Bad Day Project: Pirate Ship Hair Comb

Tonight I was having a bad day, you know the kind where nothing seems to go right and drama gets thrown at you like....................................................................................... a Frisbee at a dog park.

 What did you think I was going to say.

 (we are a PG blog folks.)

So what do I do when I am having that sort of day?

 I create!

I decide to make a large "leather" Pirate Ship Hair Comb.

HOW DID I DO THAT YOU ASK..... 

Okay you probably didn't ask but I have to pretend someone out there is talking back to me while I type, so bare with me. Here is what I did.

I took a pleather belt, similar to this one.

  I bought mine at a discount jewelry and accessory store for $3.

Carefully tore it apart by separating each piece.

 Then I reattached the grommets.

I backed it with black felt to hide any imperfections that occurred while I was deconstructing the belt. Next I added a comb, finishing the comb with the same black felt.

Then finished off the piece with a pirate ship, this was a pendant from a dollar store necklace. THRIFTY !!! 

After about 2 hours of work, mind you frustrated work which tends to be a bit faster in my case, and you have a new hair accessory! This one cost about $6 in material plus the 2 hours in time. Not too bad, huh?

Here is what mine looks like.

 I didn't take more photos of the actual process, but like I said it was bad mood work and I never think about photos at times like that. Sorry.

This is what I do when I am having a bad day. What do you do?