Make a stunning hair accessory

How to instructions

• 1

  Snip off a long length of metal wire.

• 2

  Bend the metal wire back and forth to shape the teeth of a small French side comb for your hair.

• 3

  Cut a long length of fine-gauge gold-tone metal beading wire.

• 4

  Thread a bead onto the wire and then twist the ends around each other a few times underneath the bead. Bend one end out to the side and thread on another bead. Twist the bent-out wire and the other end of the wire together back in towards the centre. Bend out the other wire end and secure a bead in place on the other side, in the same way. Twist the ends together again and thread on two more beads in the same way. You should now have a little sprig of five beads.

• 5

  Thread on more beads, twisting to secure them until the whole length of wire is decorated with a mix of faceted glass beads and pearly glass wax beads.

• 6

  Secure the beaded ornament to your French side comb using a length of beading wire.