After being slightly disappointed with my first attempt at making a fabric rosette headband, I decided to try again. This time, with thinner fabric and smaller rosettes.
I found the perfect stretchy headbands at Ollie's Bargain Outlet for just .79 cents. I wish I bought more than just two packs, because each pack came with two thick ones and two thin ones. The thin headbands are ideal.
I followed the same technique from NatSprat, with the addition of adding mesh/toile for an extra level of embellishment. I love how this one turned out and I've already worn it a few times.
Photo courtesy of Bethany Chase Photography
Bethany took a great photo while I happened to be wearing my new headband at craft night. I hope it's ok I borrowed this one Bethany, it was waaaaay better than the photos I was trying to take myself. Please visit Bethany's beautiful blog :)
I also made this sweet pink rosette headband for my niece Sydney. I sent it to her along with the button bobby pins.
I was thrilled to see photos of her wearing it on her first day of kindergarten! Sydney and Morgen are getting so big. Aren't they the cutest? I love Morgan's glasses. They both just make me want to squeeze their cheeks and hug them!
This is a little project I tried the other day, after being inspired by a Pick Your Plum offer. Have you heard of Pick Your Plum? You can sign up to have weekday emails sent to you with discounted craft items and other creative goodies. I haven't ordered anything from them yet, but I like some of the things I've seen.
This was the email photo that sparked the light bulb in my mind to try making some embellished bobby pins myself. A cute inexpensive craft.
I got some booby pins, large and small, at the Dollar Tree.
Fished out some small colorful buttons from my button jar.
I traced the button onto black felt and cut it out.
I stitched the tiny felt circle onto the closed end of the bobby pin with black thread. I sewed around and around a few times, but it kept sliding...
To help the felt circle stay put, I glued it with a dot of hot glue. That's my yellow hot glue gun from 3D design class in college - with my name on it in black Sharpie.
I glued the button on top of the felt circle with another dot of hot glue and pressed it down.
I made 5 different colors to send to my niece Sydney for her birthday. She just started kindergarten! I hope she likes wearing them. (I also hope the buttons don't fall off!).
I assembled them on a piece of white card stock wrapped with some string, similar to the Pick Your Plum photo. What a cute little gift!
Look at this cutie! Isn't she a doll? My cousin sent me photos of her little girl, Lucy, at 6 months. This photo makes me smile. Besides being the sweetest little thing, Lucy is wearing one of the rose barrettes I made! Perfect for all that hair.
Last year, at our ladies craft night, we made felt rose barrettes. I have been making them here and there and giving them as gifts.
It would have helped if I took them out of the bags before I photographed them. Here I am modeling a purple one. Not a fan of profile photos of me.
I found the complete tutorial at The Purl Bee. Her photographs give you a much better view.
Photo courtesy of The Purl Bee
Aren't they cute? Perfect for Valentines day. All you need is some felt, embroidery thread and a needle, snap clips (metal triangular barrettes), scissors and the pattern you can download from the tutorial page. Adorable.
