Flower Headbands

I have a whole pinterest board dedicated to flower making tutorials. One of the first tuts I pinned on this board was from Little Birdie Secrets.  I didn't have organza laying around (as per the tutorial), but I did have some silky synthetic. They melted just fine. The purple and pink ones are just circles of different sizes, but the white one was flower shapes. They turned out pretty cute. I sewed in a few beads (leftover from a knitting project from a few years ago) and then sewed them on to headbands. I made them small enough to fit on a baby, for when I photograph my friends kids, but they are stretchy enough that my girls could also wear them. So cute!

5 Stranded Braid Headband

Day of pinterest challenge: 5 stranded braid headband. I found this tutorial on Make it and Love it. I don't have any old t-shirts at the moment, got rid of things a few weeks ago as I was cleaning, so I just used some scrap fabric I had laying around. I had never done a 5 stranded braid before, but it was super easy (my favorite kind of craft). My fabric also wasn't quite long enough to go all the way around my daughters head (and not stretchy either), so I sewed a small piece of elastic on to the ends. Works great, looks great. I definitely see more of these in my daughters futures.

Waterfall Braid

Next up on my pinterest challenge is a hairstyle. I don't do my own hair much, but I do have 2 little girls who like having pretty hairstyles. I've seen lots of cute girl hairstyles on pinterest, and pinned many myself, and now I have finally gotten around to doing one again. I think the waterfall braid is super cute (I used this tutorial on Girly Do Hairstyles). It works well with the length of my older daughters hair. She only let me do half her hair though, she wasn't feeling up to letting me do her whole head. Well, now that I know what I'm doing maybe we can try again later when she's in a better mood (of course, who knows when that will be...such a moody 9 year old)

Some Summer Fun

Summer is finally here. The kids got out of school a bit late because of snow make-up days. But, now that they are home all day, we are filling some of our days with crafting. Here are a few things I've done these past couple weeks.


Made a bubble container I saw HERE. We bought some big bubble wands at Target (in the dollar section), and needed to be able to fill up the trays. This is a great way to store homemade bubble solution while still being able to dispense it without too much mess. They can even refill little bubble bottles. I didn't know where to easily buy glycerin, so I used a recipe for bubble solution that uses liquid dish soap, water and corn syrup, because I already had those things on hand.
I made my own label to go on it. You can have my label to print if you want it (photo is clickable). It is about 3in high and 9in wide. I ran it through my Xyron sticker maker to attach it to my plastic jug. It could also be easily attached with clear tape.


Made some cute hair bows and clips for a friends baby shower. I used various free tutorials I found around the web.


Yoyo flowers: http://theadventuresofroryandjess.blogspot.com/2010/04/yo-yo-clip-tutorial.html
Bows and Covered alligator clips: http://www.girlythingsbows.com/
Felt flowers: no tut, just layered some flower shapes and hot glued
Ribbon rosette: http://www.cuteasafox.com/2010/03/no-sew-ribbon-rosette-tutorial.html
Tiny felt flower (unseen in this photo, sorry): http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/03/baby-hair-accessories-wool-felt.html

A quick pillowcase dress I made for my younger daughter. I found this cute pillowcase at a local thrift store. After a thorough washing I used THIS tutorial.