Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Springtime Hair Clips

Well hello again! It's been such a long time, I've missed you! The last couple weeks have just been very busy with family activities! None of which involved crafting. BUT, I did get to have lunch with my son's scout troop, spend the night with my daughter at a church sleepover, have my nieces visit for the weekend, and go out to dinner with 20 of our friends! 

Anyway. I do have a couple of really cool things I want to do that I haven't even started yet in the works. One easy little project I did manage to complete recently were these hair clips, thanks to the endless source of inspiration that is Pinterest.


I started with my fabric scrap pile:


I picked out some colorful springy patterns, then used pinking shears to cut out different sized circles. (Ever wonder where that funny name "pinking" shears comes from? I do. I think I will investigate & do an update post. You just wait!)


At first I tried to make the circles as perfect as possible by using a compass. But then I decided they would look better "not so perfect," so I just eyeballed it. (Much easier anyway!!!)

Then I stitched them together in the middle with a button:


And it was all downhill from there...very quick & easy:



Here in Iowa, we've had a very mild winter (I actually miss the snow!) but I'm tired of the ugly brown-ness everywhere. This is one step in my path toward Springtime! Yippee!





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10 comments:

  1. I love these :) Thanks for linking up to The Kurtz Corner, I've featured your little clips on the FB fan page!

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kurtz-Corner/218297661553809

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  2. They are really cute and very springy!

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  3. So beautiful flowers .... Bravo. Greetings from me and the Czech Republic.

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  4. Cute! Couldn't you get anyone to model them? :-)

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  5. These turned out so cute! Newest follower.

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  6. Cute!! Would love to have you share these at my party thats going on and if you like what you see become a new follower!! Following you via Linky!http://www.pincushioncreations.com/2012/03/homemade-by-you-3.html

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  7. Adorable creations! Following you from tdc-stop by for a visit!!

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  8. Those are so fun! I love all the color! Thanks for sharing at Thursday's Temptation.
    Jill

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  9. Your hair clips are darling! My girls would love them! Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog. It's always fun to "meet" new friends! :)

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  10. So cute and they do look like colorful spring flowers! Thank you so much for linking up on Fabulous Friday at Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust. You are invited back next weekend.

    Warmly, Michelle

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