Blue Rose Bridesmaid Barrettes

One of my amazing bridesmaids agreed to braid everyone else' hair for the wedding, but to do so she had a very special request. The bridesmaids needed some beautiful flower clips to hold their hair in place. I tried looking at shops like Icing, and even my local pharmacy to find what we needed, but alas, I didn't find anything that fit the look I wanted and also had the kind of clip we needed to hold the hairstyle in place!

Pretty Flower Clip from Icing

I first bought these pretty off-white flowers at Icing, and considered Frankensteining (my new word for taking pieces from a couple different things to make something new) the flower with a different clip that had the right kind of backing. This probably would have worked fine, but I wanted to see if I could get the right thing with less work and less money.

As usual, JoAnn's provided the answer (I promise, they don't pay me to say this). I took a trip there with Momma Cat last week and found:

• An entire bag of the clips that I needed, with nothing attached to them, so no Frankensteining necessary!
• Some beautiful blue fabric roses that were much less expensive than the flower clips I got at Icing
• Some navy blue ribbon wide enough to cover the top of the clip and give the rose someplace to sit

Beautiful Blue Rose

I think the blue roses are even prettier than the first flowers that I liked. I glued a piece of ribbon to the top of each clip, cut the stems off the roses, and glued them on top of the ribbon. Voila! Now that's the last time I'll think it's easier to buy something in a store than make it myself!

-Baby Cat

Flower Barrettes for Spring

Last week, Hirons was out of headbands! For those of you who don't know, Hirons is a local Eugene pharmacy that sells anything you could possibly want. The first time I ever went there, it was to get cold medicine and I left with a random assortment of makeup and Hello Kitty stuff, but no medicine! Now it's where I get my headbands, but this time they didn't have any, so I thought I would try barrettes instead. I made one with pink flowers, one with blue flowers, and one with a red butterfly (also from Hirons).

 

Pink acrylic flowers on vintage pink lace 

Practicing my smile like Momma Cat asked.

Blue acrylic flowers on vintage pink lace 

Still practicing...

Red plastic "gemstone" butterfly of vintage pink lace

...too sleepy to smile

As usual, these will all be appearing on Etsy one by one over the next few days. I will also have more things made from Hirons treasures to show you soon.

Hirons is a magical place!

-Baby Cat

Another Cute Headband for Spring

What's cuter than bows and polka dots? I have been having fun with the vintage lace and flower headbands, but when I saw this adorable polka dot ribbon at the Duck Store, I really wanted to give it a try. Once I covered a headband with it, I had just enough left over to add a cute bow on the side!

Me modeling this cute polka-dot headband

It kind of reminds me of something Minnie Mouse would wear...

This will be on Etsy soon, along with the vintage lace ones I posted earlier in the week. I will be adding one a day until they are all up, so stay tuned.

How many more things will I find to make into cute hair accessories?

-Baby Cat