Sakura hair clips inspired by this picture
And so i developed this unprofessional and messy tutorial by instinct, there's always a better tutorial than this but i'm just lazy~
Brown crepe paper, wire, pliers, stick glue, UHU glue, scissors, cotton buds, long hair clips, fake sakura flowers and cellotape
Find a piece of thick paper (old calendar), cut into a circle, punch 3 holes using a pen
Remove green stem of a few sakura
Combine 3 flowers in one, try turning 1 flower upside down while inserting to create a more fluffy look
Before and after combining (try using different colour tones, petal patterns and size of flowers)
Make a variety of flower sizes
Stuff 3 large and combined flowers into the 3 holes, secure using the green stem
Tadaa~
Use UHU glue and cellotape to apply it to a long hairpin (very unprofessional i know), make sure its taped towards the lower end of the pin
Do not use clips like these due to obvious reasons
Testing~
Cut funny end of wire
Fail attempt to throw funny wire end into dustbin from a very short distance...
Cut about 20cm of wire and glue all over it using stick glue for easy handling, clear glue doesn't work as well
Cut a strip of crepe paper
Twist downwards around the wire
When it is done, cut a desirable length of the wire and stick it to the base of the flowers using UHU and cellotape (the masters of all cincai DIY things)
Take some little flowers and cut off its yellow stem and tape on it, then stick the little flower onto the brown stem just like the picture
Cut off the bud of a cotton bud, cut many of them
Take 2 buds and attach them to the ends of the wire using cellotape, which gives you a stupid ugly look. No worries, stick some crepe paper onto it.
*FYI, a "professional" flower bud is made by combining 2 wires so that it branches out and therefore the buds could attach more naturally
Finished! I made 2 branches and some little flower clips
Made a hair-chopstick thing to go with the sakura clips~
*Sorry, too lazy to photoshop the pics, but something's wrong with some pics cause i've already rotated it but it shows up in the blog unrotated...
