Fabic Headbands with Flowers

 I've been trying my hand at some pretty fabric headbands.  They seem to be popular at the moment.  I had fun creating these from my leftover scraps.

 I tried something a little different with the bobby pins.  I'm mixing it up and layering my different flowers for some new looks.  What do you think?

 I especially like the green and orange.  What a fun splash of color to accessorize your outfit!

Black White and Red Headbands

I was having fun with circles and creating flowers and came up with these new headbands.  They are in my etsy shop if you want a closer look.

Crocheted Headband with Peacock Feathers and Rosettes

Headband + Rosettes + Dyed Peacock Feathers = cute.  I was so excited about these cute headbands.  So pretty.  Wish I had tried this before (when my baby girl could benefit.)  Now she just rips off the headbands.  Some day she'll appreciate it again.

You can find these ones here and here.

Crocheted Headband with Felt Flower Clips

Super fun to have choices and different color combinations with your hair clips and head bands.

I love having the alligator clip backed bows for easy versatility Just change out the flowers to match what you're wearing.

(You can find this here in my Etsy shop)

Also I tried something a little new with these hand stitched felt flowers.  Layered circles with button centers.  Cute, right?

As seen here.

New Flower Bobby Pins

I had fun making some new bobby pins out of different colored circles the other day. Thought I'd share.  They are super easy - just stack some fabric circles in the color of your choosing and sew together with beads.  Attach to a bobby pin and Voila!  You can find these beauties in my etsy shop.

Peacock Feathers

I've been nervous to bridge the gap into using feathers.  I finally got some fun peacock feathers to play with, though.  I made this (although the flash makes it hard to see the white beading in the center).  I attached it to a headband.  My husband said, "It's fine, if you like that sort of thing."  I hope that means it looks okay.

Make Your Own Bobby Pins

I bought some bobby pins with glue pads on the end to try out some new ideas.  Most of these are up on my etsy shop if you're interested.

Felt & Fabric Flower Hairbows

I've been experimenting again and decided to freshen up our options.

The first one is made the same as the flowers I made for my Autumn Wreath.

These next two I sewed on my sewing machine and layered up.  I saw some like this online and copied.

 For this last one, I experimented a new way of folding fabric circles.  You start by folding one side in to the center, then fold piece by piece round the edge until you have a hexagon.  I layered it on some toole and put a felt flower and button in the center. 

New Hair Bow Holder

There are a million hairbow holders out there. I went for this one based on it's clean lines.  Plus, it's easy to make:

I made a new hairbow holder for my girls' bows based on my friend Kristin's holder.  I started with some fabric, a canvas and some ribbon.

Pull the fabric over the front. Pull tight and staple in the back.

Then line up the ribbons how you want.  You can criss cross, do straight lines, random, whatever. I chose straight lines, so I measured and marked how far apart I wanted them. Then I stapled them tightly to the back just like the fabric.

That's it!  

Just hang it and you're done.

  Now I need to update my bows.  (Out with the old, in with the new)

Headband Holder

Instead of a free for all mess on my daughters dresser, I saw a perfect solution for keeping her headbands organized.  ( I need to make myself one next).  I used an empty Countrytime lemonade canister.

I covered it with some cute paper using mod podge

Then I hot glued some lace around the top for a little added frill and it's done.

The headbands fit snugly around the canister and stay put until you need them.

This is a much better feature on her dresser than a jumbled mess of headbands.

Repurposing Clips

I don't know about you, but I always have a random array of clips and bobby pins all over in my drawers in my bathroom.  Mine are all boring and generic - I hardly ever use them.  I decided to spruce them up instead of leaving the clutter.  I attached them to wax paper so that when I hot glued stuff onto them they wouldn't get stuck together permanently. 

Then I started making some fun stuff to attach. I stuck to colors I know I will wear (mostly neutrals) and tried to make them age appropriate.   Here is what I came up with:

I like that these clips lay flatter than the alligator clips I use to make my girls bows.  Every once in a while I steal borrow my little girls bows, so I figured it was about time I had some of my own.