As Promised

Here are a few more:





These I got some fabric paint for and made my design then folded it. I kinda like how they turned out.








So there they are. A lot of them were just folding bows, working with buttons and adding hot glue to pins or head bands.

Never Too Many

I once again have made more hair accessories. I don't think a girl ever has enough. They were fun to make and a lot of the stuff we made are kind of similar to what you can find in the store but cheaper. But me and my friend stayed up until the wee hours making them for ourselves and others. I think it's so much fun to make things for others (and myself too of course).

We found headbands for pretty cheap at Hobby Lobby and then everything else was on sale (one of my favorite parts about Hobby Lobby) and I had plenty of ribbon at home.

So I have a little bit on how to make one of the headbands. It's really simple, hardly a tutorial. Really just hot glue, headband, ribbon and some extra thing of some sort.



I took a thin ribbon and placed it on the headband and secured it with glue folding the edges onto the other side.



Then I took a bunch of these little fabric flowers and hot glued them together. Add the flowers to the ribbon with hot glue and if you want more security place some fabric around the headband so it's not visible.



And also here are several more that we made. Let's just say that my head will not be bare for quite some time.





And there's my awesome model and accomplice in how hair bow/pin making spree modeling one that she made.











I wasn't lying. We did make a lot, so I'll post some more tomorrow.
Have a wonderful day.

Books and Blue Bonnets

Spring is so pretty. I love the flowers blooming in season. All I can think about is all the pictures I want to take and how beautiful it is. Yesterday me and a friend went out into a field of flowers and some other places and took a lot of pictures. It was bunches of fun and she was a great model. So here's a little picture we took. I am by no means a photographer and I guess you can tell, but i kind of liked these.

My Own Market Skirt

So I made this skirt. Duh! It was originally intended for a little girl, but hey why can't I wear it too? So here's my own version from Made and you can find the tutorial here.



I was nervous because I thought it would be too hard for me. And I had some trouble and for like half an hour my machine decided to be stubborn (because of course it couldn't have been my fault). But I got it done and I'm kind of proud.

And maybe you're wondering why I keep on copying other people's ideas, but I will have an idea of my own. Actually I'll post some later, but I find it kind of helpful and copying other people's patters helps me to learn techniques so I can make my own ideas as I am just learning.

Have a great day everyone

Silver white winters that melt into springs Tank top

So maybe we don't get white Christmases here in Texas, but winter is ending and spring is coming. Which I'm definitely not complaining about. And with the approaching season I think a new tube top is practical.



I came up with this after making a skirt pattern that I found from Grosgrain and decided that it wasn't ruffly enough. So I pulled it up a bit, took some scraps from the fabric and added a bow for my waist. I think it's cute and very springish. I don't know why I look so dark in the picture, but the shirt came out nicely, i mean as you can see I'm no photographer. And this shirt didn't take too long and only a yard of fabric :) Always nice.

I also made a skirt from the pattern that I'll post later. Thanks Grosgrain!





And since you've seen my pictures I guess it's good to note that I'm a little quirky.

Cardigan Refashion

So coming into making this sweater I didn't consider that it might actually turn out how I liked, so I didn't take a before photo, but as it turned out (in my own opinion) I thought it turned out nice.

But I cut the sleeves down and resew them together. Then I trimmed the bottom and with the one of the sleeve pieces I created a flower for the side and tah-da!


Sorry it's not a beautiful picture, kind of a difficult take.





I didn't realize how colorless the cardigan looked in the first picture. As you can see in this one it is not so dull.

Another Alice

I don't know if you've heard of this, but Syfy made an awesome version of Alice In Wonderland. It's really creatively created and pieces from the story are weaved in there beautifully.

One day I'll play Alice in a Wonderland movie *sigh*. Dream role right there.

One Yard Wonders and a forwarning

I was at the book store the other day. I love that store and occult get lost for hours, I think sometimes I have to be dragged away. But, I looked around and found this cute book:



I loved it because all the projects are projects that I would really do as opposed to a book with a few good ideas. The book was kind of expensive at the store though and while worth the price I think it's better to get it cheaper. So I went home to do some research and found it much cheaper. Ooh, I can't wait to order it!


Also I think it would be good to mention, I am very much an amatuer crafter. And while doing this blog I am learning with much trial and error. By no means a proffesional, but those who bear with me thanks!

Have a great night and happy pi day :)

Book shelf meant in Wonderland

It's no doubt that I'm a fan of Alice in Wonderland, so I just thought this was a pretty neat idea. This bookshelf from Instructables seemed so awesome. I think once I find some cool shelves it would be fun to do something like this.

Oh and by the way the Alice in Wonderland was Amazing!

Pink hair bow

Surprise another hair ribbon. Bet you never would of expected that. I made this one but didn't even think of taking pictures of the process for this one. It's a different concept from the rest of them but still pretty basic. So here's another one.

Adding a little organization and spicing up the basics

You know all the postal boxes that you get in the mail? Maybe this came as an idea to you already, but why not turn them into storage bins instead of throwing them away? You know, all those magazines that you have lying around and hiding under the bed.



Pretty much I took one of those boxes and cut it into an organizational folder type thing. A decent size to fit all my folders and things.



I took all my magazines (and I've been collecting a lot. Probably mostly to do things like this) and got to cutting and gluing until I had the whole thing covered. It was a lot of fun to do and once I was done I had extra storing space, something that's definitely needed for me.






And here's another thing I'm sure you thought of too, but once again I had a lot of fun with. I remember it being so cool to have the pretty folders and notebooks and usually just getting the solid colored ones with no designs. One day, a crazy notion popped in my head (no sarcasm there :P), decorate my own folders and notebooks. So out with the glue and magazine clippings I went again. Also for a more finished touch I added tape, makes it a little more glossier and stable.



Now who would have been able to come up with as brilliant of an idea as that? Good thing you had my blog to come to!

A blog of worth

I found this blog Ruffles and Stuff which I think is super cute. It's created by this girl Disney who seems to just have constant ideas coming from them and all are so cute. I'd really suggest checking it out. She also has a lot of things going on and posts almost every day. Her blog is one of my favorite reads.

Smiling

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ~Mother Teresa

I think that's sort of important. I know sometimes I sure don't feel like smiling but it's always nice to receive a smile!

Another flower hair accesory

So here's my second tutorial. It's another hair thing... what can I say? I enjoy making these hair accessories and wearing them. I actually made this one for a little girl's birthday and it was a lot of fun.


All you need is some ribbon a few beads and some clip like a bobby pin. It's much like the last flower i did but instead with the pin that I used I kind of layered it so that it wasn't all connecting at the same vertical point on the ribbon.




Then get your sewing machine and slowly take the pin out holding in place the ribbon and place it under the sewing machine and sew it in a little bit so you have a nice bit of string keeping it together.


Now just use some hot glue to add some beads and the clip and it's ready for some hair usage!

Thanks for reading and have a great day... not that I know if any one's reading but it's still enjoyable to be writing. Just though I'd share that to my existent/nonexistent writers out there!