Customizing a Wedding Veil (and a Bachelorette Veil)

A good friend got married in April 2011. She knew what she wanted in a veil but didn't want to spend $200 on it, and who would? So as a wedding gift, I made one for her. We took a trip to the fabric store to get supplies including:

metal hair comb
sturdy ribbon about 3/4"thick
beads: pearls and silver seed
pre-made veil in a box for $14.99 (or you could buy your own tulle to save more money)

Other things I needed but had at home included:

beading supplies (wire, crimp beads, wire cutting tool and crimp pinching tool)
hot glue gun and glue sticks

I did a trial run with the bachelorette veil first. For that I used the plastic hair comb that came with the bridal veil, a yard of neon pink tulle, pink zebra print ribbon to go at the bottom edge of the veil, and a variety of pink beads to string around the top of the veil where the tulle meets the clip to give it a jeweled effect. Here is the finished product, sorry, I don't have a picture of the beading.

Next I tackled the real thing-- the wedding veil. First, I attached the veil to the clip, then I strung beads around the connection between veil and clip using beading wire which easily threads through tulle. To ensure that the beading wire stayed in place, I used a hot glue gun on the back of the clip and concealed it with that sturdy white ribbon. Below is a close up of the clip.

 Below is the whole veil which had little tiny pearls sewn on when we bought it.

 And below is a picture of the veil on the bride on her wedding day.