i make my own - go to your local WalMart or craft/sewing store (like Michaels or JoAnn's) and look at the fake flowers - they come in a bunch on stems. pick out what you like, then choose the type of hair clip you want to use, and take apart the stems and flowers - hot glue away!
you can make unique, one-of-a-kind stuff this way.

Check Etsy too, if you feel like buying ready-made. There are always people making amazing things for your hair. (There is one seller I found this morning making flower hair clips out of turn of the century book jackets. Pretty cool and beautiful stuff!)

Most of the flowers you see are fake - just easier to deal with. As for the back, I either put a hair pin on the back like this: www.etsy.com/view_listing.php (I prefer this, as it's easier to manipulate -- stick in a bun, shove under a headdress, secure behind the ear with a bobby pin across it, etc). Or, sometimes you can find flowers at craft stores with these alligator slips already attached to the back of them, like this: www.etsy.com/view_listing.php Some people like that becuase it's really secure - some don't, as it can pull on the hair if it's a really tight clip.

I make mine out of fabric and then sew them straight onto the bobby pin or comb.

The ones in my AV are real and they held up all day and night. Camellias are great for that. Daisies are OK but the petals get a little bruised. The Camellias are heavy though, so I had to use bobby pins to place and then small claw cilps to keep them in.

:-)

i wear a flower in my hair all the time. I go to the different dollar stores around here and stock up. Since I just wear them on the side of my head, I just bobby pin them in, in a few places. I havent really danced with flowers in my hair, only once and I hot glued two clips to a gigantic blue rose. worked great!

Hair ornaments are my specialty - it's what The Gypsy Kiss is known for.

www.thegypsykiss.com/hair_ornaments.html

Check it out! I love hairflowers. But I use a lot of peacock feathers, and pheasant and emu as well. To make the clips stay in while you dance, just decide where you want it. Lift up a section of your hair , right where you want the flower to be. Just underneath, make a little tiny ponytail. Then let the hair you were holding up fall over the ponytail (to hide it). Take your flower clip and push the clip part through the ponytail holder. It won't fall out, even during backbends! I wouldn't recommend zars while you're wearing hair ornaments, though.

Warm Wishes,
Amy Danielson

I just use mine as hair sticks under a suck bun.
I find fake flowers with a long stem, and just stick it in, stem and all, I dont bother with any clips.
They stay in just fine, and I havent lost one yet!

I have have quite a lot of handcrafted hair flowers and fascinators on my website. There are beaded ones and fabric ones of all types, I use hair barrettes so they stay in the hair very firmly.

freewebs.com/craftcove

Hey Monique! We miss you! I saw this message and didn't know it was you until I went to answer it! :)
Ok, anyway
I've always made my own hair flowers. I bought one from BabyGirlBoutique.com and figured that I could make them alot easier. I go to any craft stores and look for flowers that I like. I tend to stick to the more expensive realistic looking flowers. I know that you can often find them on sale. Anyway, I just clip them off (just make sure that you leave enough for the flower to remain held together, once a peony unravels, it's over!) and I hot glue a piece of felt of craft foam to the back. Then I usually secure a clip with another piece of foam/felt under the top part of the clip. Just to keep something between my hair and the barrette.

Hope this helps!