Accessories: Sew Your Own Hair Bands

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Hot this summer? Still need more hair accessories to keep cool? OK. Here’s a reversible, stay on hairband sewing pattern. Hairbands are little sewing projects that cost nothing as they so nicely use up those bits of fabric that were left over from a recent bag sewing project, a dress sewing project, or when you [...]

Hair Accessories: Cute Tie DIY

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Lift hot hair out of your neck and look cuter than a button. Add this handy scarf tie to your collection of hair accessories.    Fun and flirty For pony tails, buns, and braids!     My Quick 1, 2, 3, Step-by-Step How-To Step 1: Cut two long oval-leaf-shaped strips of fabric of about  12-15” [...]

Strawberry Ribbon Hair Pins

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Are you enjoying strawberry week? This is Day 3: dress yourself in strawberries with these cute strawberry hair clips, made from ribbons. Lovely Strawberry Hair Bands – Pins Adorable strawberry ribbon hair clips,more lovely than a strawberry hair band. All you need is: 5/8" Red Swiss Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, 3/8" green grosgrain ribbon 3/8" red [...]

Back-to-School with Easy-to-Make Friendship Gifts

Time to celebrate going Back-to-School with flirty gifts that create smiles on the first day of school and help continue friendships.   Fun Fashion Friendship Gifts that are Easy to Make Sure, there is the good-old classic friendship bracelet. But let’s go beyond the simple ‘threaded thingy’, and help your (kids) friends be in style [...]

95 Spooky Halloween Crochet & Knitting Patterns

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Here are 95 Halloween costume ideas and Halloween home decoration ideas. Complete with free knitting and crochet patterns and instructions for you to successfully make homemade versions. All courtesy of Lionbrand.com.       Witch Costume Accessories This cool witches hat is what I might be making. I like it in black, but I’ll possibly [...]

How to Make Pearl Hair Sticks

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Hair Accessories Always wondered how to…. Get an elegant 1930’s hair do up? Look like a gorgeous Chinese princess?  Take your hot hair out of your neck to cool down in summer?   hair accessories for 1930s hair do Our Australian-based guest writer & handmade jewelry designer from Chinese origin, Deborah Davy (Two Cheeky Monkeys) [...]

Black Hair Band w Flower :: Refashioning Tutorial

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Free hairband tutorial. This one shows you how to remake a store-bought one into one that you’ll actually love. Associated tutorials show you how to make your own and embellish them with sequins and beads into adorable treasures, all of your own.

Cool Girl Craft: How to Make Elastic Hair Ties

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What to do on a rainy weekend? ???!!! Oh, it’s easy: bejewel a plain, ordinary hair crunchy* into a work of art. How to Make a Jewel Crunchy/Hair Tie Here is how ~ it’s a simple formula:   1. Find some seed beads. 2. Find some matching colored sequins 3. And some thread (and a [...]

Handmade Hair band with Glitter Beads

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These hair bands make suitable Christmas presents for quite a wide age group, from todds to girls to teens, tweens and moms. As I needed two gifts, I have two different ones to show here. Aren’t they pretty? They are superfast to make if you have a sewing machine, however, they can easily be made [...]

Handmade Gifts for HER

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Craft Gift Guide 100% Handmade Gifts for HER, Mom, Daughters, Grandma, Aunties, Sisters & Girl Friends, for birthdays, Christmas, Mothers’ day and other occasions. UPDATED OCTOBER 2012 NEW: Handmade Gifts for Her. Click this link above to visit a large collection of handmade and personalized gift ideas and tutorials for gifts that grown-up women will [...]