![]() I used 3 green fluffy feathers, and 1 peacock feather that I trimmed up a bit. Lay out your pieces so you see what you’re working with.With the same felt, cut a small rectangular piece to use later when you need to adhere the alligator clip to the back of your feather pad.But I’m a “get-her-done” kinda girl so I just eye-ball it since it will be the backing and no one will be able to tell if its not perfect. If you’re a real perfectionist you can trace a circle onto your felt and then cut. Next cut out a round piece of felt (try to match the felt color to your feather colors to make it cohesive looking and “polished”), a little bigger than the size of a silver dollar. ![]() In this case I chose really bright green feathers to match the bright green colors in my earring. I usually base this decision on the type of earring that I’m using for my clip. First off you want to pick out what feathers you’d like to use for your clip.This hair clip took me only 15 minutes to throw together so you can see with all the extra supplies you can crank out several in a couple of hours and give them out to your friends (since they’re bound to have “feather envy” once they see yours). Supplies: Felt (about $0.32 a sheet at Walmart or your local hobby store.), Feathers (about $2.00 for a bag of multi-colored feathers at Walmart), Peacock Feather (I get mine when they go half off at Hobby Lobby, a pack of 3 is about $4 or $2 on sale), Alligator Clip (beauty supplies stores sell these for less than $3 for a bag of 20 or so I find this is a better deal than to buy them at the craft store), Vintage Looking Earring (I get a lot of mine at the Dollar Store or at thrift stores where they will sometimes have bags of old earrings or jewelry you can re-purpose), Hot Glue Gun (and hot glue). ![]() Cost: Between $3-$5 or so depending on what you already have on-hand.Yet, without fail, I guarantee that they will always IMPRESS. So, now that you know you can have an expensive looking accessory for less than $5 aren’t you excited to find out how to do it yourself?! Actually, I think you’ll be surprised at how EASY it is to make these and how little time it takes. Even my most “expensive” (if you want to call it that) custom piece only probably cost me around $10 to make. And sometimes even less than that due to my dollar store finds and thrift store shopping. But, I have a little secret, although I sold my accessories for a relatively low price (keep in mind, handmade is always better than mass produced so higher prices are to be expected), I really only spent about $3-$5 making each one. Since then, I have made hundreds and have sold quite a few at craft fairs and such. If you want to know how to do pin up hair and makeup check out my last few posts). As I mentioned in a previous post, I love vintage fashion and started making feathered and flowered accessories for myself (and several friends and family members who saw mine) almost 2 years ago after looking up “ pin up hair and makeup” on google. You may have also noticed the steep prices of some of these feathered accessories (remember I’m cheap, so even $15 seems like a lot to me). ![]() If you have gone shopping, picked up a magazine, or turned on the TV in the past several months you may have noticed this trend of feathers in fashion. Today I will be showing you how to make a vintage inspired feather hair clip for under $5. Not his fault though, just one of those things, but I am feeling much more positive after putting my son down for his nap and getting my hands on some feathers for this next tutorial. Welcome back! Well, my hubby is off to his brother’s wedding in Seattle, leaving me with a sick toddler and doctor ordered “bed-rest”.
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