Wedding Bling

My daughter Natalie's been searching for a vintage-y looking brooch or clip for her wedding updo but hasn't had any luck.  We set out a couple of weeks ago to look again.  Still nothing.  BUT, we did find these:

Not wanting to wear a headband, we pried the bling from the headbands,

and glued a little bit of pewter colored felt to the sharp edges on the underside:

(Gratuitous engagement ring shot!  Isn't it pretty?)

Then we glued hair clips onto the backside:

We waited 24 hours (following the directions on the glue packaging) and wa-lah!

Two gorgeous hair brooches for less than $30 bucks!  We may clip them in her hair together so that they look like one really big one.  Haven't decided yet.  Stay tuned for the final look ~ wedding's only eight weeks from now!

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I'll randomly draw a winner on September 30th.  Good luck!