Headband Week Features!

I had so much fun with headband week, I wish you could have seen me! I would be sitting down on my compy (His name is Devin III in case you didn't know) and I would just shout out "OH!!! Honey that would be a great headband!" and I would get up and run to my craft table. I leave him so confused sometimes.

The linky party is open until the end of the night, so if you didn't get a chance to {link up} you still can!

There were a ton of beautiful and fun headbands linked up! I think I'm a little obsessed. Here are a few of my favorites!

Loved the bright yellow colors of this one from {Pinkapotamus} So bright and summery!

I wanted a headband just like this SO BADLY over the winter! Except this one from {In the Loop} is so much infinitely cuter than the one I wanted, I love the rose! You should see all the other colors she created them in!

I was so smitten by this headband from {Bugaboo, Mini, Mr, and Me} Seriously Kim, if I send you a check will you send me one of these? Love all the colors all together!

More felt!! This one is from our guest judge, Kara from {Mine for the Making}. Felt. Is. Awesome.

So many amazing headbands. I say we do headband week again soon! You game?

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Headband Week- T shirt headband and linky party!

UPDATE: Linky is now open! Sorry about that!

I've got a super simple headband to wrap up headband week! This one was inspired by a headband that I already owned. Actually, I totally just copied it because I love it. It very comfy and is thick enough to hold ALL my hair back, even those little flyaways.

 This is how I wish I could be every moment of summer. At the pool all day in my super cute bathing suit, hair full of lemon juice (natural lightening agent!) and summer storms. Bliss I tell you. Oh yeah, headband. Cool huh? Wanna make one? This is the only one I busted out the sewing machine for but the whole thing only took a few minutes.

You will need:

• Old t shirt (as you can see I already took a chunk outta this one)
• Rotary mat
• Ruler
• Rotary cutter
• Sewing machine and all that stuff that goes with it

Cut a strip of t shirt 2 inches wide and 19 inches long. Fold it in half.

Line up your ruler and cut three long cuts through the center of your strip. Each a half inch apart and two inches from the edge. Open it up and gently pull. This will "roll up" each of those strips to give it more of a headband look rather than a cut t shirt.

Fold it in half again, right sides together, and sew with a 5/8"-1" seam. This will depend on how much your headband stretched out. If it stretched out a lot, sew a bigger seam, if it didn't stretch much, sew with a smaller seam.

Open up that seam, no need to iron, just press it open with your fingers.

Use a very small stitch and sew up each side to really give the headband some security. I used red thread so it would be easier to see.

And that's it! Pull all that hair out of your face and make a zillion more, because these are the ultimate hair-out-of-face headband. I like that the different layers make it a little more interesting than just elastic running across your headband.

In case you missed any of them, check out all the headbands from Headband Week!

{1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {5}, {6}, {7}

Ok....I'm really sad headband week is over. I have so many more ideas so I might be doing this again! But in the meantime, I'll have your lovely projects to admire. :) Link up as many headband posts as you want! New posts, old posts, tutorials, what I wore, whatever! As long as headbands are the theme it's game for this party! I would really super appreciate it if you grabbed one of my buttons and helped spread the word, but it's not a requirement. I'll leave it open for a week, and have some features next week!

Headband Week- Poppy headband

This day was "one of those days." Totally blah, totally Monday, and one of those days you feel like you're having a "bad face day." Or am I the only one that gets those? I was so blah I needed a bright and cheerful headband as a pick me up.

Luckily at when I was at Joanns getting that trim from {yesterday}, I also snagged a ton of silk poppies on clearance 75% off, then with that 20% off coupon. Basically, it was free. And I still have a TON left over!

To make one, you will need:

• 4-5 silk poppies. I got a bunch that had about a dozen on the stem
• Felt
• Stretch headband
• Needle and strong thread
• Small beads for center
• Lace (not pictured, last minute thing)
• Hot glue gun

First thing you need to do is get those poppies ready for the headband. Pull them off the stem, they should pop off very easily.

Pull off the plastic backing, it will take a little more force.

These particular flowers had tons of little plastics stuck in them. It was uber annoying to pull them all out.

ALL of that was inside the little flower. Make sure you get all those boogers out so the flowers will lay nice and flat.

This is what each individual layer looked like, decreasing in size, if you were interested in making your own flowers. There were about 10 layers in each flower.

Then sew the bead on. I would very strongly discourage hot gluing it on, because you would have to hot glue together all 10 of those layers and you would end up with an inch tall flower. No good. Sew (haha) take that extra minute to sew it through those layers. Repeat all of that for the amount of flowers you want on your headband.

So lovely! I'd love to fill a vase with these and spend all day looking at them.

Arrange them nicely on your felt, however you want them. Play around with them, switch them up, overlap them until you've got something you like.

Glue them directly onto your felt.

And trim away any excess. Unless you like the excess, then by all means keep it there.

I thought it needed something more, so as an afterthought I glued some black lace on it. I used lace trim and just kind of folded it over itself, no science whatsoever.

Then glue it on your headband secured with a piece of felt. Shazam! New headband!

It might be a bit much for simple every day wear, but it really does pack a pleasant punch! I felt cheery just remembering that there was a bright bouquet on my head. Linking up {here}

How are your headband creations going? Linky party will open TOMORROW!! I am so sad to see headband week over.

Headband Week- Bling bling headband

This headband was another accident. While I was at Joanns taking serious advantage of the 20% off your total purchase (and went way overboard) I saw some awesome trim! I knew it would look great on a headband. I honestly stood there for a good five minutes debating over the price (it was kind of expensive) but I figured with 20% off and only buying 15 inches I could totally do it.

I like it better than ones I've seen in stores! I think the bling is pretty intense, but the fact that the headband is so thin it's a lot easier to pull off. Wanna make one yourself?

• Thin metal headband
• 15 inches of trim
• Several yards of thin ribbon
• E6000 glue
• Hot glue gun

Notice how I haven't been picturing any of my adhesive choices? That's because I never knew what I was going to use, and sometimes I would change halfway through. Such was the case with this headband.

First, wrap the headband with the thin ribbon. I just spread E6000 down and wrapped and wrapped very tightly. It's a messy process, but this gives it a much more professional feel. It's totally optional, purely asthetic, but I really think it helped take the headband from "homemade" to "handmade." Also, don't try this with hot glue. 1) hot glue + metal headband = conducted heat and burned fingers. 2) Hot glue dries way too fast, E6000 stays tacky long enough to get the job done. 3) Hot glue is just too thick. It will get even messier and bumpy and just not pretty. I learned each of these three lessons the hard way.

I honestly could have kept the headband like this, I loved the sleek black look! But, bling is better.

Hot glue the trim onto the headband. The ribbon will help the hot glue stick to the headband and the trim and the headband will be much more secure. (So I guess it's not purely aesthetic to have the ribbon!)

Peel the last few rhinestones off the bottom.

An cover the ends with ribbon. This is just to make it a little more comfortable behind your ears. Secure with hot glue.

And SHAZAM!! In 10 minutes you've got yourself a fun blingy headband.

I love that it's pretty and packs a tiny little punch. It was subtle enough to wear to church but I felt like it brought my outfit from "blah" to "awes!"

Linking up {here}

Headband Week- The big bow headband

First off, I must admit that this wasn't my idea at all. When LMM posted her {headband challenge} she included some headband inspiration. There were some cute headbands, but THIS.

This. This one from {much love illy} I LOVED. A backwards headband! (Though it doesn't really look like a headband...ah yes. I dug around a little bit and it is in fact a {hair clip} from her Etsy shop) I loved the idea and borrowed it to make my own headband.

Loooove it! I scaled mine down a bit so it would be a little more subtle. And it's felt, I love me some felt because I am lazy and don't like finishing edges.

I made it in pretty much the exact same way I made the {lace bow}, but we'll go over it again since that was like more than six months ago.

You will need:

• Elastic headband
• Scissors
• Felt
• Glue gun
• Ruler, maybe. I didn't use one. I hate measuring. 

Cut a strip of felt out. I think this was like 3 inches wide and 8 inches long? Maybe nine? I hate measuring. I just cut and go. Anyway, glue the ends together to make a loop.

Squirt a little dab of glue in the center of your loop, on the non glued side. Be quick!

Fold the loop over the little dab of glue. This will create that little pleat in the middle of the bow.

See how the middle is all nice and glued? Awesome. Fold back the non glued part and...

Cover with another strip of felt. So easy! I think this strip was 1 inch bye 4 inches? Maybe? I should have made it a little thinner.

Glue onto your headband. Make sure that the bow is going on the same direction as the headband, otherwise when you put it on it will look funny.

And slap that baby on. I feel like this headband is kind of like a mullet, except it's sporty in the front and cute in the back. I love how you can still see a bit of the bow poking out! I think this would be so adorable with super short cropped hair. Someone should cut off all their hair, make this, take a picture, and send it to me. Because I am way too scared to chop off all my hair.

Linking up {here}

What headband projects have YOU been working on? I can't wait to see them!

Headband Week- Red Leather Flower Headband

This is my favorite headband from the whole week! It is simple, sleek, and pretty all at the same time. It was one of the more complicated ones, and by that it mean it took 20 minutes to make instead of 5.

This one has actually been on my to-do list for a while now. A couple months my dad called me up and asked if I wanted some old leather seat covers from my grandfather's old chair. He passed away a few years ago and my grandma moved out of their condo recently, so my dad was helping clean it out. I gladly took the covers and have been meaning to make a red leather flower headband ever since.

To make one, you will need:

• Leather (mine's from an old chair, but I'm sure that vinyl or faux leather from the home dec section of your fabric store will do nicely)
• Stretchy headband
• Embroidery scissors
• Matching thread
• Heavy duty needle
• Beads for center of the flower
• Paper/ pen for pattern making
• Nail (not pictured)

First you need to make your pattern. Make sure it very precise, using exact measurements, rulers, math, and all that fancy stuff. Or scribble on piece of paper you found in the trash. Same diff.

Make one small, one medium, and one large.

Cut out a bunch of flowers in all different sizes from your leather using your small scissors. I ended up not using two of the small ones, so I had two large, five medium, and two small flowers for my headband.

For each flower you need two larger pattern pieces and one smaller one. For example, I used two medium and one small to make one medium sized flower. For a large flower, use two large and one medium. Make sense?

Stack the two large ones on top of each other going in opposite directions, like so.

Stack the smaller one on top, going in the same direction as the first one. It makes more sense when you look at the picture.

Once you've got them all stacked nicely poke holes in the center with a nail (or seam ripper...except don't do that like I did because it probably dulls the seam ripper) where your needle will need to go through. Chances are even your heavy duty needle can't poke through three layers of leather, so it's best to save yourself the trouble and make holes first. Sew the bead on for the center.

And sew your flowers onto your headband! You could also glue them on with hot glue and felt. Whichever you prefer. One thing I should point out: since it is a stretchy headband expect your flowers to be father apart from each other when you are wearing it. So if you want them to stay clustered on your head, make sure to overlap them when you are sewing them on.

Then slap that baby on and get ready for waves of compliments!

Love it! Still four more, come back tomorrow! Linking up {here}

Here is another variation, with only one flower with three layers decreasing in size. I made this one with my mom using a CRAFT CUTTER. Not my Silhouette though, don't try this with a Silhouette or Cricut because that will probably ruin it. This one is modeled by my adorable baby sister. Just as a heads up, she is only 15 and therefore cannot date any of your brothers. Call me again in a year and I will accept applications.

Keep working on YOUR headband creations, there will be a linky this weekend!