Guest Blogger, Annie

Today you are going to get a tutorial from my youngest sister Annie. 

She is 13 years old and loves to make hair flowers.  She even has a blog that she sells them on.  If you need some flowers, you should go check out her blog : Tickled Pink

Ribbon Flower Headband Tutorial :)

To start you need:

·        Scissors

·        Wired Ribbon- any color. The thicker the ribbon the bigger the flower will get.

·        Head band to match the ribbon

·        Felt
·        And tons of hot glue

You first need to cut the ribbon whatever size you want. It only needs to be about a foot long. For the biggest flower, you will need about a foot and a half.

Then you take the Ribbon and find the little wires on the ends. One at a time, you pull the wire about 3 inches and tie a knot on it.  After you have the knots tied, go to the other end of the ribbon and then pull the wires to make it so that the other end of the ribbon gathers too. Gather it as much as you like.  (I gather it a little loose so that my flower is bigger.)

After you gather it fold the ribbon in half.

For the center of your flower or the beginning of your flower fold the ribbon together in sort of a little ball. Hot Glue to get it to stay.

After your middle is cooled flip the flower over so it is the back. Start to wrap the folded ribbon around the middle gluing as you wrap. Continue this process until all of your ribbon is gone.

My felt started in a rectangle, but I wanted it to be a circle.  All you need to do is trim until you get a nice clean circle.

Lastly you get your head band and a rectangle of felt (the felt shouldn’t be seen, so not a big rectangle.) place your finished flower on to the headband and place the felt over the headband and flower. Glue under the felt and let it cool. You can make another flower to place next to it by doing the same steps or you can make a big flower. Any way it is finished. You can also add character by putting a middle like pearls or diamonds for a finish.

And there you have it!  The finished headband! 

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Way to go Annie!  It looks awesome!  Thanks for showing us all how to make them. 

Now that she has shared a tutorial with you, share some comment Love with her!  Or better yet, head on over to her blog and check out her other cute hair accessories.

Guest Blogger, Ellie

I grew up in a pretty creative family.  We always have projects going on.  My two youngest sisters have been working on some pretty fun things lately and I thought maybe you'd like to see their completed projects.

This project is brought to you by my 15 year old sister Ellie.  Here is her tutorial (take it away Ellie!)

Up-Cycle your shoelaces and jeans

By Ellie: Jonie’s sister:)

Supplies:

Shoelace, Old pair of jeans, hot glue gun, scissors, seam ripper, needle and thread, and sparkles :)

First start off with the base of the ring. I used a belt loop but you can also use the bottom of the pant leg. 

Then you sew the two edges together and you have your base!

For the flower you need to cut out a circle from the jeans. Then you put a dab of glue in the middle of the circle. 

You then need to cut off the aglet of the shoelace. Place the edge of the shoe lace in the glue and start to wrap it around. Then you just keep adding glue and wrapping the shoelace around and around adding more and more glue until you get it as big as you want it.

Then you just attach the flower and the base together by putting a little glue dab in the middle of the back of the flower and put it on the base!

And if you are feeling extra giddy then you can add some sparkles with hot glue. You just put more hot glue into the edges and sprinkle the sparkles onto it.

And there you have it! Pretty easy and super cute I think. I love wearing mine, and I even spray my perfume on it so it smells good :))

Thanks for sharing Ellie!!!  Isn't it such a great idea?  They have been a huge hit with the other girls at school.  (or so I've been told.)

Go ahead, show her some comment love!

(Maybe she'll make another appearance someday.)