Making the perfect headband

I've been making these lace poufs lately that I LOVE. Using the fun, lace, hem tape from Joanns. I decided I wanted to make matching headbands with poufs for my girls to wear for our Christmas photo..so I ran to get some lace. Unfortunately the colors didn't match perfectly..so I grabbed some white instead. Luckily RIT makes a wide variety of colors and I happened to have the specific ones at home waiting. So I gave my white lace a bath in petal pink, and pearl gray.


A closer look..

35 minuets later...aren't they beautiful?
And I think they match perfectly...
The final product.
So cute.

A Wedding

My good friend Zenny asked if I would help her beautify accessories for her children for a wedding in the family. She bought these dresses for her girls, but wanted to incorporate red and white, which are the other colors in the wedding.

First we made a red sash. She wanted them about three inches thick. Already a lot better.

She wanted to use the length of the fabric, instead of buying more fabric, so no pretty bow on back, but a cool tie and it's still beautiful.
Next, white. I thought a beautiful pin for the sash would look lovely.

And of course headbands and clips.

All in all I made:

4 sashes

2 poppy pins

5 headbands

3 clips

I've been busy! And she promised beautiful pictures from the wedding. To come soon.

Headband display tutorial

I sometimes do local shows and am always looking for cute ways to display my products.
This is for metal headbands. It doesn't hold a lot so it's a good way to show case your favorites with the rest to the side. And you can refill it as they go!

Supplies:

Paper towel holder

Roll of paper towels

fabric (thin and stretchy works best..it's not what I used)

hot glue

sand paper

paint and brush -or-spray paint

I got my holder at the D.I. for $1.00 !
See this hole and metal? I also used putty filler in my supplies, but you don't have to..
First, take your top off
Sand a little bit to give it some texture to grab the paint.
Fill the hole with your putty, let dry, and sand to get a smooth surface. (I obviously did this after a coat of paint...I was learning too)

Paint your desired color. Spray paint would work great too, but I didn't have any. So I just used my craft paint, which worked pretty well.
You don't need to paint the stem...it will be covered. Finish all the coats you need and let it dry.

If you want to sand the edges a little, now is the time.

Grab your fabric. You don't want to use something too loud. Remember what you want people to notice is your headbands, not the fabric on your display. It can have some interest, like mine, just not too much! Measure it against your roll of paper towel. Cut it three inches longer than the amount you need to fully cover it. And 4 inches taller.
To avoid sewing a nice hem, we're gluing it! Glue over one edge 1 1/2 inches.

Now roll, making sure you have a good two inches extra on top and on bottom.
You should still have an inch and 1/2 to over lap the edges. Glue it all the way and you will have a nice finished edge.

Now take one end of your roll, where you should have two inches hanging over. Glue around the inside of your roll and tuck fabric inside.

Do this all the way around, and to the other end until you have a nice covered paper towel. You want it to look nice, but as you can see it doesn't have to be perfect. I used home decor fabric so it was much thicker and stiffer. If you want to use a thinner or even stretchy fabric it will lay and fold a lot smoother and smaller.
Now place your covered roll on your holder, a viola, you have a display for your headbands..
Just add some headbands and you're good to go!

What do you get...

When you take a bunch of fabric...
Random accessories, and 1,200 circles? (That's right. 1,200 circles, hand cut by me and my sis!!!)

A beautiful wedding!

My sister asked me to make her wedding bouquet. I was honored, scared, daunted and willing! It gradually turned into more. :) I was happy to help and even happier that she loved it all. What I ended up making was:

For the Bride:

Bouquet

Veil (which she ended up making)

Veil flower embellishment

Wedding Party:

5 bridesmaids bouquets

1 toss bouquet

5 poppy headbands (bridesmaids)

15 boutonnieres

4 mom/Grandma corsages

Additional family:

6 poppy headbands for nieces

2 stretchy headbands for baby nieces

It was a long process, but I was glad I could be such a big part of her wedding. Here are some shots.

Bride's bouquet:

Bridesmaids bouquets:
Veil with flower
Boutonniere
Bridesmaids headbands:
Nieces headbands:
Baby headbands (sorry for the bad pic')

(I didn't get a picture of the Mom corsages, but it pretty much looked like the baby headband, with out the band...)

And the beautiful couple!