DIY Birdcage Veil

So after a bit of thinking about it, I’ve decided to try to make my own birdcage veil.

I’ve just bought this netting

Ivory Netting

and these flowers

Ivory Flowers

to try to re-create this veil.

Ivory Birdcage Veil

There’s two flowers and 2m of netting, so I’m planning on using one as a trial (though if I get lucky enough I may make it work first go).

Now to decide whether to attach the flower to the netting, or whether to put the flower on a hairclip so that I can wear it separately from the veil if I want to. Also, whether I should glue little swarovski rhinestones to the veil to make it sparkle. Hmmm, any thoughts?

If the DIY birdcage veil works out* I think I’ll definitely be wearing a fingertip veil during the ceremony and then changing later.

*at a whopping huge $19.82, mainly ‘coz I had to buy the items off ebay, darn haberdashery shops only selling millinery items during race season!