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Do you have a few scraps of ribbon left over from other craft projects? Well, if you have a little girl in your life then you can make these easy peasy Tuxedo Hair Bows. They are ridiculously easy and you can use up all of your scraps and have some sweet accessiories for your little one. Ready? Here we go!
Cut your scrap of ribbon. For 1.5 inch I like to make it 8 inches
“Heat Treat” the ends by running the flame on the fray
Make a loop and overlap the ends of the ribbon
Squeeze down to the center creating 2 loops
Crease the center in and the edges out
(that is the secret to the bow standing up and having shape, weak creases make flat bows)
Use your clip to clamp the crease
Use 24 gauge bead wire to secure your crease
Cut a piece smaller width ribbon to make your center knot
Loop your ribbon like an awareness ribbon
tuck the right side under your loop
Pull it through gently
Pull into a knot of desired tightness
(you will need to gently turn the ribbon on each side of the knot to make a clean and flat center)
Slide your clip in to the wire to secure it
use a tiny dab of hot glue on the bottom of your knot and apply
Secure the rest of the bow by using hot gluing the the rest of the knotted ribbon to the back and clipping off the excess of the ribbon neatly after glue dries
You are all done! Use these instructions to make all different sizes and to make the sweet Minnie Bow Clip like I made for our upcoming Disney Trip!
Enjoy and show me the bows that you make!
My apologies for the lack of updates in the past few weeks. Life kept on going while this little blog was quiet. The weather got nicer and mulch needed to be spread and flowers planted and inside I got bit by the redecorating bug and decided to redo our spare bedroom. The room isn’t quite done but I have a few peeks for you. The paint doesn’t seem as a bright here as it seems in real life but you get the idea. I made these pillowcases from a remnant that I found at Joann’s. If anyone knows what it is let me know I would love to get my hands on more of it! The colors are delicate yet bright which seems to be the theme I try and decorate with.
I only had a few scraps of the fabric left and have seen these yarn wreaths around blogland recently and knew it would match some of the yarn that I had in my stash and it gave me the opportunity to try out one of the crafts on my to do list which was the super fun kanzashi flowers. I think it provides some crafty elegance to the room, don’t you think?
Lastly, I will leave you with the easiest and quick meal for picky eaters! We are in need of a trip to the grocery store so I had to think quick on what to make for dinner earlier this week and found all of the supplies to make a pizza but no crust. I did a spin on french bread pizza which is a hit around here and used garlic bread as a base. This particular garlic bread only took 5 minutes to make so literally even with prep work you can make these garlic bread pizzas in less than 10 minutes! Bake the garlic bread for 1 minute take it out and add your desired amount of sauce, cheese and toppings (the rest of the family is picky around here and just go for the pepperoni) and then bake for the remaining 5 minutes and you will have ooey gooey yummy pizza!
For another giveaway! I have used this fun and funky owl flannel for several projects for the little miss and I have an extra yard of it and decided it was time to do a little giveaway! Leave me a comment this week and tell me your favorite blog tutorial and you could win this fun fabric and another yard of a surprise fabric!
The princess and I were hanging out at home today when she decided she wanted a tiara. So, we went digging around in mommy’s craft room and found a few things. We found beads, wire, headband, ribbon and glue and got started!
First we did a loop of wire on the headband and then strung the beads.
Next, you make a loop and then wrap the wire tightly around the headband
Repeat for as many loops and/or twists you would like to do
Then wrap the headband in your desired color ribbon and voile, a little tiara for your princess!
I have seen the the tutorial for these glass magnets before but had not yet tried! I finally sent pictures to be developed (I won’t tell you how long it has been since the last time I actually had that done in fear you that the scrapbookers might hang their heads in shame at me!) But, the little index cards with all of your prints come in quite handy for this project! The project cost less than a $1 and I have lots of supplies to make more! Not Martha has a great tutorial for this project here.The project was much fun as everything is that involves squishing hot glue! I think when the princess actually undertstands a chore or good behavior chart that this would be a fun way thing to incorportate into it. However, if you ask my child to help clean up she pretends that she is asleep. There is no denying that this child is mine. We have a while before we get to the point of understanding chores!
Last weekend I recieved some scrumptious Michael Miller fabrics that I had bought with the intention of saving them for fall for an idea I had for dress for the princess. However, it did not like being set aside in the stash and it begged me to use it now! I have been eyeing this shoulder bag tutorial by Tiny Happy for months and finally decided to use it. I made a few modifications and decided to make it reversible. Which I am pleased as punch to tell you that it worked! Woohoo! Nothing better than a craft actually working out the way you intended it to.
This my favorite bow! It is simple and classic and can be made in a variety of sizes! Alaina calls this bow her pinwheel bow so that is what I will call it too! Enjoy the tutorial and please comment if you were able to and use them!
http://www.instructables.com/id/EXFR4NPF1SVO8QD/?ALLSTEPS
