Upcycled Hair Accesory

On the morning of 3rd of July, I wanted something for the girl's hair to fit the occasion, but what? All our hair things are the usual pink with a few other colors thrown in, not red, white and blue! What to do what to do? I had about 2 hours to do all the usuals, plus find that nifty idea for their hair.
  While getting them dressed I needed to cut off long sleeves to make a cooler shirt for the sweltering hot weather we were going to brave. That's when I thought of the idea. I had tried something similar with a different result in mind and it turned out to be one of those, "here you can play with this" because it totally didn't work.

  I took the sleeve, cut it round and round into one long strip about 1" wide. Then I wrapped it around two fingers and pulled a separate strip through and tied it tightly in a knot to secure it. After counting each one I've made so far, they are from 10-14 times wrapped. I just guess when I make them!
  Opposite the knot I cut the loops to form loose ends, trimming any that looked too long and out of place.
  Using the longer strips I had used to tie it together I tied them to the top of Belle's braid and Tori's pony tails. I was ready to go and loved the effects!
I was going to take pictures of each step but the shirt I pulled out to cut into a strip caused a meltdown of a girl proclaiming it was her favorite shirt and please please don't cut it up! (I think she wore it once)
  So hopefully you get the idea of how and I'll leave a few pictures of the end results. I was thinking too that rather than tie it to their hair I can slip a clip into it and clip to their hair.

I just made these pink ones this morning to match Belle's dress. I like how they lay against her head. I can make all those cute flowers for hair but can't wear them as well. They just don't work like I see everyone else making them look so I have a lot and wear little! These work for me!
  Look out everyone! If you have t-shirt of the correct color, I may come after it with my scissors!

More flowers

Check out...This. I figured it would be easier than trying to make my own blog about it when it's so well done on the original site!

I just finished my version so here are some pictures...

The one on the left is on a hair clip. I found one in my hair supplies, used hot glue to adhere, then with needle and thread, "sewed" it to the beret for added strength.
I think the other one will go on a more simple hair clip so I can use it for Tori who doesn't believe in growing hair yet.
If you can sew, these are very easy. Next time I make them a dress, I'll be embellishing! I just got material at JoAnn's today with little girls in mind.

Flower hair clips

I found this handy dandy idea on a blog...credits will come when I track it down...so commenced to try it. So easy and sooo cute when done!
 I'm not so good at pictures when in process so I'll try to explain.



Find some scraps of material, kinds that will melt easy. White and very light will end up with a brown tinge on the edges.
I cut random (meaning they weren't perfectly symmetrical) circles out of the fabric. Each one smaller or larger than the others.
Then light a taper candle or one that you can easily get to the flame. Melt the edges and lightly the center of the fabric. The fabric will curl and at times the wrong way so, if you don't mind burnt fingers, quickly turn fabric in while still soft and warm-hot. Some I melted more than others to give a more petaled look.

With a glue gun I glued each layer together, smashing the glue flat so there wouldn't be a bump in the center. One of mine I glued a button in the center but the others I simply burned my fingers with a very small piece of fabric.
Then I glued them to a plain hair clip. Best to put glue on open clip then press flower to glue. If it's closed, it's easy to end up with glue blobs where it will catch the hair and that makes little girls yell. (how well I know)
I also made individual petals and glued them to a small, round piece of denim to hold them together. I didn't get a photo of that one. Neither did I think to get pictures of my flowered girls in their Sunday best but I got Belle to model quick in her pjs last night. :)
Another thing you can do is clip it to a head band which is what I do for my short haired little girl. Cut about an inch strip off the leg of a (clean) pair of panty hose or stockings. When you stretch it it will curl up and you won't see the raw edge. Slip around head and put clip in place.
Its called a free hair day! I would have thrown the hose, tossed the too-small-for-any-good material and the clips were lying about unused.
Now, where else can I use these flowers?