Imagine walking down the hair bow aisle at one of your favorite stores and realizing that you can make some of the same pretty items that are marked for $5+ for just mere pennies. You can. You don't have to imagine it. You can create this simple felt hair bow quickly. Pieces of felt are about $0.20/$0.25 a piece at craft stores. If you get a few colorful sheets, a handful of buttons, and pull out your hot glue gun, thread, needle, scissors, and some clips you are ready to start a masterpiece Continue Reading
DIY Christmas Hair Bow or Bow Tie
Tree is up, check. Lights are strung, check. Frosty is up in the front yard, check. The only thing not decorated is... You!? No worries, I have just the thing for you and your little Christmas elves. A no sew Christmas Hair Bow or Bow Tie. The first thing you need is some fabric, string, and ribbon remnants. I cut a four-inch square to start my hair bow/bow tie. Next, I grabbed the middle of the fabric remnant in a way that pressed a folded pattern in to it. I then tied a piece of string Continue Reading
The Perfect Newborn Headband
I'm on a mission to share some of my best tricks with you. Periodically, I will have posts dedicated to sharing tricks that help my world go around. The first of these type of posts was my Tips + Tricks on how How to Take a Toddler to an Arena Event. Today, I am going to share how to make the perfect headband for a newborn. If you are new here, I shared how to make a DIY Burlap Hair Bow and gave lots of ways to personalize hair bows. If you have a collection of hair bows that you would Continue Reading
Girl’s Craft Night + Baby Shower
The other night I got a chance to throw a little girl's night + craft night + baby shower all in one event with my friend Erin. We had a blast planning it together for our good friend Dana, and it ended up being such a fun night. It was low key, and the perfect blend of girl time, crafts, good food, awesome friends, celebration of life, and pajamas. Here is a series of pictures from our night with steps on how to make the sweet "girl" banner I made for our party. Erin and I were Continue Reading
DIY Burlap Hair Bow
Do you have a baby shower or girl's birthday coming up and you'd love to show up with a really special and unique gift? My friend Erin and I are throwing a small craft/girls night/baby shower for one of our mutual friends next Tuesday night, and it has me making hair bows for the first time in what feels like forever. I am loving it. Hair bows can be such a quick craft that make a wonderful gift for babies and really girls of all ages. (including trendy mamas of course!) The burlap trend Continue Reading