Abby Gets Crafty {felt flowers}

Abs came with me to a friend's baby shower recently.  All the guests made felt flowers for the soon-to-be-here baby girl.  Felt flowers are great for hair clips, headbands, adding to a onesie or little sweater, adorning a frame or fancy-ing up a pillow.  Just lots of fun stuff!  So, we made a whole bunch at the shower and Abby jumped right in there with the rest of us.

There are four different felt flower tutorials HERE.

A day or so later, she whipped out the glue gun and made herself one!

It just makes my heart proud to see my girl with a glue gun in her hand!

I love how she took these two basic flowers

(this fringe-y one and the pomela)

 and totally created her own one-of-a-kind flower.

Didn't she do an amazing job?!!

And she is also rocking the sock bun that she saw on pinterest!

Have you noticed how Abs has entered a new fashion phase?

Remember the last one?

Valentine's Day Hair Clips

Happy Valentines Day!

I made these little clips for the kids to put on the "girl" valentines to take to their class today. Wonders of wonders--Abs wanted one too!  I mean they're pink and red with hearts and stuff.  If you would like to make a little valentine clip for yourself or someone you love, here's how I did it...

You need: 

decorative brads (found some on clearance @ Big Lots)

hair clips

strips of t-shirt (or any fabric scraps)

Tie a knot in one end of your strip of fabric.  Put the brad through the knot and flatten out the prongs.  Using hot glue (or fabric glue), wrap and glue the fabric around the brad forming a mini flower.  Glue the flower to the clip and you are set!

Have a wonderful day & celebrate the ones you love!