5 Minute Headband (217:365)

Yes, it really only took me 5 minutes to make this dazzling little beauty.

I got the tutorial from New Green Mama.

All you need is some old knit material and 5 inches of elastic.

I used a pair of Scott's old pajama pants 

that have some lovely HUGE holes in the behind.

They will NOT be missed.

Now they are being put to better use, making my gross hair look cuter!


How to make the headband:

Cut a 2 1/2" by 14" rectangle. 
Then slice the rectangle lengthwise 3 or 4 times, getting only 3 inches from the ends on both sides. These strips will curl when pulled tight.

Then you sew about a 5" piece of elastic, zig-zagging it on both ends. I kind of rolled up the knit material around the elastic to encase it better.

I will definitely be making more of these little darlings. 

(Headbands and kids...)

Valentine Headbands (213:365)

I made these cute little headbands today for my girlies to wear tomorrow.

Only, I didn't put them on hard headbands, but stretchy ones, since Dee WILL NOT keep a regular headband on no matter what!

I got the idea/ found the great tutorial over at Blue Eyed Freckle, who, btw, has the cutest felt headbands! I can't wait to try out some of her ideas myself!

Baby Headbands (205:365)

I don't have any shots of them yet, but my friend Kuei and I made headbands for her baby girl today. 

We made them with silk flowers. 

One with a cream colored daisy, one with 3 little purple flowers in a cluster (that turned out CUTE!) and one that is HUGE. It was more of an experiment, to be used as a prop for a photo shoot of her baby on Monday. 

It was fun to see her excited about creating something beautiful and useful with her own hands. 

Challenge:

You all know how to do/make/create something that someone else doesn't know how to do. Sometime before Valentine's Day, share that skill with someone else. Then come back here and share it with us!

Flowers for my Niece (171:365)

I working on some fabric flower hair accessories for my niece. I've come up with two things so far, a really cute hot pink blingy hair tie and a teal flowered headband.

Brain storming is a little stunted right now, so this is all I've got so far, but I'm looking forward to working on this more after Goose's birthday.

Felt Flower Headband and a Photoshoot (144:365)

I got to take a nap yesterday (thanks honey!) 

so I was a bit wired last night.

While wired, I made this at 1am.

I think it turned out pretty cute!

I used organza ribbon to wrap the headband, securing it with my new favorite thing, "Fabri-tac" (thanks Jesa!).

Then I cut out 3 circles for each flower and sewed them like this.

Then I attached vintage buttons I found at an estate sale and some fun orange feathers from Hobby Lobby. On the back of the flower/feather piece, I made loops so I can slide it off and on from my headband, making it interchangeable! Because the worst part of making a headband is covering it. Boo.

I also got to help out on a photoshoot for my friends the D family, with my friend Jesa the photographer. She is really great and was generous to give me many tips!

I had a lot of fun trying to help freezing kids smile ('cuz it was like 17 degrees outside!) and to reflect light back onto those smiling faces.

It was my first time and I learned a lot. Thanks for letting me tag along!

Giant Felt Bow, French Onion Soup, and My First Free Purchase (103:365)

I have been sort of fighting the giant bow trend.
I don't understand how all of these weird 80's trends keep coming back!

I gave in today and made a giant red felt bow for a headband for Jane.
It was so big it was threatening to blow off in the wind.
It was cute though. I just might borrow it sometimes.
Next one I make will be smaller.
I used this super easy tutorial.

For dinner I made French Onion Soup from my trusty Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. It was pretty good. A little too sweet though, because I tried to caramelize the onions a bit and added a little bit of sugar for that. Scott enjoyed it though, and that is all that matters around here, since he is Mr. Picky Palate.

And finally, today was the first time I have ever bought anything for free!
All you amazing couponers, you know who you are (Heather J...) have probably already had this experience, but today was my first.
We bought some stuff at the grocery store, and then I got a $6 cash coupon (a catalina) and $1.50 off 6 cans of Campbell's Chunky soup. So I went back in the store, got 6 cans that were on sale and that totaled $7.50. The cashier rang it up, scanned the coupons, and then said, "That will be...free!"
Boo-yah!
It feels great.
I need to get me a newspaper again so I can get that kind of a deal more often.
Anyone know how to just subscribe to the Sunday coupons without getting the paper?
And how to subscribe to multiples of the coupons?

Headband Flowers for the Family Picture (91:365)

Today I made flowers for the girls to wear with their cute new skirts for our upcoming family pictures. The fabric I used for the flowers was just leftover scraps from the skirt project and a little bit of a black fat quarter that I have laying around. I also made little rosettes for the center of the flowers.

I also wrapped a headband in fabric for Dee's flower to attach to (her flower has a Velcro backing). Goose's flower has a clip on the back so it can attach to her crochet headband.

Thanks to my friend Heather for the inspiration.

Here are my lazy iPhoto pics.

Beaded Headbands, or, Too Much Work for Something Cute...(87:365)

Today I hung out with my ladies and we crafted up a storm doing this cute project my friend Anna suggested, based off of this project.

So...I couldn't take it. 

I just don't have it in me to bead for hours and hours.

Me + Beads = Not Friends

I think I was going a little cross-eyed by the end.

I did not complete a project. 

I tried something new and learned that I don't like it.

Doesn't mean I'm not jealous of everyone else's cute beaded headbands.

I am jealous.

They are going to be in the cute headband club without me.

But I will still have my eye sight and my sanity and they won't.

Maybe.

Easy Peasy Headband for Dee (69:365)

I saw this idea somewhere online recently and decided to give it a try. Take two elastics and loop them together, then measure the ribbon around your head, taking into account the elastic length, and cut to size. Fold over the ribbon so the cut edge will be enclosed and do a quick stitch back and forth a couple of time to secure the ribbon to the elastics.
Viola! Enjoy your new hadband.

T-Shirt Flower Headband (44:365)

I made this headband on the way to our favorite "adult" store, Costco, since it takes an hour to get there. It's like Disneyland for adults. Bought some more of our favorite "ABC" (already been cooked) bacon. If you want to read more about my Costco obsession, click here and more about my "ABC" bacon obsession, click here.

Anyway, here is the headband. Another made from old t-shirt scraps. It has a black button in the middle that you can't see because the flower right behind it is black too. Wish I'd done green, then the black button. Oh well, too lazy to fix it right now. Maybe another day.

Also, I think the flower is a little small for my head, so this one will probably be passed on to the little ladies of the house.

New Flower Designs and Bacon (41:365)

While whittling my time away this evening (crafting), Scott and I enjoyed an hour of Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale from our beloved Netflix queue streaming out of our TV (yes, I LOVE IT). Oh man, this guy is a FREAK!!! But in a good way. At least the first half of the routine. Then it gets kind of lame. Anyway, here is a little snippet of goodness from the show. Enjoy!




Now back to business.
Here are some of the flower designs I worked on tonight from scraps leftover from yesterdays project and some other old t-shirts and lace. I want to make some t-shirt headbands and a couple of barrettes from them.



I actually completed one, as a little sassy black barrette for Lucy. She's still pretty thin on top, but I'm hoping it will work on her soon.

Flower Headband from Old T-Shirts (30:365)

For my friend's birthday I decided to be brave and try making something I've been wanting to do for a while.

I made a flower headband out of old t-shirt material, a scrap of lace I found at my grandma's house, some beads and a little piece of elastic.

I copied the (way cute and easy!) headband idea from this website and based the flower loosely on flowers I found online at various sites.

What do you think? I can't wait to make one for myself!