So I've been an etsy-a-holic ever since I found out that this baby was a girl. I keep seeing the absolute CUTEST hair things that I want to buy. But they're all fairly expensive. And upon further examination, I decided that I could make them myself. So, I went to youtube and studied different methods of making cute flower hairthings. There were several different methods and I sort of combined them all.
First off, I went to Michael's and bought some gerber daisies, and tigerlillies in bright colors and beautiful bouquets. Then I bought some multi-color gems (20 mm in diameter). And, ofcourse, some glue sticks so I could use my trusty gluegun. Then I went to my local beauty supply store where I bought alligator clips small and tight enough.
Step 1: I carefully cut the stems off of the flower I was going to use. All the way to the very end.
Step 2: I removed the middle (carefully). I actually ended up ripping a few before things worked out well.
Step 3: Re-glued the stem and parts of the flower together
Step 4: Replaced the middle stem part with a colorful jewel.
Step 5: Added tooth floss to the clips to create a nice soft place to glue
Step 6: Glued the flower stem to the clip.
And presto! Beautiful flower hairpieces!
Spendown:
Plastic Flowers at Michael's : $12
Multi-colored jewels: $4
Hair clips: $4
Total cost: $20
Total amount of hairclips made: 15
3 comments:
And isn't Elijah just the cutest model too. :)
Those are pretty. :)
Awesome job! I can totally see you kicking into high gear with Baby Girl Extraveganza! Next time I am in town, it WILL work out, and we WILL see each other!! :)
Those are amazing Erin!!! And you made 15 of them for the price of 1! I'm so impressed.
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