I bought a lot of seed beads a long time ago and they just sit in a box on my desk, not really being used much. At some point, I moved flats and the beads got shaken up as well! It was time to do something with them. I had a little bit of 0.4mm …
Category: Hair accessories
More random makes – hair clips and a necklace
Most things I've managed to finish recently are hair clips. I have some other things in the works, but they aren't ready to show off yet! (I've been so busy...) I'll quickly talk through the basic materials I used for each one. This one used a mixture of burgundy red ribbons of different widths and …
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More large ribbon hair clips
I have owned a very large stash of ribbons for a long while, and I came up with the idea to make lots of large hair clips - have you ever seen the types of ribbons that cheerleaders wear? It mainly started from looking at the patterned ribbons and then working backwards. All ribbons are …
White organza kanzashi headpiece
I said I'd try another kanzashi piece. I got inspiration from this video by MyInDulzens on YouTube - give her channel a look if you're interested, she's very talented! I started with white organza ribbon. Some green organza ribbon for leaves and white rattail for dangles are optional. You need a lot of ribbon, and …
Pink kanzashi flower clip
I have made my first foray into kanzashi flower crafting! A kanzashi is a traditional hair piece, often floral, used in Japanese hairstyles. These days, the term can refer to folded fabric flowers. Here is a handy link to the tutorial that I used by Crafty Angels. It's great for starters like me. I'd start …
Hair clip tidy – WIP
I recently got into hair clip fever! I had a look at my massive stash of ribbons and decided to use them all for hair clips. When you sit down to make one, I find that you usually end up making a lot because everything's all in front of you! I ordered a lot of …
Beaded butterfly hair clip
I own a lot of Gutermann seed beads and I needed to figure out a way of using them up so I could make space for Toho beads. At first, I wanted to make a blue morpho butterfly, but I didn't own any black seed beads, so that'll be a project for some other time. …
Personalised fascinator
Firstly, I would like to direct you to this blog post published on the Hobbycraft website. I came across this when the Hobbycraft Facebook page posted it and it showed up in my feed (so many links!) and I was determined to make it! I have quite the obsession with small hat and feather accessories, and have …
Flower hairband v2
Since the time I made my blue flower hairband, I've been wearing it whenever I can. But I realised that its colour scheme does not suit all occasions, so I decided to make an "evening-themed" hairband. The process is very much the same, but the colours chosen and the decoration methods were different. Firstly, I …
Satin flower hairband
I came across this image a few weeks ago: http://i2.wp.com/www.thehobbyideas.com/wp-content/uploads/Satin-Ribbon-Hairband1.jpg (You can also check out the actual site http://www.thehobbyideas.com/, it is full of photo-tutorials just like this one) It's a photo-tutorial about how to make a satin flower hairband. The instructions are quite simplified as you might expect, but I gave it a go myself last weekend. I …
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