Hair fascinators

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I love hair accessories. I love having long hair so I can wear hair accessories! In fact, I plan to wear a hair accessory on the day of my wedding - that is, other than the veil. :-) Unfortunately, the Wedding Industrial Complex is trying to brainwash everyone into thinking that you have pay 100 buckaroos for a flower barrette made of white plastic beads, polyester and perhaps a few feathers. The truth is, it doesn't cost much to make one and it doesn't take all that much time either.

For me, I can't wear most wedding hair accessories as per Chinese tradition, I am to avoid wearing white in my hair. White is the color of death and was worn to funerals in old China. Nowadays, I think most people wear black, as per western tradition. Anyways, according to Chinese tradition, you should never wear white in your hair because doing so signals to everyone that you are an orphan. If your parents are still alive and you wear white in your hair, it means that you wish to be orphaned, which is a terrible thing to wish for. Given that the Chinese are a superstitious bunch, it's bad luck to wear white in your hair if you don't want to be orphaned.

Aside from the fact that my culture doesn't approve of my wearing white in my hair, the fact that everything "bridal" is nothing but white and sparkles makes the whole bridal accessory shopping ridiculously boring! I actually love sparkly things but after the 100th shiny feathered flower, all the accessories just look the same to me.

Rather than try to find a ready-made hair accessory, I thought, why don't I try to make my own? Towards that endeavor, I found an excellent tutorial on how to make your own hair fascinators:

http://corvustristis.livejournal.com/3205.html