the comb you want to make. If you want a larger comb, you can attach two smaller combs together by overlapping them and securing them with floral wire. Wrap the wire between the teeth of the comb and twist the wires together to secure them. You can then add some ribbon or embroidery floss, tying it between the first two teeth and wrapping the rest of the comb.

Now it's time to add your flowers. Start by adding some leaves as your base layer, using hot glue to secure them in place. You can then add your main flowers, securing them with glue across the width of the comb. Play around with different sizes, colours, and combinations of flowers and leaves to create your desired look. You can tilt the flowers in different directions and add smaller flowers to fill in any sparse areas.

Finally, remove any excess glue, and your hair comb is ready to wear!

Making wire brackets

To make wire brackets for a wedding hair comb, you will need a hair comb, wire, and pliers. You can purchase the hair comb from any general store—they come in various sizes.

Take the hair comb and start to attach lengths of wire between the teeth as brackets. You will need to attach one wire per floral accessory. This will make them easy to attach and make for a sturdier final hairpiece. Twist the wire with pliers to secure it in place, and clip it to size.

The flexibility of the floral wire brackets means that you can adjust the shape of your design, even once it's completely assembled.

Final adjustments

Now that your flowers are attached, you can make any final adjustments to your hair comb. The flexibility of the floral wire brackets means that you can finesse the shape of your design, even once it’s completely assembled. Play around with the positioning of the flowers, branches, and leaves, and adjust the wire brackets as needed with your pliers.

If you're using fresh flowers, remember to attach them with cold floral glue. This type of glue adheres in a flexible manner and does less damage to the blooms. You can also add some extra sparkle to your hair comb with rhinestones, pearls, or crystals.

If you're happy with your hair comb, the final step is to wait patiently for your big day! Creating your hair accessory in advance, especially if you're using faux flowers, means you can ensure it's ready for your hair trial. This will give you a chance to see how it looks with your chosen hairstyle and make any necessary tweaks.

You could also create matching hair combs for your bridal party, adding a unique and stylish finishing touch to their wedding day look, too.

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