DIY Turbie Twist

As someone with long hair, I'm a fan of the Turbie Twist. Turns out, they are not that hard to replicate. All you need is your sewing machine, an old towel, and elastic. I used coordinating elastic to match my towel, but a hair elastic would work in a pinch. Turn your old turbie inside out and use it as a pattern for a new twist. If you use a vintage bath towel as I did, you can line up your edges with the towel edges, so there's no hemming required either. Yay! I serged the inside edges for a clean finish, but a normal zigzag stitch works too.  An easy ten minute project to looking very vintage glamorous post-bath! ;-)

 

Vintage Crystals

I bought these crystals at an estate sale for a few dollars. At this same sale, I purchased boxes and boxes of studs from the 70s for leather belts. I didn't know what to do with the studs or these crystals, but I loved them!

 But then I came across some vintage jewelry pieces which had sadly lost their crystals. Junk jewelry to some, but with a little superglue, we were back in business! :-)

 These "Glamour Bobs" were only 99 cents at the Salvation Army, still attached to their original card! 

Another Vintage DIY Hair Clip

I think I bought this vintage 60's jewelry component in a jar of junk jewelry at a garage sale. I was excited to find that it had all the original rhinestones! I used Gorilla brand superglue to adhere the component to a metal hair clip.  I cleaned the plastic flowers with a Q-tip and rubbing alcohol first.

 Almost any vintage component with a flat back can be glued to a hair clip. The style pin you use and the type of glue depends on the size and weight of the component. While I would have loved this on a bobby pin, there's no way it could support the component's large size and weight.

 

In action at a picnic at Niagara Falls State Park

Vintage Earrings Turned DIY Hair Bobbies

This row of sparkly screw back earrings at the thrift store for $2.99 caught my eye.
I immediately envisioned fancy hair pins! I cut the screw backs off using wire cutting pliers. I used bobby pin blanks from Hobby Lobby and E-6000 glue. I impatiently waited for them to dry overnight. And come morning? Success!

 The black flowers are my favorite! I thought the blue floral cabochon made a nice ring too. I bought this ring blank on my trip to Queen Street West in Toronto in January, but I think Hobby Lobby carries them too.