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Vintage Button Wedding Comb

I was asked by a lovely work colleauge to create a comb for her hair for her destination wedding. She gave me images of the details of the front of her dress to help me create perfect comb. 
Beading at front waist and the rest of the dress is simple but very elegant.
She had given a comb to use and the rest of my supplies came from my stash of beads,buttons and ribbons.
I decided to sew the beads and buttons on to the ribbon first and then laid it across the comb to see how it would fit.
Then I started to sew it to the comb and this was now easy task as the the ribbon is large and the teeth of the comb kept catching my thread. I had to take it apart three times just to get it to lay correctly and look nice.
 But eventually it was done and delivered to the Bride to be and should could not be happier.
 It was fun project since it is something that I have never create before and let me use a bit of my stash!
Enjoy!

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  1. It's lovely, Janet! What an honor to be asked to make something for such a special day. Your talent was much appreciated, I'm sure! Thanks for linking up.
    <3 Christina
    http://igottacreate.blogspot.com

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  2. It turned out so pretty, Janet. The bride is sure to be thrilled.

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