Wednesday, June 19, 2013

No sew hair accessories

Ok, so we all know that a girl could spend a LOT of money on hair accessories. Lots of people make their own headbands and hair clips; today I'm going to take that one step further and show you how to make one that can go on a headband or a hair clip. I got this idea from my awesome friend who cuts my hair. She has a whole box of these little beauties. *bonus=if you already have the supplies, this is a totally free project*
These are the ones I have already made and I am having so much fun that I can't stop! 
The best part about making them this way is that thy are totally interchangeable. You can slip them onto a headband or a hair clip, you could even use a bobby pin on the small ones. 
You can use felt, fabric, ribbon, tulle, anything! All you need is some sort of material, a pair of scissors, hot glue, and any embellishments you want to add (as you can see, buttons have been my favorite since I already have them and who doesn't think buttons are cute?) I'm going to show you a simple tutorial with fabric. Look around Pinterest and online to find more tutorials, and just add the last step I will show you to make them versatile. 
To make a fabric flower like these ones, cut about a 1in. wide strip of fabric, the longer you cut it, the bigger the flower will end up. Round off the corners. Start on one end and pinch it together in a ruffle. 
And glue. 
Once you get all the way around, start moving outward and glue the ends like this:
When you're done, flip it over and make any adjustments that you need to make the front look good. 
This one kind of ended up with a funny looking top, so I'm just going to make one more small ruffled circle and glue it on top. 
Now I'll add some buttons :)
This one wasn't my favorite up close, but when someone glances at your hair, they won't be looking too closely at the flower, just enough to tell you how cute it is ;)
Now for the part that you will do to any design to make it versatile.
Take a short strip of fabric and glue it to the back, just putting glue on each end and leaving a slot in the middle. Now you can slide it onto any headband or clip. You can also do this to clip it onto a baby headband. (I also like doing it this way because I don't have to buy a clip for each flower, I just use the ones I already have)
There you go, get creative and have fun!

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