Kanzashi

Whilst I've been using some doll Kanzashi that I bought, I knew that I wanted to be able to make my own tsunami kanzashi, partly as the ones I can buy are limited to basic colors that don't necessarily go well with certain colors and styles, partly because I relished the challenge. It's taken a while to acquire all the necessary components and as the kimono girl I'm working on at the moment demanded, I've finally gotten my first ones done. I really didn't expect them to come out this well and I'm over the moon. It's extremely labor intensive - the silk has to be starched, then cut into small squares (1/2 & 3/4 inch), then each square is folded four times, then cut if needed and glued into place. These two probably took me about 8 hours. But it was worth it!