braided headbands
I am STILL growing my hair out and while I have surpassed the really difficult stage, it seems I am always one bad hair day away from shaving my head. I've done it before and could do it again- once you know how easy it is to have short hair or very little hair, it is SO tempting to go back. That is why having lots of hair accessories on hand is a MUST! I have a variety of ways that I like to pull my hair back and lately I've been having fun making my own braided headbands. They are really easy to make and super cute to wear on a bad hair day :) Start with a blank headband or even upcycle one that you are ok covering up. Using fabric (pretty much anything), cut into strips a little longer than the headband and braid the strips. I used a thin and stretchy jersey fabric. Using craft glue or hot glue, wrap the headband with a strip of the same fabric. Glue the braid to the top of the wrapped headband. You could use just about any kind of fabric, fiber, lace, ribbon, etc to braid
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The Knotted Headband Tutorial
My husband came home one day with a headband he had found in a parking lot (I know...sooo sanitary) and said "I bet you could make one of these" so I did...because I'm all for stealing awesome ideas. Difficulty: Medium Time: 30 minutes Cost: Under $10 Fun-ness: Why would I do a boring project? Materials: Yarn (100% cotton for a crisp look, acrylic for a softer look) Size H or J hook Ribbon (approximately 1/2 inch wide) Hot Glue Gun Directions Step 1: Creating the Chains And that's it! So wear your headband with pride! Love the headband, but don't want to make it yourself?
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page corner bookmarks | I Could Make That
This project comes to you at the request of Twitterer @GCcapitalM. I used to believe that a person could never have too many books, or too many bookmarks. Then I moved into an apartment slightly larger than some people’s closets (and much smaller than many people’s garages) and all these beliefs got turned on their naïeve little heads. But what a person can always look for more of is really cool unique bookmarks. Page corner bookmarks are cute, practical and deeply under-represented in the world.* They’re easy to make, easy to customize, and will set you apart from all those same-same flat rectangular bookmarks. If you like this tutorial, here are a couple others that might be up your alley. If you’re loving the toothy monster vibe, check out these simple monster heating bags, filled with rice or wheat and entirely microwavable, to keep toes or fingers or tummies warm during the chilly winter months. What you’ll need: Putting it all together: 1) Follow steps 2 and 3 from above.
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Here’s the tutorial for Sadie’s pleated headband she wore with her Winter Wonderland dress. Click below for more! You’ll need: scrap of fabric (mine was about 3″x11.5″)scrap of interfacing (same size, ish)elastic headband (I found mine at both Target and the dollar store)pearls or buttons if you wantscrap of matching feltglue gun First, cut your piece of fabric out.. Iron on your interfacing…(obviously mine wasn’t exact, it doesn’t need to be, just close enough) Then, I serged (or you could zig zag stitch), each short end. Folded it over, towards the wrong side of the fabric, and ironed it. Then, I folded it in half lengthwise like so, (right sides together) and serged down the edge…making sure to keep the ironed edges tucked down like so. (no pic, sorry!) I also dabbed a little bit of fabric glue between the fabric on the short ends to keep them closed. I then cut a piece of felt to fit, rounded the edges… Then I also glued on some flat backed pearl beads for some extra glamour! tada!
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Felt Poppy tutorial and pattern
Today we are going to keep with the spring celebration with another felt flower tutorial, this time poppy flowers, they might not look exactly like Poppies but to me that was the real flower they resemble the most =] I’ve made these kinds of flowers for a very long time but I never really named them, so there you go. These ones are super easy to make, just like the Camelias. Actually these ones require less sewing and if you want they can involve no sewing at all by using hot glue. Download the pattern (You will find 8 different sizes for you to play with! **The download on the left is a PDF format file, so you will need to have Abobe Reader installed on your PC or MAC. Making these are super easy. In my case I’d rather sew the beads than glue them just because if I wash the flowers the beads will stay in place longer, so basically I made an X with the beads in the center. * This tutorial is provided for personal, use only. Tags: easy tutorial, felt, felt flower, flower, poppy, tutorial
