Felt Flower Clippies

Since I have had a girl, I have to admit, I refuse to pay the outrageous prices for hair clips/bows. However, I love doing girlie things with my little girl's hair, especially since she has always had quite a bit of hair! Therefore, I have tried making various different flowers clips and bows. This was my most recent project. It is really basic, but in the future I might try adding different layers. This is the basics to build on. Have fun and enjoy! By the way, this is the first time I have ever done a "tutorial" on something like this so bear with me!

Start with a strip of felt (approximately 1 inch by 6-8 inches, depends on how big you want your flowers and how many petals you want.)

Cut the petals into the strip of felt by making it into this shark tooth looking thing.

Thread a needle. Knot the end of the thread and then do a running stitch at the bottom from one end to the other.

Pull thread tight and attach ends together to make a circle. Secure with a few knots.

Add in a little embellishment to the middle. These are just brads from the scrapbook aisle at a craft store.

I decided to make these into clips. I have also seen the flowers attached to headbands which might be cute too. To make clips, find alligators clip and coordinating ribbon to the flower.

Cover the alligator clip with ribbon by securing the ribbon with hot glue. I cover the whole thing but I know others just cover the top "jaw". I have also found that when you cover the clips using a ribbon with texture will stay in fine hair better than using a "silky" type ribbon.

Finished clip.

Then attach the flower to the clip with a little hot glue and you have a finished product!

Awesome sofa wrap idea

I'm going to try and redo some of our furniture, and I saw this picture and article online. It gives great visuals with the instructions (that always helps me). It's simpler than it looks too. Go and look, I especially appreciate the wooden dowel idea that helps prevent slipcovers from coming untucked. Arghh! I don't mean to sound dramatic, but ours is ALWAYS coming untucked and it drives me crazy. Hopefully this will help!


Check. it. out. And have a lovely day!

Lawn & Garden Care

Anyone with a Green Thumb? A degree in earthy stuff? Or any great knowledge of gardening/ yard work? I'm sure I'm not the only one with these issues, so I am asking a few questions and hopefully I can get some "master gardener" advice.
1. What do you use to control/ kill Morning Glory?
2. How do you "prepare" your vegetable garden for next year? Compost? Soil?
3. When is the best time to plant trees? I've heard so many mixed answers to this question from local nurseries, so I hope that someone has "tested" it and really knows!
Oh, I have so many more questions, but these are the TOP ones I have right now.
Anyone?

Doing little Girl's Hair

For those of you with little girls check this out. It's a blog on cute do's. Check out her links too for bow making and such. If all you have are boys check it out anyway- you could make some bows for presents or pass the info on.