How to make hair bow site...

Little bug bows

ribbon covered snap clips, loopy bow and korker ribbon & bow

Mini clippie, cheerleader pony O's, flower loop bow

I found this really fun site that teaches how to make these different kinds of hair bows, here it is:

http://www.theribbonretreat.com/custom/free_projects.aspx Hope it helps!

Easy hair flower clips

These cute hair flower clips are adorable for your own hair or your girls hair. They are a great baby shower gift idea as well.

Things you will need:

-flower of your choice

-hot glue gun

-glue sticks

-rhinestones (optional)

-ribbon (white or any color you choose)

-scissors

-medal hair clips(you can get them at craft stores or any professional hair salon)

1. Remove back of flower (just pull/pry it off).

2. disassemble the entire flower.

3. if using the center piece that the flower came with, cut off the stem portion so it is flat with the rest of the center piece.

4. wrap your medal clip with ribbon by first gluing the ribbon onto the flat part of clip.

5. wrap/fold ribbon into or over the clip to sloped side (don't glue in center).

6. Glue slope and press ribbon onto glue.

7. glue both sides of the long portion (try avoiding the center hole as best you can).

8. press ribbon onto glued portion.

9. cut the ribbon so there is just enough to fit on the under portion of the clip.

10. glue the length of ribbon onto the under portion of the clip.

11. press ribbon onto glued portion and remove any glue that may have escaped! (:

12. Glue top of ribbon portion of clip.

13. place the first flower layer centered over the glued portion of clip and press together.

14. repeat layers centering each layer with the center holes each time.

15. glue center piece on and your done!

If you don't like the center the flower came with, I find that rhinestones go really cute with them as well!

Depending on the flowers that your purchase, the layers may very. I find that if you get the flower bunch from the dollar store, the flowers look better if you put 2-3 of the flowers together to make a full layered flower clip. Otherwise, the flowers from Michaels, JoAnns, Roberts, etc. may only need one! (: Good luck and I hope the directions on here help you.

Easy, inexexpensive headband...

This is a really inexpensive head band. I use the $.33 cent knee highs you get in the plastic containers from really any drug store or even Wal-Mart. The "Queen" size or bigger (if you can find it) is the ones I use, so there is plenty to work with without it being to tight.

1. Stretch the hose to get them to straighten out.
2. Fold (long way) in half and pull/stretch again to help it stay together.
3. Fold to make a loop, about 1 1/2 inches from the ribbed portion.

4. Sew together making sure to sew over the seam at least twice to make the seam stronger.

5. Cut along seam leaving at least 1/16 of an inch from the seam.

6.Turn seam inward.
7. Using extra smooth piece, loop around headband and pull tight so that you don't sew the actually headband.

8. Sew loop. Go over at least twice to help hold together.


9. Cut the remainder off, leaving 1/16 of an inch from the seam.

10. Turn the small band right side out so the sewn seam is hidden.
11. Rotate seam to face inside of headband and pull over the headband seam to make a seamless look.

12. Your all done! Now you have an interchangeable stretch headband.

I believe the hose come in white, cream, black, blue and brown too and each hose container makes two headbands.

requests...

Sorry for the lack of posts... This year has so far been a busy one for my family.

Here in the next day or two... Depending on my energy level, I am going to post some fun how to's for hair accessories. My sister in law requested it, so if there is anyone that wants to learn how to make something, request it and I'll do my best!