Today, the bride veil is worn for the purpose of making the bride feel and look beautiful. It also gives the wedding ceremony a romantic touch, especially when the bride lifts her veil for the couple’s first kiss. In addition to the white gown, the bride veil is among the most beautiful and symbolic components of a wedding ceremony.

Why not make the tradition of the bridal veil even more meaningful by borrowing your mother’s or grandmother’s veil and incorporate it as the “something borrowed” thing in the overall wedding ensemble.

Here are the great ways to modify a borrowed bridal veil:

1. Wash the veil. Since that veil surely isn’t washed for a long time, you have to gently wash it first by hand and air-dry it. Doing so will make you more familiar of the veil’s material and features, giving you a good idea of what you’ll be working with.

2. Change the comb. No doubt, the comb is dated or perhaps, damaged. If this is the case, you can restore the veil’s beauty by simply taking away the old one from the tulle, and replacing it with the one you’ve just bought from the bridal store. Carefully attach the new comb to avoid damaging the tulle.

3. Put in or remove the veil’s old embellishments. The veil you’ve borrowed was designed to match the user’s wedding dress back then. Sure enough, its design no longer blends with the style of your gown. To make that veil look simpler yet modern, try to detach first a single bead or crystal in an unnoticeable location. If the ornament has been removed without damaging the tulle, then proceed to removing all the rest. Then, start adding glimmer to the veil. If there’s a wedding veil you want to emulate, have pictures of that and bring the pictures and the veil to the bead shop. This way, you can select the embellishment that will look perfectly on the veil. When you arrived home, put the veil on the table and try placing the beads using pins. You can opt to place them on the comb, or attach them randomly all over the veil. You can also put them along the hem of the veil. When you’re contented with the design , you can now stitch or attach the ornaments to the tulle using glue.

4. Add a ribbon on the veil’s edge. To make the veil look clean and fresh, you can spice up its edge using a satin fabric. Put the ribbon about half an inch to the veil’s edge and fasten it with a zigzag or straight stitch. Then, using a small scissors, cut the tulle close to the ribbon’s outer edge. So you now have an attractive veil that will finally transform a simple woman like you into a beautiful bride. With the above tips on modifying an old veil, no one will notice that it’s “something borrowed.”