Change Your Mind! Interchangeable bows and headbands

At our house, there seems to be a lot of "changing my mind" going on.
 Last summer I shared my "change your mind" headbands that I made for Kay.  It's been a life saver!

Now that I have two girls that need hair goodies, I just made some more things that we can "change our mind" with that they can both use.  And they both LOVE them!

My two girls and they like to wear their hair differently.  Kay is a headband girl.  She's {little} miss independence and she can put a headband in herself.  So that's just about all she will wear.

Ellie has cute {little} curls all over her {little} red head and a bow clipped in gives her a darling 1930's baby look!




What's a Mom to do?
  I don't want to make double the hair goodies!

 So I made something they can BOTH wear.


I took my bows (more about where I got the bows later)
 and I hot-glued a small piece of elastic on.  I glued just the two edges down. 
It's just the size for Kay's headband to slip through. 

OR

Just the size for me to put an alligator clip through the loop and clip it into Ellie's curls.

Now, about those cute chunky bows.  I got a rainbow of them for the girls to share at one of my favorite girlie websites.  I want to share the website with you (I'm not affiliated in any way) because they have such inexpensive and FUN girlie things, from dress ups, to hair things, to leggings.

And right now there is a sale (through July 22) for 25% off your order (use code FUN25).  And shipping is always free with orders over $20---which I love!

So, here is the link for the chunky bows I used in {this little project} ($9 for 12 of your choice of color.)

 I also love their {little} leggings.  I just had the cutest photos of Kay and Ellie taken with their lace leggings and the headband bows and bow clippies from {this little project} in their hair.

And they have pettiskirts that are darling too!

 There's more too...you're bound to find a {little} something you'll love or that would make a perfect gift :)

Have fun!

Patriotic Hair Project

For Memorial Day I had fun making some new hair things for my little girlies.  I used the same technique that I shared before with my spring headbands. These will be perfect for the 4th of July too!
Then I tried some new things andI'm excited to share these ideas with you!
Here's the first take of {This Little Project}

First I covered the headband with fabric like this:

Not only does it look SO MUCH BETTER, it also strengthens the headband so it won't break as easily.
Just add a little hot glue to hold the fabric in place and wrap.  Easy!.(you can get a pack of 7 headbands at Dollar Tree.)
Then I tried twisting 2 colors together for the flower: It turned out really fun-like a lollipop!
I also tried it with denim-I love how this turned out!

The next {Little Project} I tried was putting the two together....
Just for fun...how would it be if {This Little Project} was: Interchangeable?
Then you could wear the patriotic version of {This Little Project} or the all red gingham or maybe blue and white to match one of our favorite sports teams!
Wouldn't that be nice?  I figured out a great way to make {This Little Project} interchangeable!  I can't wait to share it with you next time! update: check out how to make them interchangeable so you can change your mind :)

Sweetheart Hair clips

I made {This Little Project} in 2 minutes.  

Yes, really!

And what little girl wouldn't want to dress up her hair with heart clippies 

this time of year?

Kay wore these little red "sweetheart clippies" to church on Sunday.  I would have loved to take a picture of her in them, but I made the mistake of waiting until after church to take a photo.  The first thing she did when we walked in the door was undo her hair!  That girl doesn't appreciate them, but yours might :) 

 I'm making a few more to go with a little outfit I'm making for Kay and Ellie for Valentine's Day.  So I thought I would show you how I did them.

To make {This Little Project} you need:

Ribbon of your choice for hearts

scissors

alligator clip

Ribbon of your choice to cover clip

hot glue gun

First, cut your 2 "heart" ribbons to the shape seen in the photo above.  Mine are about 3.5 inches long.  You need to trim them at the end to make the bottom of the heart.

Next, cover your alligator clip with ribbon using your hot glue gun.   I like to wrap the ribbon down and around the high part of the clip and secure it underneath with glue so the part you pinch is also covered.  You will want to heat seal the ends of your ribbon so they don't fray.

Then, glue two corners of the "heart" ribbon together like this, at the end of the alligator clip.  I put this part on the tall end of the clip that you pinch to open it.

Now fold the two ends down to the other end of the alligator clip and overlap them a little.   Play with it a little to see how it looks best and then trim any extra ribbon off.

You may want to heat seal the ends with a match.  I played with these a little too much and they frayed a little before I heat sealed them.  Your hot glue gun is actually pretty good for heat sealing too, if you just run it along the edge.  

Now you've got some cute sweetheart clippies!

See, that was a quick {Little Project}!  

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